We performed a comparison between Cisco VXI 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 initial setup of Cisco VXI is straightforward."
"It is a stable product."
"The support from VMware is very good and they have amazing experts."
"The most valuable feature of this solution has been security."
"The solution has good performance and functionality. However, if the network connection was poor we noticed a decrease in performance."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"It is easy to maintain."
"We have found the link loans for desktops most valuable."
"Managing all operating systems in a single environment helped a lot in organizing and integrating it."
"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment. You configure for hours, and then there is a bug that stops you, and you notice that you wasted hours."
"The solution is quite expensive. They should work to lower the costs if possible."
"The solution’s stability and initial setup could be improved."
"The technical support offered by VMware is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"They need to make troubleshooting, diagnostics, and error reporting a little better."
"VMware Horizon View has worked a lot to improve the solutions. There are some issues in the delivery of the applications, such as network problems. You can lose your connection at times."
"The installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete."
"VMware support is okay, but sometimes it's a little bit hit or miss trying to get somebody who knows what they're doing and talking about."
"Reporting could be improved, we currently have to export manually."
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Cisco VXI is ranked 25th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Cisco VXI is rated 7.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco VXI writes "Straightforward implementation, scalable, but performance could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Cisco VXI is most compared with Userful, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Nerdio.
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