Best Free Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Tools

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) tools are quickly becoming an essential part of many businesses as workforces are remote more often. VDI software helps businesses virtualize workstations so that users can access them securely from anywhere.

Though many businesses can benefit from a VDI tool, they can also get expensive. Fortunately, there are a variety of free VDI options for businesses to choose from. We go over the top free VDI tools, their pros, cons, and best use cases.

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[karimsukkar]

So a few things with this review:
- vmware has no free VDI solutions, with Horizon you need to purchase a subscription in order to use it
- Virtual box isn't a VDI product, it's a type 2 hypervisor product similar to VMware workstation and hyper-v, it doesn't disturb VDI's across the network however it can open the VDI files
- Redhat virtualization doesn't offer a free offering other than 30 days trial
- FOSS cloud looks like a dead project, last update was 2016

If you where looking into opensource or free vdi's you would be looking into:
- RAVADA VDI
- IsardVDI
- Proxmox allows vdi through the splice protocol

[samjpcarvalho]

Thanks for such a relevant information!

[BennieWilliams]

I'm Confused which one of these tools are free?