We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor, Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS), and VMware Workstation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."The support for this solution is phenomenal."
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"Citrix Hypervisor does a great job overall, such as the virtualization of the host. It's very easy to manage the virtual machine, to create, and configure high availability."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"Valuable features include the ability to set up security groups for accessing certain apps, and the ability to add apps easily and centrally without touching the servers they’re hosted on."
"It is a stable solution."
"Its price and ease of use are the most valuable. It is simple and has good performance."
"You have the opportunity to virtualize applications in different locations. Everything is in one pane or one window, which is quite good."
"The management capability from the RAS portal provides greater control than using pure MS inbuilt into RDS capabilities."
"It has allowed us to centralize the software location so we don't have to update the software client on 70 computers."
"It is robust. We have some 75 users using it and it doesn't lag. It's very speedy."
"The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can publish applications to different groups of users, by integrating with Windows Active Directory."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable features are backup and data transfer from one server to another."
"It will not harm any of the computer settings to run a specific program. For example, if a program needs a specific security policy, we don't have to use the shared configuration. We have an individual copy of Windows installed on the virtual machine, so anybody can access that. It helps us a lot."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"I haven't faced any inconveniences working with this solution. It is very easy to use."
"The product works well."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable feature is virtualization technology."
"The most valuable features of the VMware Workstation solutions are the ESXi and vCenter."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"I find that the features in Citrix Hypervisor are not as rich as with VMware. It would be a benefit if they had some of the other features VMware has, such as the ability to expand a drive on the fly. You do not have to take down the machine to do it but in Citrix you do."
"It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"The solution is too expensive and people are kind of moving away from Citrix. It's starting to become a problem. It is a primary reason that while we are rebuilding we're going to seek out open-source solutions."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"The built-in networking features are a little limited."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"We have had significant, ongoing issues with printing. It would be great to have a best practice for dealing with printing that we can offer to our customers."
"Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is an expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"From a seller's point of view, there are a lot of things that they could do better in the sales cycle."
"The product does not utilize SQL for reporting purposes. Also, it does not support some hypervisors similar to Citrix. These particular areas need improvement."
"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."
"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."
"The solution's application virtualization feature needs improvement."
"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."
"The price should be reduced."
"The product’s virtual machine data backup feature needs upgrading."
"The price of VMware Workstation could improve."
"They could bring in many different features from VMware vSphere to Workstation."
"The product could provide the features available in Microsoft Hyper-V."
"The support can be improved."
"I have had issues with the virtual network adapters in the past that has taken some time to troubleshoot."
"The solution should provide a guide on its installation."
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