We performed a comparison between VMware Horizon Air and VMware Horizon View based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and others in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)."The solution has proven to be very stable."
"The solution is good for providing dedicated resources for dedicated users."
"I find the product to be quite stable...It is a scalable solution...The documentation of VMware Horizon View is quite good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution has been security."
"Managing all operating systems in a single environment helped a lot in organizing and integrating it."
"It is easy to maintain."
"The solution is seamless and easy to use."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"VMware has a lot of experience in virtualization — they are the pioneers in virtualization."
"Instant Clone instantly creates another VM with a Delta disk, which is just the VMware backend. This helps with scalability and management."
"It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount."
"We have experienced some connectivity issues."
"VMware Horizon View needs to improve orchestration and integrate additional images. I would also like to see its statistics."
"There is room for improvement in support. The response time could be faster."
"The installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
"The system integration also needs some improvement."
"The storage expansion in the product is a bit difficult to manage, especially when I have to modify a storage requirement of a particular area since it comes across as a complex job."
"Technical support is only average and can be improved."
"The issue now with VMware is that we don't know the future of the solution. Because if you follow the news, it was acquired by another company, and they are changing the old product line."
Earn 20 points
VMware Horizon Air is ranked 27th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. VMware Horizon Air is rated 8.6, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of VMware Horizon Air writes "VMware Horizon Air vs. Citrix Workspace Cloud". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". VMware Horizon Air is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
See our list of best Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) vendors.
We monitor all Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.