We performed a comparison between Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) and Microsoft App-V based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Virtualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can connect to any printer, and from anywhere you can print documents using a compressed channel. It is easy and the bandwidth is very low."
"My focus has primarily been on publishing virtual applications."
"First of all, the manageability of the applications for publishing is valuable. Second, it is about being able to run the applications on all main platforms. Third, its licensing is valuable. You can either switch to the cloud and keep on-prem. You can work with this hybrid scenario."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it supports team clients."
"The most valuable feature is how secure the solution is."
"It provides all of the features required for the protection of data. For example, we don't want to allow any copy/paste of data to an outside environment, and we are able to restrict the VDI to not allow any data transfer from the VDI to the local laptop's hard drives. That is one of the greatest advantages the solution provides."
"It provides the flexibility of being used on any device which makes the employee experience better, in terms of ease of use."
"ICA/HDX optimization policies."
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"We can deploy applications incredibly fast."
"It is very easy to use from an administration point of view."
"The most interesting and powerful feature for us is the fact that we can upgrade any kind of app instantly."
"Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a complex solution."
"It is not easy to set up."
"If anything could be improved, it might be some of the Director functionality, and some of the dashboard customization, or the overall Director customization."
"There have been many issues with stability."
"We have had issues with certain aspects, which is why we are looking for alternatives. For example, the firewall solution from Citrix is a bit complicated. Integration is hard."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The monitoring and management is in need of improvement."
"Latency is also a major problem when adopting Citrix for video editing software or 3D editing software, especially editing 4K video or large file size. The Citrix virtualized solution becomes too slow, so we cannot use the VDI."
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"If it were possible to integrate App-V with a cybersecurity solution then we could implement a documentation registry, which would be useful."
"The reporting features could be improved."
"The downside is that Microsoft bought this product and they are going to discontinue it in 2026. This is worrisome for us."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 1st in Application Virtualization with 92 reviews while Microsoft App-V is ranked 2nd in Application Virtualization with 3 reviews. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4, while Microsoft App-V is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft App-V writes "Enables organizations to deploy applications incredibly fast and reduces delivery time". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with Amazon Appstream, VMware Horizon View, Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix Workspace and TeamViewer, whereas Microsoft App-V is most compared with VMware ThinApp, Numecent, Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) and Systancia Workplace. See our Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs. Microsoft App-V report.
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