COMPARISON MATRIX
VMware Horizon Subscription Feature comparison
The following table provides a feature comparison for VMware Horizon® Universal Subscription, VMware Horizon Apps Universal Subscription, VMware Horizon Standard Subscription, VMware Horizon Apps Standard Subscription and VMware Horizon Enterprise Term Subscription. Listed features may depend on deployment.
HORIZON HORIZON APPS HORIZON HORIZON APPS HORIZON FEATURE UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL STANDARD STANDARD ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION EDITION (TERM)
Licensing
License type Subscription Subscription Subscription Subscription Subscription SaaS SaaS SaaS SaaS Term
Concurrent User
Named User
Deployment
On-premises Deployment Option
Public Cloud Deployment Option Federal only
Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Deployment Option Federal only
Restricted to Single-Location Deployment (on-premises or cloud)
VMware vSphere®, VMware vCenter® included in entitlement For on-premises For on-premises For on-premises For on-premises deployment deployment deployment deployment
VMware vSAN™ included in entitlement For on-premises For on-premises deployment deployment
Package option available with no SDDC infrastructure “(no vSphere)”
Virtual Desktops and RDSH
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
(Windows and Linux) with Instant and Windows only Full Clones
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HORIZON HORIZON APPS HORIZON HORIZON APPS HORIZON FEATURE UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL STANDARD STANDARD ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION EDITION (TERM)
Virtual Desktops and RDSH
Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) desktops and apps with Instant and No Instant Full Clones Clones
Linux-hosted apps
Support for Windows 10 multi-session (Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop)
VM-hosted apps (Windows 10 OS)
Remote Windows 10 physical PC access
Support for non-vSphere VDI or RDSH
Management
Access to always up-to-date control plane (requires outbound Internet connection to Horizon Cloud Connector using port 443)
VMware-managed, multi-tenant DaaS deployment option
Horizon Control Plane Services – App management powered by App Volumes™
Horizon Control Plane services – image management, monitoring, Universal Broker
Power management
Rest APIs
Help desk tool
Real-time delivery and lifecycle management with App Packages / AppStacks powered by VMware App Volumes™
App packaging and isolation with VMware ThinApp® and VMware Workstation Pro®
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HORIZON HORIZON APPS HORIZON HORIZON APPS HORIZON FEATURE UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL STANDARD STANDARD ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION EDITION (TERM)
Management
User profile and personalization by VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™ Standard (DEM)
User profile, personalization and policy management by VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Enterprise (DEM)
User Access and Remote Experience
VMware Workspace ONE® Access On-Premises
VMware Workspace ONE Access Cloud
Unified catalog of published apps, packaged apps, virtual desktops, SaaS, and web apps with single sign-on No SSO access (SSO) access to SaaS Apps
Blast Extreme, PCoIP, RDP protocol
Session collaboration
Screen capture
Desktop recording
Optimized video and audio experience for collaboration software (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx
Secure access and edge services using multi-service proxy with VMware Unified Access Gateway™
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