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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Citrix DaaS

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACitrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or XenDesktop) is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and application virtualization solution from Citrix.

    $375

    Nerdio

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ANerdio is a platform designed to simplify and enhance the management of virtual desktops in Microsoft Azure and physical devices with Microsoft Intune. It offers two main products: - Nerdio Manager for MSP: This platform is tailored for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to streamline the deployment, management, and optimization of virtual desktop environments for their clients. Key features include pricing estimation, intuitive management portals, cost monitoring, and…

    $1,000

    per month (minimum purchase, at $6 per user per month)

    Pricing
    Citrix DaaSNerdio
    Editions & Modules
    Virtual Apps
    $375
    Core
    $6
    per month per user
    Premium
    $10
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Citrix DaaSNerdio
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Citrix DaaSNerdio
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    Citrix
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    Nerdio, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Best Alternatives
    Citrix DaaSNerdio
    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
    Citrix DaaSNerdio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (55 ratings)
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    2.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Citrix DaaSNerdio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Citrix
    DaaS is ideal in large-scale environments that require centralized, secure management. Remote workforces at large organizations. Highly regulated industries like finance. It allows for easy security and monitoring over one aspect instead of multiple remote machines. DaaS is not ideal for organizations with small budgets due to the pricing and organizations with lousy network connectivity. This would make the end-user experience terrible.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    Nerdio's well positioned in dynamic user count environments, for sure. Or where user's are brought on temporarily and new IT hardware purchase isn't cost effective. If you'd in an environment where frequent application updates are needed, Nerdio handles this with an image model. Less appropriate in predictable, basic computing environments.
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    Pros
    Citrix
    • Enables remote access anywhere, to any device which eliminates managing the endpoints how traditional VPN would require.
    • Integrates well with modern applications to offer optimized user experiences similar to native applications which increases user acceptance.
    • Extremely flexible in how policies are applied to different use cases to ensure the appropriate security mitigations are in place with minimal effort.
    • Easy to maintain and expand environments to fit business needs.
    Incentivized
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    Nerdio, Inc
    • Responsiveness to problems we experience
    • Working until we are satisfied with the response
    • Helping us stay on top of issues that may be problematic down the road
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    Cons
    Citrix
    • A single console to manage the environment.
    • The configuration is a bit complicated and we have hired Citrix administrators. But it's a good solution.
    • User profiles need improvement. They could use more stability and more functionality as well as user profile redirection.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    • Default printers! If you work form home and it will switch up your printers. Even if you don't work from home it will switch it sometimes.
    • Disk space seems a little expensive too :(
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Citrix
    Because it has been a mainstay of our business for many years.
    Incentivized
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Citrix
    Getting the environment setup took me three months of off and on work, with 3 complete rebuilds of the environment. Utilizing the WebUI to access the environment had presented so many random issues that we had to require end users to use the Citrix Reciever App. As it was the only stable solution. Aside from that, it hasn't required much admin intervention since the stand-up was completed.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    Nerdio's UI, and technology are ever evolving, and becoming more useful as time progresses. There's a ton of video trainings to bring folks up to speed on our internal team. It's intuitive, and the links to the corresponding blades in Azure are super helpful. Most of the automated tasks return usable errors when failed, which is helpful
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    Reliability and Availability
    Citrix
    Xendesktop did a great job with HA of all the components.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Citrix
    The performance of XenDesktop is the best in the industry because of the fine-tuned protocol and years of updating. Overall, I don't think there is a better performer on the market. The question is if the added complexity of running XenDesktop is really worth the performance gain. While the latest version of XenDesktop is the easiest to deploy so far, it is still more challenging than the competitors.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Citrix
    The support is great when you get an engineer that knows what they are doing but getting that individual sometimes takes a while. Overall, they are professional and polite and competent in their knowledge. Sometimes the cases are open for an extended period of time which becomes very frustrating when dealing with critical issues.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Citrix
    I was self trained
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Citrix
    Easy to understand and learn at my own pace
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Citrix
    Take it slow and read the directions each step of the way. If you are not familiar with Citrix products, use a reseller or other experienced engineer to assist you in the setup of your environment
    Incentivized
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Citrix
    Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops is platform agnostic (we can use any underlying hypervisor technology) and really flexible for any use case. Using a golden image and provisioning it (with Machine Creation Services or Provisioning Services) is powerful and really straightforward, compared to the complexity in Microsoft RDS of maintaining a coherent farm, or the limitation of VMware Horizon to run on VMware Products.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    We moved to this solution when there was only a limited number of vendors offering this type of work environment... and after talking to colleagues who initially selected other vendors, they were happy to make the switch to AdarIT/Nerdio.
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    Scalability
    Citrix
    Easily scalable
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    Nerdio, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Citrix
    • XenApp has allowed us to continue support of legacy applications and all access of those applications to users across the globe with any device.
    • XenApp can also manage software licenses by restricting number of users, number of concurrent sessions, or combination of both to required specification.
    • While initial investment in XenApp can be costly, continuing support and upgrade are very cost effective and product stability is excellent.
    • While there are competing products from Microsoft and VMware, when it comes to remote application access, XenApp is the best of breed.
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    Nerdio, Inc
    • We have far less problems and our employees are all much more productive (almost too productive!)
    • It is a little expensive, so it will take us some time to see the savings.
    Incentivized
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