Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs Microsoft App-V comparison

"Before we adopted a VDI storage solution, our customers' personal information was leaked. This happened a lot. But since we adopted a VDI solution, these kinds of issues have happened rarely."

"I have found that Citrix DaaS is still a complex product, especially on the desktop side, which affects scalability. Although it works well on the apps side, the desktop aspect still has room for improvement in scalability. Managing multiple OSs centrally doesn't reduce many problems, and the product remains almost on par with its competitors like VMware Vue."

"It virtualizes the application on your desktop."

"For the most part, overall stability is what you would expect."

"The user experience when using the solution's technology remotely is definitely superior to our VPN and/or Windows Remote Desktop. It's a much better user experience for those folks."

"The App is the most valuable feature."

"Citrix Workspace can present desktop applications with ease, in an efficient and secure manner. The performance is good, it is a great piece of software."

"We've been able to scale the environment quite nicely by using the Citrix Remote PC. I can't say enough about that. And because that relies on utilizing your existing hardware resources, and making those available as a part of your Citrix farm — with a second level of authentication and security pieces around it — we added some 4,000 workstations without an additional overhead or cost."

"It is very easy to use from an administration point of view."

"The most interesting and powerful feature for us is the fact that we can upgrade any kind of app instantly."

"It is easy to scale. You can quickly deploy additional instances. Rollbacks are easy because there is an automatic backup every hour. Deploying the application is straightforward and efficient."

"We can deploy applications incredibly fast."

"Citrix has to support all of the hypervisors including KVM and OpenStack KVM."

"Performance could be better if there was a low latency improvement."

"It would be great if they included VPN features and improved connectivity."

"The initial setup is very complex."

"Dependency on server virtualization after v7.x is an issue which I encountered in small environments."

"Citrix should consolidate the multiple tools currently required into a single platform."

"Licensing service installation and configuration was the biggest challenge for all Citrix solutions, but now they have fixed a lot of issues."

"There are many latency and slowness issues, which are things looked after by Citrix."

"If it were possible to integrate App-V with a cybersecurity solution then we could implement a documentation registry, which would be useful."

"The reporting features could be improved."

"The downside is that Microsoft bought this product and they are going to discontinue it in 2026. This is worrisome for us."

"The process was streamlined but didn't make our work simple. We encountered an issue with the person responsible for designing the website."

"Citrix licensing is expensive."

"The Citrix license model has changed. It costs around $240 per user for a single username, but a concurrent license costs double."

"The Citrix licensing scheme is really straightforward and simple. It doesn't have hidden costs. You get what you pay for. It is easy to understand what is on the product, so it's simple to get a clear idea of how much it costs. Licensing is not an issue."

"Citrix is a mid-range cost solution compared to some others out there."

"A perpetual enterprise license costs approximately $300 USD."

"The licenses are affordable, but the support is a bit expensive, though worth the value.​"

"Where Citrix really needs to improve is in their support and in the way that they manage their licenses. Everything else comes second because if I'm not in a position where I can get proper support or manage my own licenses in an easy way, then it is pointless. Today, I am at a point where I may not be able to use Citrix anymore because they want to take away some of the licenses that I bought, pretending they are not valid anymore. That is frankly unacceptable. If they don't solve this, everything comes second because I cannot use my product."

"The licensing is $125 USD per user."

"Clients do not pay licensing fees."

"The pricing of this product is competitive."