--- title: "Citrix DaaS Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Citrix DaaS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/vdi/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/daas/) / Citrix DaaS Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/alternatives/) # Citrix DaaS Review From $10-$23/month Free trial 4 plans On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview Citrix DaaS 4.3 [(154)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at $10.00 per user per month Top Alternatives ### About Citrix DaaS Citrix DaaS is a cloud-based and on-premise virtualization solution designed to help businesses enable secure and remote access to Windows, Linux and web applications and ensure desktop delivery from multiple devices over any network. Features include multi-factor authentication, real-time monitoring, session watermarking and password management. The solution enables administrators to protect applications by setting up access permissions and policies based on location or device of employees. With the HDX technology, users can ensure timely delivery of multimedia and graphics-based applications over a slow or fast network, avoiding VDI lag times in the process. It also helps team members interact via audio, video and other collaboration tools. Citrix DaaS offers integration with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft App-V, VMware vSphere and more. It is available on monthly subscriptions and support is provided via phone and documentation. ## Citrix DaaS User Interface ## Popular Citrix DaaS Alternatives Main Product Citrix DaaS 4.3 [(154)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.19Ease of use - 4.05Value for money - 4.19Customer support - 4.26Functionality Pricing Starting at $10.00 per month Alternative Product [Inuvika OVD Enterprise](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/open-virtual-desktop-enterprise-profile/) 5.0 [(23)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/open-virtual-desktop-enterprise-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.96Ease of use - 4.83Value for money - 4.86Customer support - 4.91Functionality Pricing Starting at $8.55 per month Alternative Product [Nerdio](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cloud-management/nerdio-profile/) 4.5 [(11)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cloud-management/nerdio-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.0Ease of use - 4.0Value for money - 4.10Customer support - 4.45Functionality Pricing Starting at $1.00 per month Alternative Product [Thinfinity Workspace](https://www.softwareadvice.com/remote-support/thinfinity-remote-workspace-profile/) 5.0 [(2)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/remote-support/thinfinity-remote-workspace-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.50Ease of use - 5.0Value for money - 5.0Customer support - 5.0Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Kasm Workspaces](https://www.softwareadvice.com/data-loss-prevention/kasm-profile/) 4.9 [(29)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/data-loss-prevention/kasm-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.79Ease of use - 4.89Value for money - 4.81Customer support - 4.69Functionality Pricing Starting at $10.00 per month Alternative Product [Microsoft Azure](https://www.softwareadvice.com/website-builder/microsoft-azure-profile/) 4.6 [(1978)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/website-builder/microsoft-azure-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.15Ease of use - 4.19Value for money - 4.23Customer support - 4.58Functionality Pricing Starting at $0.00 per month ## Citrix DaaS Pricing and Plans Starting price: $10.00 per month Free Trial Free Version Citrix DaaS Standard $10.00 per user, per month No plan information available Citrix DaaS Advanced Plus $13.00 per user, per month No plan information available Citrix DaaS Premium $20.00 per user, per month No plan information available Citrix DaaS Premium Plus $23.00 per user, per month No plan information available ## Citrix DaaS Features - Popular features found in Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Application Management Device Management File Management Policy Management User Provisioning - More features of Citrix DaaS Access Controls/Permissions Active Directory Integration Activity Dashboard Admin Console Alerts/Escalation API Authentication Collaboration Tools Compliance Management Configuration Management DaaS Desktop/Application Virtualization Desktop Virtualization Disaster Recovery Filtering Monitoring Multi-Device Support Remote Access/Control Remote Monitoring & Management Reporting/Analytics Reporting & Statistics Search/Filter Server Monitoring Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management Single Sign On Third-Party Integrations ## Citrix DaaS User Reviews ## Citrix DaaS customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.3/5 - Total reviews: 154 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 75 reviews (49%) - 4 stars: 56 reviews (36%) - 3 stars: 18 reviews (12%) - 2 stars: 5 reviews (3%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4.0/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Functionality: 4.3/5 --- ### Amazing software for your business needs. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kaleb G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Airlines/ Aviation - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This software is great for my line of work and allows all employees to access the our network on our own computer with individual logins. I really enjoy the functions and the capabilities of this software and I believe you will as well. The customer support is amazing and it's definitely worth the money. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Citrix has quite a few benefits to it. I use this system daily and it provides a wide range of access to computers in your office but also remotely. You can add it to one device and then utilize it on multiple devices. It also allows for you to have controlled user access depending who you have on your staff. Each user has a unique ID and password and they can also set up their own layout that displays once you login. #### Cons Depending on your size of your company you may experience the network going down, freezing up or sometimes it just quits. --- ### A new era of workstation - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Serkan Y. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Citrix (XenDesktop) is a approach that took position of conventional workstation in business. It's more power efficient, and easy to access from anywhere which you may not need to be on your computer all the time. I usually use it for CAD/CAE works in my company which offers the best for it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Citrix (XenDesktop) brings a new understand of workstation which you can access from anywhere from any device. It is fundamental for job takes too much time which you can check them whenever you need out of your office. It's also more energy efficient efficient when consider cloud based workstation. #### Cons Login may take some time which may be about the capacity purchased. When I tried to restart desktop, it may not happen. --- ### Extremely glitchy and heavy - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros What I like about this software is the concept of having a virtual desktop and securuty it provides. Execution of the said concept is disappointing. I have nothing more positive to say about citrix as a user. #### Cons Where do I begin?? This is by far the glitchiest and heaviest software I have ever used in my entire life. And this should say something! I've worked for corporations and startups and Im familiar