Other virtual app and desktop vendors may promise a streamlined approach to delivering VDI. But without desktop as a service (DaaS) functionalities, management quickly becomes cumbersome and time consuming. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops provides advanced monitoring and cloud-native management—everything you need to scale fast and meet the needs of your flexible workforce.
With Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, you choose what works best. Deploy as a cloud service, on-premises or hybrid mix of both. Then use one central cloud console to update your environment in a few clicks. Your users receive a high-definition experience while centralized management and monitoring keeps resources secure.
Compare Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service to VMware Horizon Cloud.
| Feature | Citrix | VMware |
| Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| Remote protocol with an HD experience over any connection | Limited | |
| Optimization for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business on Windows, Mac, and Linux | Limited | |
| Unified communications optimizations, like Zoom and WebEx, across platforms | Limited | |
| Consistent user experience on any device | Limited | |
| Supported optimization tools for the best user experience | - | |
| Security | ||
| End-to-end fully-secure perimeter for next-gen user and IP protection | - | |
| Single enterprise-ready access point for all services | Limited | |
| Advanced compliance and monitoring tools | - | |
| Fine-grained context-aware policy controls | Limited | |
| Choice | ||
| Native support for all leading cloud providers* | - | |
| Choice of any cloud platform and hypervisor* | - | |
| Simplified DaaS workload deployment | - | |
| Cloud managed Remote PC Access | - | |
| Extensive partner ecosystem | |
- |
| Workspace environment management tools to optimize resources for user workloads | - | |
| Robust application and image management | Limited | |
* Applies to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced and Premium service only
VMware technology could not deliver what we needed. Citrix offered a virtual desktop solution that could replace what we were doing with VMware Horizon.
Lisa Pratt
Enterprise Architect Team Lead
The University of Vermont Medical Center