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.
Feature Comparison Matrix
| FEATURE | HORIZON UNIVERSAL SUBSCRIPTION | HORIZON APPS UNIVERSAL SUBSCRIPTION | HORIZON STANDARD SUBSCRIPTION | HORIZON APPS STANDARD SUBSCRIPTION | HORIZON ENTERPRISE EDITION (TERM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing | |||||
| License type | Subscription SaaS | Subscription SaaS | Subscription SaaS | Subscription SaaS | Subscription Term |
| Concurrent User | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Named User | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Deployment | |||||
| On-premises Deployment Option | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Public Cloud Deployment Option | ● | ● | ● | ● | Android 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 deployment | For on-premises deployment | For on-premises deployment | For on-premises deployment | For on-premises deployment |
| VMware vSAN™ included in entitlement | For on-premises deployment | For on-premises deployment | |||
| Package option available with no SDDC infrastructure “(no vSphere)” | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| Virtual Desktops and RDSH | |||||
| Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) desktops and apps with Instant and Full Clones | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Linux-hosted apps | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Support for Windows 10 multi-session (Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop) | ● | ● | ● | No Instant Clones | ● |
| 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® | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| 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 (SSO) access | ● | ● | ● | ● | No 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™ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |








