VDI Consultant at a construction company with 1-10 employees
Consultant
Top 20
2024-01-04T09:30:44Z
Jan 4, 2024
Initially, the product is cheap, but it starts to get expensive when users try to scale out. Though I find Citrix to be an expensive product compared to VMware Horizon Cloud because of all the feature sets built into the license, once you buy it, it becomes very simple to scale out because you need not spend a large amount of money on support and management infrastructure. Citrix serves as a rinse-and-repeat system.
Sr. VMware Technical Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
2021-03-08T23:16:12Z
Mar 8, 2021
For what you get, it is very compelling. You've got to look at the total cost of ownership of this type of piece of software in terms of being able to utilize it as a cloud service. I don't have to run everything on-premises. When you look at the total cost of just being able to use it and then being able to point it to any public or private cloud, it is very compelling. You have one less thing to manage.
NOC Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-10-19T09:33:35Z
Oct 19, 2020
It is too expensive as compared to other solutions because of which we don't use it that much. We tend to go more for Hyper-V or Azure just because VMware licensing is quite up there. We sway people away from VMware Horizon Cloud. We have some clients who already have it. They stay on it for a little while, and then most of them end up moving off when we provide them a better solution that isn't as license heavy cost-wise.
The VMware Horizon Cloud Service delivers feature-rich virtual desktops and applications using a purpose-built cloud platform that is scalable across multiple deployment options, including fully managed infrastructure from VMware, public cloud infrastructure from Microsoft Azure, or on-premises hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). The service supports a cloud-scale architecture that makes it easy to deliver virtualized Windows desktops and applications to any device, anytime. And, with a...
Initially, the product is cheap, but it starts to get expensive when users try to scale out. Though I find Citrix to be an expensive product compared to VMware Horizon Cloud because of all the feature sets built into the license, once you buy it, it becomes very simple to scale out because you need not spend a large amount of money on support and management infrastructure. Citrix serves as a rinse-and-repeat system.
I rate VMware Horizon Cloud pricing a ten out of ten.
VMware Horizon Cloud is an expensive solution. This solution is approximately 30 percent more than Microsoft Azure Cloud. There can be extra costs.
VMware Horizon Cloud is a low-cost solution. The model that they have is consumption-based. However, some features are expensive.
There is a license required for the use of this solution and there are different tier levels available.
For what you get, it is very compelling. You've got to look at the total cost of ownership of this type of piece of software in terms of being able to utilize it as a cloud service. I don't have to run everything on-premises. When you look at the total cost of just being able to use it and then being able to point it to any public or private cloud, it is very compelling. You have one less thing to manage.
It is too expensive as compared to other solutions because of which we don't use it that much. We tend to go more for Hyper-V or Azure just because VMware licensing is quite up there. We sway people away from VMware Horizon Cloud. We have some clients who already have it. They stay on it for a little while, and then most of them end up moving off when we provide them a better solution that isn't as license heavy cost-wise.