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    Amazon WorkSpaces

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AAmazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure cloud desktop service. Amazon WorkSpaces removes the complexity in managing hardware inventory, OS versions and patches, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

    $21

    per month

    NVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANVIDIA Virtual PC software & NVIDIA GPUs, including NVIDIA A16, accelerate productivity apps to deliver an incredible user experience — so today’s worker can seamlessly access the tools they need from anywhere.

    $50

    Per CCU Subscription

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    Amazon WorkSpacesNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
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    Starting Price
    $21.00
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    Maximum Price
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    per month
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    Amazon WorkSpacesNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Best Alternatives
    Amazon WorkSpacesNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Small Businesses
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.8 out of 10
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.8 out of 10
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    VMware Workstation Player
    Score9.9 out of 10
    VMware Workstation Player
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon WorkSpacesNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Amazon WorkSpacesNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    With a substantial free tier, AWS is a solution for fast, reliable and secure access to tools and workflows for any project. AWS is still the most intimidating cloud solution to approach. While there is no shortage to power and solutions, it is not for the faint of heart. It is easy to get lost while using AWS though the solution is there. Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) requires an IT manager with experience deploying applications and building databases. Comparably, Parallels is a much easier UI to navigate, along with many open source and free options.
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    NVIDIA
    Nvidia GRID is the only real ready-made hardware solution available for streaming game services, 3D graphics acceleration in Virtual Desktop Infrastructures, and 3D enhanced streaming apps. Grid is also great for processing large quantities of small data-sets, such as financial, trading, science, astronomy, and much more. Grid is also well known for digital currency mining, such as Bitcoin.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Quick, clean access to the VDI images.
    • Easy provisioning of images to use based on multiple criteria.
    • Integrating with our other products (AV/AM, productivity, etc.).
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    NVIDIA
    • Streaming Game Services.
    • Dedicated graphics processing form virtual desktop infrastructures, allowing the use of Photoshop, CAD, Video Editing, and more.
    • Enhanced computing & processing of data thay consists of large amounts of smaller data sets.
    • Financial based calculations.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Copy and paste does not work well
    • The performance is degraded during the day being slow at the end of the journey
    • Some user interface issues displaying the page
    • Sometimes when I type a word a letter is pasted many [times]
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    NVIDIA
    • The cost for Nvidia GRID capable hardware is still very high, but is & has been dropping fairly rapidly.
    • Latency is a large problem for "interaction" based systems (Gaming, remote desktop use) and requires high-speed data, and hosting close to the client.
    • No real solutions for smaller businesses, but cloud hosting providers like SoftLayer are beginning to offer affordable hosted grid-capable environments.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    For its Primary purpose in our organization, providing developers and testers a clean, isolated and configurable environments which saves hours. The usability is nearly perfect. Usability is only suffering when user is into more intensive task like any kind of graphic works. At that time user is not experiencing the smoothness like a local machine
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    NVIDIA
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    AWS support in general is pretty good, and WorkSpaces is no exception. We haven't had too much need for support but on the occasion we have, they've been quick to respond and helpful. Our issues have been resolved rapidly.
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    NVIDIA
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Cisco AnyConnect is a VPN client and using a VPN can reduce the internet speed. It is not quite reliable as workspaces. Cisco AnyConnect is not at all optimised for linux machines. They suffer a lot from crashing and loss of internet speed. Workspaces works quite well even on linux machines
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    NVIDIA
    Nvidia invented the graphics processor, and continues to provide high quality products, even in a new industry
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Faster project deliverables
    • Security of our database
    • Have complete control over virtual networking
    • Vds Lagging issues at times due to heavy usage
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    NVIDIA
    • Allows us to simplify all of our VDI designs, as power users can be managed like all other cloud users, instead of requiring individual systems.
    • Provides a way of offering a substantial processing increase for computing/calculations over and above what additional CPUs could offers.
    • Offers the only "ready-made" solution for on-demand gaming services, after Sony purchased OnLive, and provides an affordable method for startups to enter the Industry.
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