We performed a comparison between Citrix Workspace and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"Citrix Workspace can present desktop applications with ease, in an efficient and secure manner. The performance is good, it is a great piece of software."
"It is stable, easy to scale, and provides secure remote access."
"Getting access to the applications for which we otherwise have to be on-site is probably the biggest advantage"
"Citrix Workspace allows you to work in a remote environment and gives you data security."
"The service dash and Workspace Environment Manager service are good features."
"From my perspective, the most valuable feature is the manageability."
"The feature that I like is that it is fast."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"Thin client management (Windows 10 client) provides an easy way to lock down client connection to the remote infrastructure. Policies are very helpful for preconfiguring client behavior. Finally, client management is easy."
"The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can publish applications to different groups of users, by integrating with Windows Active Directory."
"Ease of use in publishing apps and installing the agent. The Interface is fairly intuitive after some tinkering. Although I inherited the app only two-thirds deployed, I was able to complete the deployment and service it over the last year without referring to any documentation."
"We use RAS to publish cloud desktops to our clients. The ability to easily publish resources to a subset of users is what we find most valuable."
"We use Cloudpaging to package and deploy the vast majority of our applications to our standard Windows 10 desktops. With the use of Parallels integration into Software2 AppsAnywhere hub, this means we can use the same packages to deliver Windows applications to almost any device - Windows, mac OS, iOS, Android, Linux, Xbox One, PS4 - just by ticking a box."
"The solution is powerful, and it has good speed and performance."
"You have the opportunity to virtualize applications in different locations. Everything is in one pane or one window, which is quite good."
"Citrix duplicates multiple processes."
"There is room for slight improvement in performance optimization and interface refinement."
"The product has some bugs, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The Citrix Workspace interface could improve. Additionally, if they are able to provide a mobile application"
"The initial setup is very complex."
"This solution is resource-intensive, it takes a lot of Bandwidth and a lot of the resources of the server."
"Some customers find the price to be a significant factor. They have a hard time understanding the extra cost of the services"
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"If the solution crashes, then all the customers connected through that agent, lose their session."
"Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is an expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"Currently in the RD Session Hosts – Sessions section, I can see what server a user is logged into but not what app he is using. Being able to do so would be immensely helpful when a non-technical user is complaining of issues, but I can’t tell which app he is using, and he is actually logged into multiple servers since they serve multiple apps."
"Sometimes you need to understand how to use load balancing and the gateway in order to scale, which means the team may need some additional technical knowledge."
"Since I've been here less than a year, I have had to upgrade the system three times. The first time was the major upgrade but they have upgraded twice since, and I think that's too many times in that time span."
"From a seller's point of view, there are a lot of things that they could do better in the sales cycle."
"Improvement is needed in performance monitoring of the client's endpoint, and automatic re-connection of the client in the event of circuit disruptions (this works well generally but can present challenges)."
"It needs Windows scaling on Android/iOS devices. At present, the concept of delivering apps to Android and iOS devices is appealing, but the reality is the screen size on these devices is so small that, unless there is some scaling option, it is not really usable."
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Citrix Workspace is ranked 7th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 26 reviews while Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is ranked 12th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 24 reviews. Citrix Workspace is rated 8.4, while Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Citrix Workspace writes "Useful virtual desktop usage from anywhere, simple deployment, and straightforward to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) writes "Provides good scalability and a secure environment". Citrix Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, OpenText Exceed TurboX and VMware App Volumes, whereas Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Parallels Desktop, VMware Workstation and NVIDIA GRID. See our Citrix Workspace vs. Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) report.
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