Citrix is proud to share that Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops has been named the top-rated leader in desktops as a service (DaaS) solutions by three top IT media publications: IT Central Station, G2, and TechGenix. Each ranking determination is based on independent user reviews, views, and comparisons of solutions and requirements based on hands-on experiences.

Why Desktops as a Service (DaaS)?

DaaS has become a trending topic as part of the move away from physical office space and corporate devices brought about during the COVID-19 pandemic response. We all know the work it took to move entire organizations from the office to remote almost overnight to keep workers safe. Now, businesses are re-evaluating ways to enhance security and employee experience for their workforce. And as organizations move toward a post-pandemic workplace, many are adopting long-term solutions to empower employees with new flexible work policies. As a result, we see an increasing need to scale up quickly while providing a secure, productive environment to meet long-term demands for flexibility. This is where DaaS brings value to IT.

Industries large and small have long been interested in adopting a simplified desktop management solution that delivers access to virtual apps and desktops to any device securely from anywhere; but often complexity and capital investment have kept companies from moving forward with full implementation.

Citrix’s DaaS solutions provide a simple virtual apps and desktop experience that can be delivered on demand. With Citrix providing the management of infrastructure as well as updates, patching, and resources to host the workloads, our customers find it easy to deploy apps and desktops globally. In addition, with DaaS, cloud infrastructure enables customers to pay for services on a consumption basis — paying as they use the service, instead of investing capital spending on servers, networking, and storage.

Let’s look at some key feedback on why Citrix is the preferred DaaS service provider.

IT Central Station

Nearly half a million professionals have used IT Central Station for research on various IT solutions and all reviews are from real users, validated by IT Central’s triple authentication process. The full reviews for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are available here.

Some key customer highlights on why IT professionals prefer Citrix:

“When COVID-19 came along, we knew people were going to be home. We knew that we had to ramp up very quickly. We fully leveraged MCS to be able to scale. Being able to take a single image and build 400,000 Virtual Desktops, all within minutes, was second to none in terms of any other technology out there that we could have used.” — Rod M., Technical Team lead at an energy/utilities company

“The Provisioning Services are the most valuable feature. … It allows us to have a vDisk for every region, one that can easily be copied between them if we need to, to limit the amount of updates we have to do.” — Jim G., Citrix Engineer at legal firm with 1,000+ employees

“Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a very robust solution when security is a concern. Furthermore, the content collaboration data-hosting that Citrix integrates with Virtual Apps and Desktops is among the best there is.” — Jeff V., CEO of a Tech Service

G2

G2 scores products and vendors based on reviews gathered from its user community, as well as data aggregated from online sources and social networks. G2 applies a unique algorithm to this data to calculate the customer satisfaction and market presence scores in real time. G2 rates vendor and solutions based on recency of the review, amount of feedback provided in the review, attribution of the reviewer, current use of the solution, and community engagement with the review. The full reviews for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are available here. Key feedback from Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops reviews on G2 include:

“Citrix allows for easy access to my work desktop from home.” — G2 Reviewer, User in Medical Practice, 5 stars

“Easy to use, convenient and integrated.” — G2 Reviewer, 5 stars

“Nice tool for cloud computers.” — G2 Reviewer, 5 stars

“Great service.” — G2 Reviewer, Dawn C., small business, 5 stars

“Easy to use at home and at work.” — G2 Reviewer, – Kyle W, enterprise, 5 stars

“Excellent for secure, seamless, remote application access.” — G2 Reviewer, 5 stars

“Works beautifully. It’s all you need.” — G2 Reviewer, 5 stars

TechGenix

TechGenix Ltd. is an online media publisher that provides free technical content to IT professionals, empowering them with the answers and tools that are needed to set up, configure, maintain, and enhance their networks. TechGenix mentioned Citrix in a recent article as a key desktops-as-a-service providers:

“Citrix is another company known for providing virtual desktops on any operating system or mobile device to give employees the flexibility to be productive from any part of the world. Its DaaS is adaptive to the needs of different employee groups, so they are delivered on-demand. The pay-as-you-go model makes it a cost-effective solution for employers as well.”

Why Choose Citrix for DaaS?

DaaS Delivered with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

While there are many DaaS vendors that support the delivery of a basic desktop image, IT experts choose Citrix for its ability to deliver agility, strong security, and great experience to users.

Agility — With the ability to deliver Windows and Linux apps and desktops quickly to any device around the world, you can deliver the targeted set of applications to each employee depending on their needs. Citrix makes it easy to scale up apps and desktops to meet user demand and can be scaled down easily when no longer needed. Citrix provides ready-to-go templates for operating system images with the latest updates, making it easy to deploy workloads on demand. The Citrix management plane also makes it easy to customize those templates, or even import your own images as needed

Security — Only Citrix offers enhanced security that virtualization brings with having your data safely stored in the cloud and not on the device and can also set advanced security policies like restricting screen captures, USB storage access, and copy/paste to meet strict guideline requirements to protect company data. Citrix also supports your preferred identity providers including Okta, Google, Azure Active Directory, and more to help prevent unauthorized access.

User Experience — Citrix offers our unique HDX high-definition protocol, which gives users a great experience no matter which device they are using to connect. With HDX, Citrix can deliver a high performing interactive experience with optimizations for low-bandwidth or high-latency connections. This allows audio calls to sound clear and videos to play seamlessly and gives users the productive environment they need to get their work done. Citrix provides an optimized Microsoft Teams experience on Windows, Linux or Mac OS and also supports other communication solutions such as Zoom, Cisco WebEx, and Slack with a great experience every time.

Embrace the Cloud of Your Choice

At Citrix, we pride ourselves on providing a single solution that integrates with all the major public cloud vendors, giving you the most flexibility and versatility. As technology has evolved from server-based computing (SBC) to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to desktops as a service (DaaS), Citrix has partnered with our customers to prioritize your feedback, listen to your guidance, and deliver high-performance cloud services designed to meet your business needs.

We invite you to try Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service for yourself and see the difference. Learn more about what Citrix’s DaaS solutions offer, and if you’d like a trial or demonstration of the benefits of our DaaS solutions, contact us today and see for yourself.