with so many applications and software brands. Citrix in my opinion is the worst! I understand companies use it mostly for security so only employees can access apps and internal network, I get that. But first of all, it's very heavy. While tech requirements for citrix are pretty reasonable in theory, in reality even computers with great memory and fast processors struggle. Once you log in to citrix, it's like you're back to 2000s. Everything is slow and feels heavy. God forbid you double click on an icon by accident, it'll be loading whatever the application you clicked on forever. And then it's gonna give you an error and you'll need to start over. Constant errors and bugs. I'm not kidding when I say that in 3 years I've been using citrix, I didn't have a single day when it worked smoothly. Saving something to your computer and trying to access it is a nightmare because it's two different locations although both virtual. And they don't connect properly. Omg, citrix is a nightmare!! If you're considering citrix for your company, please know that productivity will drop tenfold and spirit as well because when you're irritating with software all day and you need to use it all the time, you're in a bad mood all day, all week, everytime you're at work. Don't use citrix!! --- ### Citrix - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Cynthia R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I've utilized several of the Citrix platforms and I have to say I enjoy this platform most of all. Citrix allows for the use of Windows in a virtual environment. It is a must have for our agents daily work and it provides security and cohesiveness within the organization that spans across different locations and scopes of expertise. That, perhaps for me, is the best feature of Citrix. Having the ability for each member of the team to use the same software, access the same programs regardless of their personal OS or location is why we use it. Having another level of security and "control" for lack of a better word is also key in using a virtual environment that is essential to our company. #### Cons There is not alot of cons to be said about Citrix. Of all the various platforms and programs that our company use, Citrix is the most used, most reliable and most stable. My review of Citrix remains positive. --- ### XenDesktop is an amazing time saver - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: James N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. XenDesktop is a huge time saver and can make you look like a hero to the executive staff. We saved money overall by saving massive amounts of time involved with provisioning users. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This product will increase your productivity, it allows you to have the same desktop experience on whatever device you choose to use. Executives love this product as they always seem to have new technology whether actually increases their productivity or not. If your going to use VDI there is only one clear choice. #### Cons some users may experience bad animation, powerpoint and video when resources are not properly allocated. --- ### Must have for making your life easy - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nicolai S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food Production - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Have been working with XenDesktop quite a bit now. I find it very useful and works smooth (with the correct hardware of course). where I work it's used for 500+ users to connect to. Saves us a lot of work. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Allows users to work on servers without having to work locally on their own computer. On this machne you can deploy applications for the users and set security on it. Which is very useful for big business meaning you don't have to install applications on all the laptops/desktops, but just once on the server. #### Cons Licenses are quite costly, and you probably need a XenDesktop expert to set up the more complex environments. --- ### Overall good, needs some improvement - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Sezgin K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is an easy application to use. It has a good interface. You can reach your workstation/hyper computer from your laptop wherever you are. Lastly, sign-in is quite quick. #### Cons If you are using 2 screens switching moving the Citrix from one screen to the other one can be a problem. The resolution may change to very low. What you need to do is to first reduce the Citrix from full screen and then move it to the other screen. --- ### allows you to increase the flexibility of your servers by the way they deliver virtualized apps. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jose s. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. better response time to platform failures and applications. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is a very intuitive tool, since it fulfills the standard of virtualization, which is to allow an application to be executed from a device that is not installed. It allows controlling the applications and virtual machines installed in the datacenter. It allows controlling the applications and virtual machines installed in the datacenter. Virtualization is done by sessions. the virtualization of sessions through XenApp allows any user of any operating system to access any application delivered by IT #### Cons It requires a high infrastructure cost to start large projects, you must acquire servers that support the load to which they will be exposed. You must have a clear idea from the beginning of the administration of technological resources that are going to be spent at the moment. There is not enough documentation in forums to solve problems. --- ### Citrix created the concept of published applications - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Josh J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very effective in delivering results to our clients. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Citrix is the gold standard for centralized application and desktop delivery to clients, regardless of client platform or deployment configuration. #### Cons Very high cost, requires a large infrastructure investment. High learning curve if you want to be a citrix engineer. --- ### The experience is not consistent. - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Jason S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros I like the ability to host virtual desktops on any machine which makes portability a non-issue. Portability allows me to stay mobile while working in a big office environment. #### Cons The performance was very inconsistent. Unfortunately, when I needed XenDesktop to work correctly, it did not. --- Showing 1 - 10 of 154 Reviews [See All Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/reviews/) ## Citrix DaaS Popular Comparisons [Microsoft Azure vs Citrix DaaS](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/vs/microsoft-azure/)[VMware Horizon vs Citrix DaaS](https://www.softwareadvice.com/compare/186169-citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops/vs/359634-vmware-horizon/)[Citrix Workspace vs Citrix DaaS](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/vs/citrix-workspace/)[Kasm Workspaces vs Citrix DaaS](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/vs/kasm/)[Amazon WorkSpaces vs Citrix DaaS](https://www.softwareadvice.com/help-desk/amazon-workspaces-profile/vs/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops/) [Compare All Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtualization/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-profile/alternatives/) ## See what companies are saying about Software Advice