We performed a comparison between Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) and Parallels Desktop 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."I found the ease of deployment, scalability, and security to be to our benefit when supplying virtual applications to our clients."
"It is user-friendly and easy to use."
"There are many features that I like, but the stability over the Internet is exceptional. Even if there's bandwidth fluctuation or network jitter, it performs well, offering a seamless experience to end-users without noticeable disruptions."
"It has improved delivering applications to remote locations with its lower bandwidth utilization."
"The shadow feature is extraordinary and helps a lot when supporting remote users."
"For the most part, overall stability is what you would expect."
"Citrix is used by many organizations to make it possible to streamline the way different developers work together from different locations."
"Because of the solution's ubiquity, it is easier to find answers to problems than with competitive products."
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"Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"There is room for improvement on the hypervisor side, providing better integration between the hypervisor and the product line. I suspect that they haven't put the work into that because of the move to the cloud. They want everything to be cloud-hosted. But for folks like us, who will always be a hybrid model, that's of some concern."
"The video conferencing feature needs to be improved."
"Citrix has to support all of the hypervisors including KVM and OpenStack KVM."
"I have to re-enter my user password when I am not using the tool for some time around ten minutes. I want to also improve the need to download other Citrix apps."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The speed and connectivity of Citrix DaaS could be improved."
"The initial setup has room for improvement."
"Direct connection of USB devices on the terminals to be used by streamed applications is very important for printing and the usage of token authentication, but the current version does not support this one hundred percent."
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"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 5th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 90 reviews while Parallels Desktop is ranked 10th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4, while Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parallels Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with VMware Horizon View, Citrix Workspace, Amazon Appstream, Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, whereas Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, NComputing vSpace, NVIDIA GRID and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS). See our Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs. Parallels Desktop report.
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