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    Omnissa Horizon

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AA VDI solution used for the secure delivery of virtual desktops and apps from on-premises to the cloud. It is used to deploy, manage, monitor and scale desktops and apps across private, hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure using a cloud-based console and SaaS management services.

    $4.67

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Omnissa Horizon
    Editions & Modules
    Horizon Apps Standard
    $4.67
    per month per user
    Horizon Standard Plus
    $5.79
    per month per user
    Horizon Apps Universal
    $6.00
    per month per user
    Horizon Enterprise Plus
    $10.71
    per month per user
    Horizon Universal
    $12.50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Omnissa Horizon
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Omnissa Horizon
    Considered Both Products
    Omnissa
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    Omnissa Horizon was more cost effective and a better overall solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    We used XenServer initially for a few years, but (at the time) licensing for Omnissa Horizon was easier and the product was more reliable.
    We only used Hyper-V in a very limited test environment, so it's difficult to compare w/ Omnissa Horizon.
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    VMWare Horizon has several advanced features vs other competitors, choosing one option or another depends on the scope of the company's need and the cost of investment. In general, all the solutions of VDI are good and offer a good experience.
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    Far more cost effective.
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    At least in our company, Citrix only worked allied with a physical authentication token, which was a Smart Card written and provided by the company. The software randomly froze and came back as nothing ever happened and the Citrix support couldn't care less about this. We grew …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    We evaluated various other products, but as we are already on a VMWare based infrastructure, View just made the most sense for us. It's also feature-rich, and some other alternatives that we considered couldn't deliver certain critical features (such as managing access to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    Citrix vid setup was very difficult and initially hard to set up. I believe this has changed somewhat now, but there are still multiple servers that need to be set up before it can be used. Vmware VDI was fairly easy to set up and was immediately working and up and running, …
    Incentivized
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    Some of the platforms are designed for smaller or standalone environments and do not allow for large-scale centrally controlled deployments. in the case of Citrix, there was better Chrome OS support but the lack of PCoIP UDP optimizations made is slower and less desirable by …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    I have not used any other products similar to View but I have used Citrix for RDS so that users could have a remote profile. This was clunky and became fairly troublesome as the users shared the same server and when one had issues sometimes the whole server had to be rebooted. …
    Incentivized
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    I suppose I'm prejudiced but I don't think either of those products is in the same league. I know XenDesktop has made some strides I just think VMware has the superior product.
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    VMware Horizon seems to be more powerful and adaptable to multiple operating systems than the Citrix products I have used. VMware has been simpler to use and has a lot more customization than other of the other similar products I have used. It has solved a lot of the issues I …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    When we were considering a VDI solution, I reviewed Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop as alternative solutions to Horizon View. It seemed like Horizon View was a more mature solution and had the best integration to our existing Vmware vSphere environment. The systems …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    There are few competitors, main are:

    Citrix Xen Apps and Dekstops
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    Although I really prefer Microsoft Remote Desktop for accessing Windows servers (from Windows machines especially), and this can be done from off-site with a VPN, this entails much more effort, namely getting everyone's Active Directory in the correct group to have access. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    Citrix did not have the level of Instaclone type feature that VMWare had in its offering. The application layering also was better in our opinion as well as overall support from our vendor. Security was a close call but we found VMWare to be a better fit for our company and its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    Horizon View is probably my favorite to use. It isn't saying much as all of them have their ups and downs. VMware has fewer downs out of the bunch.
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    VMware was so much better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    VMware View provides a full suite of products which provide the functionality that many of the competing vendors have gaps in the you have to then use another third party application to get a working solution. With VMware View you have all the tools at your fingertips to be …
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    Incentivized
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    Citrix XenDesktop is another big player in the VDI market, but the product simply isn't as mature or powerful as Horizon. Xen still struggles with Windows 10, whereas Horizon has accomodated every OS we throw at it with ease. XenDesktop is a great product overall, performance …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon

    Did not do a full evaluation on Citrix XenDesktop as VMware Horizon View integrates nicely with the VMware vSphere environment that we had currently set up.

    We were using PanoLogic for about 6 months before we scrapped it and moved onto VMware Horizon View. Horizon View gave us …

    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    I think the reason VMware Horizon View has done so well is the lack of competition in this area. We have considered the Microsoft equivalent, but are concerned that their support will be worse than VMware (which can be pretty frustrating, to be honest).
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    Each has its pros and cons however when properly configured and with a server infustructer to support it correctly vmware horizon view can be a highly scalable , powerful tool in your IT bag of tricks that can offer massive ROI and user satisfaction being able to deploy it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Omnissa Horizon
    We did not deploy in-house testing, though we did review another company's deployment. At the time we liked what we saw in Horizon, though I have no doubts that XenDesktop could deliver just as well and still does for the other company that presented it to us. What tipped the …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    84%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Omnissa Horizon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Omnissa Horizon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Omnissa
    VMware is well suited to a business where there will be many remote users needing to connect to the companies desktop. The installation on a remote computer is simple and is easy to use remotely but can be complicated to set up on the back end on the office system. It may not be worth the effort for a company that has few people who need remote access.
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    Pros
    Omnissa
    • It provides a robust, secure, rich desktop environment that is able to access all internal network resources.
    • Addresses security and compliance concerns as all data resides within the internal network. All data accessed stays within the internal network and does not need to traverse a VPN to the local desktop where it may be cached, etc.
    • The connection is thin client that does not require large amount of bandwidth.
    • Client application is available for all common devices and O/S’s.
    • No need to install, configure and maintain applications on local desktop.
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    Cons
    Omnissa
    • Move away from Adobe Flash version in UI, currently on the path but they need to hurry up
    • Speed up the boot process of the environment when servers need maintenance
    • Provide clear steps on what should be upgrade path in terms of components, the order
    • price! A bit too much
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Omnissa
    We are committed to VMware Horizon and we plan to stick with it for the future unless something drastically changes.
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    Usability
    Omnissa
    Because it delivers what it promises, I am giving this rating. While there is scope for improvement, it does the job and meets our requirements reasonab;y well. It helps our remote resources connect to our environment securely and improves their productivity. We also get to access our client environment from remote locations and complete the tasks assigned to us.
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    Performance
    Omnissa
    There are a lot of things that went into my rating from the ease of use compared to other systems to the limited amount of issues I have had with this one. Any issue with this system has been identified and resolved in a much quicker manner than I have seen with like systems.
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    Support Rating
    Omnissa
    It is surely way better than Citrix, but it could improve a bit. Usually, they send us the solution without saying what was the root cause so we can avoid breaking something in the future. Besides that, VMWare support answers in an OK time-frame and even speaks our language (Portuguese).
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    Alternatives Considered
    Omnissa
    Although I really prefer Microsoft Remote Desktop for accessing Windows servers (from Windows machines especially), and this can be done from off-site with a VPN, this entails much more effort, namely getting everyone's Active Directory in the correct group to have access. VMWare Horizon is a much simpler solution in terms of granting access. Chrome Remote Desktop and TeamViewer are really not viable solutions for remotely accessing servers in business settings, although they work alright for home servers and such, especially from off-site.
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    Return on Investment
    Omnissa
    • Saved money on PC purchases.
    • Save a lot of man hours by not having to image new PCs. We just create one Template VM and clone the others from that.
    • Bit of a learning curve to get the deployment right for the environment.
    • Ability to make sure VMs always turn back on once they are shutdown. This speeds up load times for users.
    • Less management for our PCs. If one gets a virus or something corrupts we just refresh it and within 5 minutes the user is back to work.
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