About the vSphere Web Client and the vSphere Client

VMware vSphere^® Web Client and the VMware vSphere^® Client provide means for connecting to VMware vCenter Server^® systems and managing the objects in the vSphere infrastructure.

The vSphere Client is compatible with vSphere 6.5 and later releases of vSphere. The vSphere Web Client is compatible only with releases before vSphere 7.0. VMware recommends the vSphere Client for all future plug-in development work.