Citrix DaaS 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
User Reviews

Overview

Citrix DaaS

4.3

(154)

Pricing

Starting at $10.00 per month

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 Screenshots

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 VDI
Access Controls/Permissions
DaaS
Load Balancing
Multi-Device Support
Self Service Portal
Third-Party Integrations
Two-Factor Authentication
More features of Citrix DaaS
Active Directory Integration
Activity Dashboard
Admin Console
Alerts/Escalation
API
Application Management
Authentication
Collaboration Tools
Compliance Management
Configuration Management
Desktop/Application Virtualization
Desktop Virtualization
Disaster Recovery
Filtering
Monitoring
Policy Management
Remote Access/Control
Remote Monitoring & Management
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Search/Filter
Server Monitoring
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
Single Sign On

Citrix DaaS User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

49%

36%

12%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.3

shaik a.

Verified reviewer

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

One of the best app which delivers secure Linux desktops and apps single management console for pc

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The most good running and using tools in real time which can help usn getting connected to the cloud desktops almost all the enterprise application companies prefer to use this tool which make employees to connect to cloud desktop to work. It reduces the cost and increase efficiency on Microsoft azure. It has hdx technology for optimised.user expirence this is the reason the app.is available.on. mobile devices too. Provides virtual desktop to complete our business needs it is secure robust and collectivily cost less. It give employees.the freedom to work from any where while cutting IT costs

Cons:

There is no least thing to speak about this. But when this opened in mobile its page seems.loading slow but due to some connectivity issues. and another thing a chnage required is the UI part that can be changed removing the un required options

Kaleb G.

Verified reviewer

Airlines/ Aviation

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2018

Amazing software for your business needs.

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

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Simon P.

Verified reviewer

Retail

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Every Day Another Challenge

In short, Citrix cannot please everyone, but the printer issues need to be addressed (you could be the first in the world!) and the internet issues need to be addressed. Our internet speed and signal is as good as it gets in our location, so we know we have the best chance of success there. Please make Citrix more understandable to the people who license its use and pay handsomely to do so. Thank you for making some of the issues transparent and therefore easier to report and fix .

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software looks good, is simple to use and I understand it. It is also very good at telling you what it is doing, even if it stalls or freezes. It is also easy to reset, which is a good thing as you can manage internet drop outs that may occur that you cannot blame on the operating system. So, in effect, very informative even when it encounters a crisis which is a really good and honest approach. I wish Windows was so honest in its approach.....

Cons:

So I should first of all tell you that I use a MacBook Air and run Citrix on this every day. There is an obvious 'culture clash' here I feel. When I use Citrix to open a website that moves or animates in some way, such as www.rolex.com, which it is my job to use, it freezes every time. However, during various investigations with this error it has become apparent that even a still image can cause this. It then requires a total reboot to get rid of the frozen image. This does not happen with Safari when asking for the same image or site to be opened. Annoyingly, there is no error message displayed when this occurs so we never get to understand why. That said, when error messages occur for other reasons, the error message is either 'unknown' or a number that means nothing to the tech company we employ. I'm not trying to contradict my previous comments, this is a comment on the process of using the internet via Citrix to browse websites and not on the day to day running of our retail software which is pretty seamless. I should also talk about the seeming inability to run six printers in the business in a consistent way, these are ticket, receipt and document printers essential any retail showroom. We spend too much time reinstating these devices, but at least we know what to check every morning and how to deal with it as it happens so frequently! I am aware, however, that printers are the bane of every I.T provider on the planet!

Reasons for switching to Citrix DaaS

Our I.T support company recommended it as it was open about reporting issues, which it is. It is better than the previous platform we used, but I cannot remember the name of it.

Serkan Y.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

A new era of workstation

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

Functionality

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:

Cynthia R.

Verified reviewer

Information Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2019

Citrix

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

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.

James N.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2017

XenDesktop is an amazing time saver

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

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Nicolai S.

Verified reviewer

Food Production

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2019

Must have for making your life easy

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

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Sezgin K.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Overall good, needs some improvement

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

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.

Jose s.

Verified reviewer

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

allows you to increase the flexibility of your servers by the way they deliver virtualized apps.

better response time to platform failures and applications.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.