Omnissa Horizon vs Workspot (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Omnissa Horizon grades higher than Workspot: 1.8 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Omnissa Horizon grades higher on features and platforms. Workspot grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Omnissa Horizon
Virtual desktops and apps on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid
Paid
Which one is for you
Pick Omnissa Horizon if
- Fits if you are an IT team that needs desktops and apps delivered to many users
- Works for firms that want a choice of on-premises or cloud hosting
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want an app to reach your own PC, as this is an IT-managed platform
- Watch out: Horizon Term licences run on your own infrastructure, so hosting and management cost extra
- Watch out: Horizon 8 and Horizon Cloud are separate products with their own features
- Tight if you want a price up front, as none is published
Pick Workspot if
- Fits if you are an IT team moving on-premises VDI to a cloud you choose
- Works for organizations running desktops in several regions
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to see a price first, because cost needs a quote
- Skip it if you are a single user, as it is built for IT teams
- Too light for a trial: none is listed
- Watch out: client platforms are not listed on the pages we read
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAOmnissa HorizonWeak | 1.6GPAWorkspotWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published: the products page sends buyers to Omnissa for Horizon SaaS and Term pricing, so it sits at C. | CNo plans are published and the pricing link is a request form, so cost needs a quote. The 20 cents an hour figure on the home page is the vendor's claim, not a price list. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial is listed anywhere on the vendor pages. | FNothing free and no trial on record, only a sales conversation. |
| Features | BFull desktops, published apps, App Volumes, REST APIs and a cloud desktop service are listed, which covers the core of virtual desktop delivery. | CA control console, a client, monitoring and trends, global desktops and SIEM and ITSM hooks. It covers the VDI job for IT teams, with no gap named. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It needs servers or a cloud tenant, images and policies set up by an IT team. | CNo store rating on record, and IT has to set up desktops and the cloud behind them first. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWindows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android are listed, with Teams, Zoom, Nutanix, AWS, NVIDIA and Terraform. No web client is listed. | CWeb only on the listing. The vendor says it works on any device, but names none. |
| Best for | company virtual desktops and published apps | cloud desktops on the cloud you already use |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Omnissa Horizon and Workspot. How we grade
Where they differ
- Omnissa Horizon also covers workflow automation.
- Workspot also covers dashboards.
In commonRemote desktop
At a glance
| Omnissa Horizon | Workspot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Omnissa, LLC | Workspot |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Omnissa Horizon
- No prices are published; the products page offers Horizon SaaS and Horizon Term pricing only through the vendor.
- Horizon Term licenses run on your own infrastructure, so hosting and management cost is extra.
- Horizon 8 and Horizon Cloud are separate products with their own feature sets.
- It is an IT-managed platform, not an app for reaching your own PC.
Workspot
- No plans are published; the pricing link is a request form, so cost needs a quote.
- The homepage says a virtual desktop can cost as little as 20 cents an hour with its optimizations; this is the vendor's claim, not a price list.
- The client platforms are not listed on the pages read; the vendor says it works on any device.
Key features
Omnissa Horizon
- Full desktops and published apps
- Horizon 8 serves complete virtual desktops or individual applications, with centralized control over performance, policies and infrastructure.
- Deploy where it suits
- Desktops can run on-premises, in private clouds or in public cloud, and the site also lists air-gapped and isolated environments as a use case.
- App Volumes
- Omnissa App Volumes packages and delivers applications on demand, which the vendor says reduces image sprawl and speeds up updates.
- Automation through REST APIs
- Deployment and management tasks can be scripted with REST APIs and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
- Horizon Cloud DaaS
- Horizon Cloud is a separate cloud-native desktop-as-a-service offering, and the site announces a version that runs on OpenStack.
Workspot
- Workspot Control
- One console for managing and monitoring virtual desktops and apps across on-premises data centers and several public cloud regions.
- Workspot Client
- Connects users to Windows 10 and 11 desktops with device posture checks, TLS encryption, Active Directory sign-in and a PIN.
- Workspot Watch and Trends
- Real-time data collection, global tracing and analytics, plus satisfaction trends over time to find causes of user problems.
- Global Desktops
- Failover across regions; the vendor states a 99.99% uptime goal for desktops and apps.
- SIEM and ITSM integration
- Sends virtual desktop session data to security and IT service management systems.
Plans
Omnissa Horizon
Pricing could not be confirmed. See omnissa.com.
Workspot
Pricing could not be confirmed. See workspot.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Omnissa Horizon or Workspot?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Omnissa Horizon has no price we could confirm, and Workspot has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Omnissa Horizon or Workspot?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Omnissa Horizon nor Workspot has a free plan.
Which platforms do Omnissa Horizon and Workspot run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Omnissa Horizon lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps and only Workspot lists a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.