ASG-Remote Desktop vs Parallels Desktop

ASG-Remote Desktop

Best for users that have many desktops or servers they need to login to. Great in my environment of multiple clients and the need for fast login and resolution of their issue. If you have a large infrastructure or multiple clients, this is a product you need!

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Tina Cline

IT Support Specialist

270net TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Parallels Desktop

Obviously, Parallels Desktop is ideal for any instances where you need to run an operating system other than what you are currently running. For this, it is very well suited. The ease of installation and setup of those operating systems within Parallels has gotten easier and easier over the years and it is now at the point that it is perhaps the easiest VM software to use.

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Verified User

Engineer in Customer Service

Consumer Electronics Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ASG-Remote Desktop

9.8

Parallels Desktop

9.1

File transfer

10.0

9.4

Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication

10.0

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Access to sleeping/powered-off computers

10.0

Over-the-Internet remote session

10.0

9.0

Remote management of servers & workstations

10.0

Remote Active Directory® management

10.0

9.0

Centralized management dashboard

8.5

Session record

10.0

Multi-platform remote control

10.0

9.3

Screen sharing

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7.5

Instant message

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10.0

Monitoring and Alerts

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7.0

Pros

Organize remote desktop connections
Provide easy and fast connections
Backup and restore configurations

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Tina Cline

IT Support Specialist

270net TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Emulates the entire Windows OS on a Macintosh computer. You can launch the entire Windows OS from your Mac desktop and work entirely in a Windows desktop environment.
Emulates specific programs if you want to run in Windows mode. With this option you don't have to be in a separate OS but launch single applications with Parallels.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Information Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Can be overly complicated at first, but you can add into the features as you build your organization skills

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Tina Cline

IT Support Specialist

270net TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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There were occasions where the system would crash. Typically there would be no reason and a reboot would resolve the issue.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Information Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

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Parallels Desktop8.0

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It has a good integration, including the connection of peripherals. Taking files back and forth works well and I can attach my Home drive as a network drive in Windows. There is even integration with iCloud and other macOS services. There are also a few different display modes which are useful and fleixible (coherence, windowed, full-screen with multiple screens)

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Stefan Boeykens

sr. BIM Manager

D-studioConstruction, 1-10 employees

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Implementation

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Parallels Desktop9.0

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The only advice I can provide is think about who is using the product and build the image based on the true needs of the user.

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Denise Wade

IT support specialist /Mac Support

Graduate CenterInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

ASG-Remote is very flexible and with so many options available it makes the configuration you want for your setup super simple. Other products do not offer the extra features for database and reporting. As well, it offers all the connection types you can possibly think of. The ability to automate tasks for regular servers and workstations is amazing!

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Tina Cline

IT Support Specialist

270net TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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We did not evaluate any other applications.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Information Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Simple use and easy to set up
Fast connections means faster service to your clients/users
Easy to share across other users for connections

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Tina Cline

IT Support Specialist

270net TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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While the main desktop has a fair price, upgrade pricing is about 50% of a new license. As the yearly updates don't often justify this, I tend to skip the even releases.
Ease-of-use and convenience are the main reasons to use it.
OpenGL support has not evolved for recent 3D applications, which is starting to become a problem.
Too many automatic integrations and impact on macOS, so I have to disable quiet a few in the configurations. Especially inadvertantly launching parallels and Windows applications when double-clicking a file or doing a spotlight search can be annoying.

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Stefan Boeykens

sr. BIM Manager

D-studioConstruction, 1-10 employees

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