We performed a comparison between Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix Workspace based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: PeerSpot users seem to feel that Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop is the more complete solution. The solution can work alone as an Application Developer in addition to performing outstandingly in the VDI space. The solution is very flexible, secure, robust, and can be used on any device.
"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."
"The installation and maintenance are good."
"XenDesktop has helped our users to work remotely with a better user experience."
"Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the desktop experience so that users don't see much difference between the remote desktop and the local desktop... It also provides virtualization for high-end graphics so that they can be displayed. AutoCAD can be done on Citrix. The graphics are very good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the desktop virtualization, which allows me to connect from anywhere."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is the security and it is easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature is how secure the solution is."
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"With this product, everyone can have a similar kind of desktop environment."
"It allows us to mute users who adhere to a policy of not allowing direct VPN access for security reasons. It is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the seamless application edition with the low-level network bandwidth because we have between 10 and 15 sites in France with a low level of communication needs. We need to deploy our main application, the ERP system, and we needed an efficient solution to provide a solution to the remote sites, with very small links between the data center and the remote site."
"The service dash and Workspace Environment Manager service are good features."
"The feature that I like is that it is fast."
"Troubleshooting Citrix is pretty straightforward."
"It is a good product. I don't have any complaints."
"From my perspective, the most valuable feature is the manageability."
"Where improvement could be driven is in terms of clarity as to the functionality of some of the solutions. If you go back to the older Citrix Xen products that we had, we understood those really well. As we've come into the new workstation premium suite, there is a lot of additional functionality that we perhaps have not yet fully exploited. It is not because we can't, but simply because we don't yet understand the depth of functionality that's offered."
"I think Citrix's support is good, but sometimes it is a little slow."
"The product advances really fast. For some customers, we need better backwards compatibility."
"The support offered by Citrix's partner needs to improve. The partner support platform should aim to provide more technical information to users."
"The monitoring and management is in need of improvement."
"Compared with the Outlook mobile app, the Citrix mobile app shows some lag in authentication."
"The solution's technical support is not so good."
"The user profiles could use some improvement."
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"The lag when using Skype or Screen Sharing with multiple users needs to improve, as it makes it difficult for us to continue when we have to restart the system."
"The product has some bugs, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"It takes time to load."
"Some customers find the price to be a significant factor. They have a hard time understanding the extra cost of the services"
"The product is currently not working well in hosting conferencing software like Zoom, Team, and Salon."
"It is slow. When everybody is logged in, it does have a tendency to slow down. You can tell the connectivity slows down a little bit, but it's still a good product."
"Citrix Workspace can improve by being more secure, but this would apply to any solution not only Citrix Workspace."
"There is room for slight improvement in performance optimization and interface refinement."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 5th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 92 reviews while Citrix Workspace is ranked 6th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 26 reviews. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4, while Citrix Workspace is rated 8.4. 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 Citrix Workspace writes "Useful virtual desktop usage from anywhere, simple deployment, and straightforward to maintain". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with Amazon Appstream, VMware Horizon View, Amazon WorkSpaces, Apache Guacamole and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, whereas Citrix Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, OpenText Exceed TurboX and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS). See our Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs. Citrix Workspace report.
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