We performed a comparison between Amazon WorkSpaces and Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has good speed and connects well with computers."
"The experience is seamless and there is no delay. The performance is very good. Initial startup times is a little bit of wait time, but it is bearable."
"The most valuable features are easy provisioning, an active directory, and mobile access."
"They maintain it and manage it very well."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"We can work remotely using the solution."
"Performance and scalability are valuable features."
"Amazon WorkSpaces is very fast."
"Security is a shining point of the Citrix Workspace. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a very robust solution when security is a concern. Furthermore, the content collaboration data-hosting that Citrix integrates with Virtual Apps and Desktops is among the best there is."
"It has improved delivering applications to remote locations with its lower bandwidth utilization."
"It has very good performance in delivering 3D applications over WAN."
"My focus has primarily been on publishing virtual applications."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to connect to our on-premise applications, through the Workspace app and the Workspace experience. The user experience when using the solution's technology remotely is good. Our users are able to work and it's seamless. The performance is also good."
"Citrix is one of the companies that is delivering virtual apps and desktops in a big way. They are mature enough to understand the level of stability required and deliver it."
"It virtualizes the application on your desktop."
"I found the ease of deployment, scalability, and security to be to our benefit when supplying virtual applications to our clients."
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"Making it more self-service friendly would be the implement I'd be looking for. When we have to add new applications, we have to go through the IT to do that, and they need to do some configuration changes. I believe they have to reevaluate the computation and storage and the memory. So this is this is something that as an unrequired and should be changed. Also, the initial start time takes couple of minutes and it is easy for get distracted during the time. So if it can reduce the start time to a reasonable start of time to a reasonable time of five to ten seconds. That will be great."
"You cannot install external applications without doing some additional configurations inside the solution as opposed to your normal desktop or laptop."
"Configuration was a bit complicated at first but manageable."
"I would say that it is a little complex to configure."
"If they had a cheaper option for graphics pro, I think that it would be beneficial and I would use it."
"One area that can be improved is the ability to install third-party apps."
"Amazon WorkSpaces needs to improve its pricing."
"An area that could be improved is it could work better on VPN."
"Templating the deployment process could use improvement. When you start, there are a large number of details that are quite client-specific, although they do share common themes. To get somebody up and running in a day is very difficult to do. They should streamline by use case."
"There are a lot of shortfalls with supporting printing over XenApp."
"Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are not easy to set up. However, I have the experience and I can do it easily. It could be easier to set up."
"The initial setup has room for improvement."
"It would help if it were a little simpler. It's a bit complicated and we have hired Citrix administrators. But it's a good solution."
"Citrix should consolidate the multiple tools currently required into a single platform."
"The sales team does not focus on client needs but instead focuses on selling higher-priced items."
"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."
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Amazon WorkSpaces is ranked 2nd in Desktop as a Service (DaaS) with 14 reviews while Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 1st in Desktop as a Service (DaaS) with 90 reviews. Amazon WorkSpaces is rated 8.2, while Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon WorkSpaces writes "A High Performing Amazon Workspace Solution for Seamless Workspace Management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". Amazon WorkSpaces is most compared with Amazon Appstream, Teradici PCoIP Zero Clients, VMware Horizon DaaS and Nutanix Frame, whereas Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with Amazon Appstream, VMware Horizon View, Citrix Workspace, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Apache Guacamole. See our Amazon WorkSpaces vs. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) report.
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