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PROS

Horizon 8 enables seamless management of multiple operating systems and virtual machines in a single environment, significantly enhancing organizational integration and business functionality.
Horizon 8 offers exceptional scalability and stability, easily accommodating additional virtual machines or servers to meet business growth and expand capabilities.
Users can access Horizon 8 from multiple devices and locations, ensuring flexibility and convenience for a diverse range of users, including remote access and BYOD scenarios.
Horizon 8's emphasis on security ensures data remains protected, preventing unauthorized data transfer and ensuring compliance with strict security standards within a centralized infrastructure.
Centralized management within Horizon 8's platform simplifies administrative tasks, streamlining large-scale deployments and maintenance across organizations.

CONS

Initial startup costs for Horizon 8 are relatively high, making it expensive for adoption.
Technical support is average and could be improved; users report unsatisfactory support experiences.
Deployment and configuration require simplification, as they are currently considered complex and time-consuming.
The pricing model is costly, particularly for Enterprise Plus, impacting affordability.
Improvement in integration with other platforms and cloud services like Azure, Teams, and Zoom is needed.
 

Horizon 8 Pros review quotes

PM
Storage Specialist at Informatics Services Corporation
Oct 12, 2019
Managing all operating systems in a single environment helped a lot in organizing and integrating it.
AT
Manager, IT at The School of Research Science
Oct 13, 2019
It has improved our business because now we can run applications and it's easier for our students to do their exams.
reviewer1381467 - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 12, 2020
The solution is very user friendly.
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reviewer1413429 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 6, 2020
Great sorting feature to create UI on demand.
reviewer1423488 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees
Sep 21, 2020
The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks.
reviewer1302189 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems and Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Sep 27, 2020
The most valuable features are that it is easy to use and easy to manage.
reviewer1446579 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - Technical Services at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 10, 2020
VMware Horizon 7 has its proprietary Elastic streaming protocol, which is very good for delivering VDI.
reviewer1384851 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 24, 2020
VMware is a hyper-converged infrastructure model. Therefore, for scaling it you just add more servers to it in the inputs. It's rather straightforward.
reviewer1455177 - PeerSpot reviewer
Datacenter Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 25, 2020
It is stable and easily scalable.
MS
Systems Architect at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Dec 24, 2020
It is easy to maintain.
 

Horizon 8 Cons review quotes

PM
Storage Specialist at Informatics Services Corporation
Oct 12, 2019
The initial startup costs for this solution are relatively high.
AT
Manager, IT at The School of Research Science
Oct 13, 2019
In the next release, the performance, the speed, and the price need to be improved.
reviewer1381467 - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 12, 2020
The solution is very expensive.
Learn what your peers think about Horizon 8. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2025.
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reviewer1413429 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 6, 2020
Deployment and configuration could be simplified.
reviewer1423488 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees
Sep 21, 2020
Technical support is only average and can be improved.
reviewer1302189 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems and Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Sep 27, 2020
In the future, I would like to see better support for application virtualization.
reviewer1446579 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - Technical Services at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 10, 2020
I would like to see seamless integration with the cloud because right now, the dependency is on the cloud providers.
reviewer1384851 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 24, 2020
I would love to see so they can actually allow the use of Linux, from a hosting environment as well as from a VDI client environment.
reviewer1455177 - PeerSpot reviewer
Datacenter Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 25, 2020
The remote connection, bandwidth usage, and error connection can be improved. Working with the load balancer sites should also be improved. For example, with Horizon, we can use two clients with a one megabit connection, but with Citrix, we can use four or five clients with the same bandwidth through ICA protocol. VMware must improve remote connection, connection stability, and load balancing.
MS
Systems Architect at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Dec 24, 2020
User profiles are something that needs to be improved.