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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs Kaseya VSA comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
Citrix DaaS offers cost savings and efficiency with enhanced security and remote access, benefiting larger implementations despite high initial costs.
Sentiment score
6.0
Kaseya VSA improved efficiency and remote support, offering significant ROI despite some disruptions, especially post-COVID-19 for IT providers.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
Citrix DaaS customer service is generally well-rated, though technical support experiences vary based on location and individual expectations.
Sentiment score
5.4
Kaseya VSA's customer service is responsive but often slow, inconsistent, and sometimes requires escalation for issue resolution.
The first level often wastes time because I usually have to escalate to an engineer for proper support.
Citrix support is better than Microsoft support.
The customer service provides a fast response.
I would rate their support five out of ten because most of the time they are not able to resolve the issues.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Citrix DaaS is highly scalable, allowing seamless deployment and integration across platforms, with efficient adaptability to increased demands.
Sentiment score
6.9
Kaseya VSA is scalable and flexible for diverse business sizes, despite performance lags and past security challenges.
It supports over 100 apps and 20,000 users in our organization, demonstrating impressive scalability.
Citrix DaaS offers vast scalability options as workloads can be deployed across multiple data centers like Azure, Google, or AWS.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Citrix DaaS is stable and reliable, excelling with proper configuration and management, ensuring minimal downtime and strong performance.
Sentiment score
6.8
Kaseya VSA is stable with occasional issues in performance, patching, and support but generally rated reliable by users.
Citrix DaaS allows for satisfactory stability by facilitating workload deployment in various data centers including Azure, Google, or AWS.
 

Room For Improvement

Citrix DaaS needs improvements in performance, user experience, integration, support, pricing flexibility, and administrative tools for better efficiency.
Kaseya VSA needs UI improvements, better patch management, security measures, enhanced support, and more customizable reporting features.
More direct access to engineers would speed up resolution.
Creating App-V applications is not an easy task and could take from hours to weeks without success.
 

Setup Cost

Citrix DaaS is premium-priced, offering robust features, but its complex, costly licensing faces competition from VMware and Microsoft.
Kaseya VSA offers competitive, region-based pricing with discounts, favorably compared to competitors but varies in cost with scalability options.
Citrix DaaS is considered expensive, especially for companies that do not require multi-cloud.
It's always expensive for the customer.
 

Valuable Features

Citrix DaaS offers seamless remote access with quick deployment, high security, and optimized management, enhancing productivity and user satisfaction.
Kaseya VSA provides remote access, patch management, and security features with expanded support for phones and tablets, enhancing usability.
The scalability of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is impressive, supporting over 100 apps and a user base of 20,000 within our organization.
With Citrix, all connections are outgoing, minimizing firewall vulnerability.
Regarding the patching and software management, for me, it's the best path.
 

Categories and Ranking

Citrix DaaS (formerly Citri...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
127
Ranking in other categories
Application Virtualization (1st), Remote Access (4th), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (3rd), Desktop as a Service (DaaS) (1st)
Kaseya VSA
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.5
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) (1st), Patch Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) and Kaseya VSA aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is designed for Application Virtualization and holds a mindshare of 26.6%, up 25.0% compared to last year.
Kaseya VSA, on the other hand, focuses on Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM), holds 18.2% mindshare, up 8.8% since last year.
Application Virtualization Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service)26.6%
Microsoft App-V21.9%
Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)16.5%
Other35.0%
Application Virtualization
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Kaseya VSA18.2%
NinjaOne13.7%
Datto Remote Monitoring and Management11.9%
Other56.2%
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)
 

Featured Reviews

Grant Waddell - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly and easily accessible, but cost could be made cheaper
We use Citrix Workspace on Citrix Cloud. We have all of our servers on the AWS public cloud. There are a number of tools that we can implement that would save us costs. However, we've stuck to Citrix for convenience. If the prices keep increasing, we will have to consider other solutions. Users need to understand the tool's limitations correctly and what they require from a usability perspective. They should also understand the configuration of security policies. In some cases, people are unable to download or upload files onto their PCs, which is necessary for them to do their work. Users should understand the limitations of the product or the configuration options. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Stéphane Guerin - PeerSpot reviewer
Software management excels with comprehensive modules
We are a reseller. I am conducting some research since we are a vendor for the Kaseya solution.  Regarding the patching and software management, for me, it's the best path. We have all the necessary modules for monitoring on the server and workstations. All modules are working well, and for me,…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
Performing Arts
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Educational Organization
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise68
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops?
My focus has primarily been on publishing virtual applications.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops?
I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
What needs improvement with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops?
I have found that Citrix DaaS is still a complex product, especially on the desktop side, which affects scalability. Although it works well on the apps side, the desktop aspect still has room for i...
What do you like most about Kaseya VSA?
The most valuable feature of Kaseya VSA is the ability to control laptops remotely.
What needs improvement with Kaseya VSA?
I would improve their support system. They can improve their interface, as the GUI looks very outdated. Although they have many features, improvements in the GUI in terms of the front face and the ...
What is your primary use case for Kaseya VSA?
Primarily, we are using it for remote monitoring and management as an MSP. We are basically a reseller; we are a service provider, so Kaseya VSA is one of our tools which we use for our managed ser...
 

Also Known As

XenDesktop, XenApp (Citrix Virtual Apps), Citrix Workspace
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Sample Customers

Exelon, Aeronamic, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Alameda County Medical Center, Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Aloysius Stichting, Amarchand Mangaldas, AmBev, Amnet Technology Solutions, Arval
Sage UK, MSP, CodeBlue Ltd, Connect Work Place Solutions, All Covered, 501cTech, Chairo Christian School, Green Duck
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