Omnissa Horizon vs. Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS)

Omnissa Horizon

162 Reviews and Ratings

Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS)

263 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Omnissa Horizon	Score5.5 out of 10	N/A	A VDI solution used for the secure delivery of virtual desktops and apps from on-premises to the cloud. It is used to deploy, manage, monitor and scale desktops and apps across private, hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure using a cloud-based console and SaaS management services.	$4.67 per month per user
Parallels RAS	Score6.8 out of 10	N/A	Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS, formerly 2X RAS), is application virtualization technology, billed as a solution to extend the life of legacy OS (like Windows XP) with its virtual desktop for any device. Maltese company 2X Software developed the technology, but was acquired by Parallels (in Seattle, WA) in February, 2015 to extend their cross-platform support solutions.	$120 per year per user

Pricing

Omnissa Horizon

Parallels RAS

Horizon Apps Standard: $4.67
per month per user
Horizon Standard Plus: $5.79
per month per user
Horizon Apps Universal: $6.00
per month per user
Horizon Enterprise Plus: $10.71
per month per user
Horizon Universal: $12.50
per month per user

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Pricing Offerings
Omnissa Horizon	Parallels RAS
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Omnissa Horizon	Parallels RAS
Considered Both Products	Omnissa No answer on this topic	Alludo Verified User Chose Parallels RAS Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) stacks up against VMware Horizon and Citrix Workspace because it was much more cost effective and easier to install, configure and implement. Our decision to use Parallels RAS was because of using all features with one license … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Parallels RAS I have used but not admined similar products from VMware and seen demos from Cisco and I would not personally find any benefit in migrating away from our Parallels configuration to those platforms. Incentivized Helpful? Marzieh Hooshmand Consultant in Research & Development at Emarex (Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees) Chose Parallels RAS Better support and higher speed than competitors Incentivized Helpful? Brandon Barrett VP of Operations in Information Technology at TurnKey Solutions, LLC (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Parallels RAS Parallels Remote Application Server has been easier and less expensive to implement for our clients than VMware Horizon and offers a better experience than Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. All three of these can accomplish similar end results, but when looking at the overall … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Parallels RAS Parallels Remote Application Server is a cost-effective solution for Citrix and VMware products. It is also less complex to configure and manage. Offers similar connectivity options and integrates easily with 2FA authentication, for example from Google which is a free option. Incentivized Helpful? Waqas Anjum Akram Javid Sales Account Manager in Information Technology at EchoServe (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Parallels RAS Simple and powerful administrative tools to manage users, groups, and the publishing of environments. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Parallels RAS We use Citrix and RAS both, and RAS is a cheaper, simplified solution compare to Citrix. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Parallels RAS To be honest, we thought of Parallels Remote Application Server as a poor man's Citrix. We went with it initially because it met the immediate need and was a lot cheaper, but that might not be a fair description considering the features provided. They've continued to add new … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Parallels RAS The management of Parallels Remote Application Server was much easier, the cost of licenses and yearly maintenance was lower, their support team was much more helpful then their competitors and the initial server setup was faster. We had our system up and running in as little … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Parallels RAS In both instances, Parallels was cheaper and less complicated both in technical terms and licencing terms - lower barrier to entry and right fit for our company. Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Omnissa Horizon	Parallels RAS
Likelihood to Recommend	4.3 (37 ratings)	8.9 (151 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.8 (21 ratings)
Usability	5.0 (5 ratings)	8.0 (28 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (4 ratings)	4.5 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	1.0 (11 ratings)	8.6 (129 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (10 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (4 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.7 (3 ratings)	4.5 (3 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (1 ratings)	7.3 (3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)