VDI client features comparison in zoom App
There are some key similarities and differences between Zoom Meeting for VDI and its other solutions, but it also offers some features and functionality that are unique.
Note: The article compares the VDI client at a high level. Compare the desktop client to the web client in detail.
How does Zoom VDI compare to Zoom on other platforms
| Feature | VDI client | Desktop client | Web client |
| Recording | Cloud only | Local or Cloud | Cloud only |
| Virtual Backgrounds and Filters | ✔ hardware permitting |
Any camera, no green screen required, hardware permitting | Using third-party apps, hardware permitting |
| Sharing | Desktop, apps, portion of desktop | Desktop, apps, audio, camera, Airplay, portion of desktop | Chrome (desktop, apps) Edge (desktop, apps), Firefox (desktop only) |
| Dual monitor mode | ✔ | ||
| Video participants | Up to 25 visible at once, hardware permitting | Up to 49 visible at once | Active speaker |
| Video resolution | 1080p max, 360 typical on thin hardware | 1080p max | 720p max |
| Breakout sessions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Computer audio (VOIP) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Zoom Phone | Optimized on all platforms (v5.9.0+): Citrix/Mac Citrix/Windows Citrix/Linux* VMware/Windows VMware/Mac VMware/Linux* AVD/Windows AVD/Linux**All Supported Linux Plugins |
✔ | |
| Optimized video screen sharing | Enabled through Registry | ✔ | ✔ |
| Reactions | Limited set of reactions | ✔ | |
| Screen capture | ✔ | ||
| Push to talk | ✔ | ✔ | |
| HID functionality on Jabra headsets | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Sharing multiple applications at once | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Archive meeting | Windows, Mac, and Linux | ✔ | |
| Share computer audio | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7×7 gallery view | ✔ | ||
| Language interpretation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Drag and move video in wall view | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Multi-pin | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Immersive Scenes | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Supports simultaneous meetings | ✔ | ||
| Dual Cameras | ✔ |
How Zoom VDI is optimized
Ideally, the media plugin would offload video encoding and decoding to Zoom’s cloud, bypassing the VDI infrastructure, and transmit data directly over the network. VDI channels are always used to send control information like authentication and window location.
