What is 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.
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85 Likeliness to Recommend
90 Plan to Renew
81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
+90 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Amazon WorkSpaces?
Pros
- Saves Time
- Appreciates Incumbent Status
- Continually Improving Product
- Inspires Innovation
Emotional Footprint
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Footprint
Feature Ratings
Desktop Environment
Bulk Patching and Updates
Desktop Management
Outsourced Backend Administration
Per Unit Time Pricing
Secure Connectivity
Multi Tenant Architecture
Device Support
Vendor Capability Ratings
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Implementation
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Quality of Features
Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Customization
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Amazon WorkSpaces Reviews
Suresh M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2021
good remote working place
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon WorkSpaces from other similar products?
easy to maintain the space, cutomization of the size is simple.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
no vpn required just install the client app and then provide the login details and rock and role.
What do you dislike most about this product?
file transfer from local machine to workspace it complicated.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
yes, easy to manage remote working space.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
Camilo A.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2021
Remarkable cloud VM to use on a regular basis
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon WorkSpaces from other similar products?
It is lightweight and does not consume physical memory but just internet as it runs over the cloud
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It saves a lot of disk space
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes the interface is slow and the screen freezes. Also at least once a day when you press a key it looks like it gets stuck and you see the same letter more than twenty times
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Try to improve the UI interaction as the interface works weird sometimes when you type long words
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Marianne P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Insurance
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2020
Easy to use
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon WorkSpaces from other similar products?
Ease of use
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Easy for business
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing at all
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Try it for your business
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity