Citrix Virtual Apps Essentials (discontinued) vs. Ivanti Environment Manager

I would recommend citrix essentials to smaller companies or to anyone who does not need the most up to date, easiest client interface, or ability to have constant real time updates. In our market, the product is not our first choice, but it does suit the needs of other smaller, more managed shops.

Incentivized

Most general situations can be managed from within Citrix. AppSense is needed only in complex situations that require more granular control of the environment.

Incentivized

• It is flexible to log in, once you know how to do it, and then add and subtract applications in Google Chrome as the browser connected to Citrix Essentials.
• We appreciate that we can have another complicated password plus the multi-factor authentication and this was relatively easy for IT to set up for us.
• The price point was very reasonable since our IT group is currently a user and quickly deployed it to our finance department.

Incentivized

• Application Manager - automatic elevation of certain software to run with admin rights, transparent to users IF you set it all up properly in advance. Once you have this configured, it can be very beneficial.
• Environment Manager - custom actions based on detected conditions. For example, mapping one set of network drives once a user connects to a certain network, and a different set of network drives when they connect to a different network. And automatically remove the network drives when the user disconnects from the network. Do X, Y, and Z if a certain process starts or stops. If process A starts, automatically start process B.

Incentivized

• Lack of capability for expansion
• Brand recognition
• Reputation in tech

Incentivized

• High learning curve to deploy

Incentivized

It has been a very affective tool for our company.

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It was relatively easy to configure.

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Always had a great experience dealing with the engineers.

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Test, test, test.

Incentivized

Frankly, there were limited alternative products besides Citrix Essentials, and maybe we just need to learn more. We did not have the time to process complex Request for Proposals, obtain RFP responses, do a short-list, reference checks and a final selection with oral presentations, so IT helped Finance with moving forward and we appreciated their technical advice, speed, and guidance.

Incentivized

The decision to use AppSense was not mine. If I had to choose a product today, I would at least want to evaluate the alternative from RES Software - from what I have read/heard it sounds like the better choice as far as reliability, support, and lack of bugs. I have not personally used it yet though.

Incentivized

• Quicker time to value for sure
• Customer Satisfaction

Incentivized

• Saved a lot on storage costs
• Improved the user experience.

Incentivized