Data Quadrant Awards 2022
Desktop as a Service
SoftwareReviews names VMware Horizon Cloud and Amazon WorkSpaces as Desktop as a Service Data Quadrant Award Winners.
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Desktop as a Service
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Software Experience
When distilled down, the software experience is shaped by both the experience with the software and the relationship with the vendor. Evaluating enterprise software along these two dimensions provides a comprehensive understanding of the product and helps identify vendors that can deliver on both.
Product Features and Satisfaction
The satisfaction is captured in the overall satisfaction score, which is driven by the likelihood of users to recommend the software, combined with user satisfaction across top product features.
Vendor Experience and Capabilities
The vendor relationship is calculated in a weighted average of the satisfaction scores tied to vendor capabilities (e.g. software implementation, training, customer support, product roadmap) as well as emotional response ratings toward the vendor (e.g. trustworthy, respectful, fair).
Gold Medalists
VMware, Inc.
VMware Horizon Cloud
Delivers enterprise-class virtual desktops and applications from Microsoft Azure and adds incredible value above and beyond Azure Virtual Desktop.
8.5
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+88
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
87%
Likeliness to
Recommend
Likeliness
to Recommend
Amazon.com
Amazon WorkSpaces
Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure cloud desktop service. Amazon WorkSpaces can provision either Windows or Linux desktops in just a few minutes and quickly scale to provide thousands of desktops to workers across the globe. Amazon WorkSpaces helps eliminate the complexity in managing hardware inventory, OS versions and patches, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), which helps simplify your desktop delivery strategy.
8.5
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+86
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
89%
Likeliness to
Recommend
Likeliness
to Recommend
Vendor Capability Awards
Availability and Quality of Training
V2 Cloud
Breadth of Features
V2 Cloud
Business Value Created
VMware Horizon Cloud
Ease of Customization
V2 Cloud
Ease of Data Integration
Amazon WorkSpaces
Ease of IT Administration
VMware Horizon Cloud
Ease of Implementation
Amazon WorkSpaces
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Evolve IP Desktop as a Service
Quality of Features
Amazon WorkSpaces
Usability and Intuitiveness
Evolve IP Desktop as a Service
Vendor Support
VMware Horizon Cloud
Vendor Capability Awards
Availability and Quality of Training
V2 Cloud
Breadth of Features
V2 Cloud
Business Value Created
VMware Horizon Cloud
Ease of Customization
V2 Cloud
Ease of Data Integration
Amazon WorkSpaces
Ease of IT Administration
VMware Horizon Cloud
Ease of Implementation
Amazon WorkSpaces
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Evolve IP Desktop as a Service
Quality of Features
Amazon WorkSpaces
Usability and Intuitiveness
Evolve IP Desktop as a Service
Vendor Support
VMware Horizon Cloud
Other Evaluated Vendors
Evolve IP, LLC.
Evolve IP Desktop as a Service
Desktop as a Service (DaaS) frees businesses from the endless cycle of purchasing, supporting, upgrading and ultimately replacing local PCs by providing an untethered “virtual” workspace that can be accessed from anywhere, at any time, on nearly any device. Moreover, customers and end users can control their DaaS environment via a self-service web portal.
8.1
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+85
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
83%
Likeliness to
Recommend
Likeliness
to Recommend
Microsoft Corporation
Azure Virtual Desktop
Windows Virtual Desktop is a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service running in the cloud. It’s the only virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that delivers simplified management, multi-session Windows 10, optimizations for Office 365 ProPlus, and support for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments. Deploy and scale your Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes, and get built-in security and compliance features.
8.1
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+80
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
85%
Likeliness to
Recommend
Likeliness
to Recommend
V2 Cloud Solutions, Inc.
V2 Cloud
A fully customizable cloud desktop for businesses of all sizes.
7.8
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+69
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
83%
Likeliness to
Recommend
Likeliness
to Recommend
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Citrix DaaS
Create the most empowering employee experience possible. Across every device. On any network. Employees get the same secure, virtual experience across operating systems. You manage it all in a single console.
7.5
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+72
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
80%
Likeliness to
Recommend
Likeliness
to Recommend
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