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.
"Citrix is used by many organizations to make it possible to streamline the way different developers work together from different locations."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it supports team clients."
"Citrix offers a range of products that can be used straight out of the box."
"The tool helps me to connect with some apps of our company and resolve the tickets."
"The most valuable feature is how secure the solution is."
"The architecture I built had a robust failover mechanism for the endpoints, and the interface was user-friendly."
"It is a stable solution. We don't usually have problems with the platform...It is a very scalable solution."
"Citrix has had the top remote display for the last 20 years, and there is a huge technological gap between Citrix and its competitors."
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"Getting access to the applications for which we otherwise have to be on-site is probably the biggest advantage"
"The most valuable feature of Citrix Workspace is the virtual desktop that we can use anywhere, at any time, and without taking our laptop."
"With this product, everyone can have a similar kind of desktop environment."
"The service dash and Workspace Environment Manager service are good features."
"Its user-friendliness is most valuable. It was easy to log in and navigate. Some of such solutions are not very user-friendly, but this one was."
"Ability to connect remotely."
"Citrix Workspace allows you to work in a remote environment and gives you data security."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix Workspace is its security."
"Using the app layering feature can be quite difficult and cumbersome."
"The user profiles could use some improvement."
"They need to adapt more quickly to the latest additions to the Microsoft operating system. If Windows 10 comes out with a new version, there are compatibility issues and it takes them a lot of time to release an update."
"Latency is also a major problem when adopting Citrix for video editing software or 3D editing software, especially editing 4K video or large file size. The Citrix virtualized solution becomes too slow, so we cannot use the VDI."
"I think Citrix's support is good, but sometimes it is a little slow."
"Citrix should consolidate the multiple tools currently required into a single platform."
"Our experience of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is good, but the environment can become complex and difficult to manage at times."
"Citrix's functionality depends on you having access to Microsoft Azure. Microsoft offers a broad range of features and solutions. Overall, it may make sense for some users to move all their services to Microsoft services."
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"The ITSM adapters need to be enhanced."
"Performance could be better if there was a low latency improvement."
"Integration with other vendors could be improved."
"I've recently tried to use Citrix on Ubuntu, and I don't know if this is an Ubuntu issue or a vendor issue, but you can't use Citrix right now on Ubuntu 20.04."
"Citrix Workspace can improve by being more secure, but this would apply to any solution not only Citrix Workspace."
"Some customers find the price to be a significant factor. They have a hard time understanding the extra cost of the services"
"If there are connectivity issues, there are stability issues."
"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."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 27 reviews while Citrix Workspace is ranked 6th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 12 reviews. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 7.6, while Citrix Workspace is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Consumes less bandwidth, saves time and money, and supports a large variety of devices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Workspace writes "Helped to continue our operations, but there have been speed and reliability issues". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with VMware Horizon View, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Amazon WorkSpaces, Microsoft App-V and TeamViewer, whereas Citrix Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon Cloud, VMware Horizon View and OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX). See our Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs. Citrix Workspace report.
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