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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Citrix DaaS

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACitrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or XenDesktop) is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and application virtualization solution from Citrix.

    $375

    Join.me (discontinued)

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AJoin.me, once acquired by LogMeIn in 2019, was an audio, video, and web conferencing tool targeted at SMBs. Its software can be used across various devices and includes features such as one-click scheduling, personal links, interactive whiteboards, and presenter swapping. It has since been discontinued.

    $10

    per month

    Pricing
    Citrix DaaSJoin.me (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Virtual Apps
    $375
    Lite
    $10.00
    Month
    Pro
    $10.00
    Month
    Business
    $10.00
    Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Citrix DaaSJoin.me (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Citrix DaaSJoin.me (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Cloud Software Group
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    77%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    Citrix DaaSJoin.me (discontinued)
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Citrix DaaS and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Citrix DaaS
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.8
    75 Ratings
    1% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.566 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.269 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.059 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings7.336 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Citrix DaaS and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Citrix DaaS
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.9
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Citrix DaaS and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Citrix DaaS
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.0
    69 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.464 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.121 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.052 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Citrix DaaS and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Citrix DaaS
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.1
    59 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.759 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.720 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings7.826 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Citrix DaaS and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Citrix DaaS
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.3
    58 Ratings
    3% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.244 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.251 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Citrix DaaSJoin.me (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.4 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.4 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    VMware Workstation Player
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Citrix DaaSJoin.me (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (55 ratings)
    7.1
    (76 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    8.8
    (25 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    2.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Citrix DaaSJoin.me (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cloud Software Group
    DaaS is ideal in large-scale environments that require centralized, secure management. Remote workforces at large organizations. Highly regulated industries like finance. It allows for easy security and monitoring over one aspect instead of multiple remote machines. DaaS is not ideal for organizations with small budgets due to the pricing and organizations with lousy network connectivity. This would make the end-user experience terrible.
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    Discontinued Products
    I would neither recommend nor dissuade anyone from using Join.Me. When it first came on the scene, it was a game-changer as far as providing remote access to other authorized individuals and helped save a great deal of time trying to walk someone less proficient through all the detailed steps of computer repair. However, with the proliferation of Zoom and other conferencing products that also provide built-in remote access through its service, the need for a separate application is now limited and not as essential as its own product.
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    Pros
    Cloud Software Group
    • Enables remote access anywhere, to any device which eliminates managing the endpoints how traditional VPN would require.
    • Integrates well with modern applications to offer optimized user experiences similar to native applications which increases user acceptance.
    • Extremely flexible in how policies are applied to different use cases to ensure the appropriate security mitigations are in place with minimal effort.
    • Easy to maintain and expand environments to fit business needs.
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    • No need to download anything to get started. Once you sign up you can get started from within your browser. This is probably the single best feature, its a get up and go solution for video conferencing and you do not need any software for it to work.
    • The one click join a meeting URL is genius. Users who struggle with remembering passwords or invites can just click a link and immediately participate in a meeting which means one email and a couple of clicks and a meeting can start.
    • Good control features - As the main user, you have many control features including deciding who can speak, annotations, screen sharing easily.
    • Screen Recordings to the Cloud - This can save on time when you have had a long conference, you can save a recording to the cloud and download it later.
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    Cons
    Cloud Software Group
    • A single console to manage the environment.
    • The configuration is a bit complicated and we have hired Citrix administrators. But it's a good solution.
    • User profiles need improvement. They could use more stability and more functionality as well as user profile redirection.
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    Discontinued Products
    • There should be a complete guide to understand its features before installation because if one feature will be missed then, we can’t get them working properly.
    • Furthermore, there should be high-quality internet for getting its function and it won’t work without good network coverage.
    • I think its interface is a little hard for beginners and is not that user friendly.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cloud Software Group
    Because it has been a mainstay of our business for many years.
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    Discontinued Products
    This platform enables a very high ROI for the solution that it provides to our team to support our end-users.
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    Usability
    Cloud Software Group
    Getting the environment setup took me three months of off and on work, with 3 complete rebuilds of the environment. Utilizing the WebUI to access the environment had presented so many random issues that we had to require end users to use the Citrix Reciever App. As it was the only stable solution. Aside from that, it hasn't required much admin intervention since the stand-up was completed.
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    Join.me is one of the easiest programs I've ever used. It's so easy to get it set up and installed and even easier for someone to join a meeting. The controls are very intuitive and labeled appropriately. The UIX makes sense. It's been a reliable product in my app stack-I love it!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cloud Software Group
    Xendesktop did a great job with HA of all the components.
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    Performance
    Cloud Software Group
    The performance of XenDesktop is the best in the industry because of the fine-tuned protocol and years of updating. Overall, I don't think there is a better performer on the market. The question is if the added complexity of running XenDesktop is really worth the performance gain. While the latest version of XenDesktop is the easiest to deploy so far, it is still more challenging than the competitors.
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    Support Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    The support is great when you get an engineer that knows what they are doing but getting that individual sometimes takes a while. Overall, they are professional and polite and competent in their knowledge. Sometimes the cases are open for an extended period of time which becomes very frustrating when dealing with critical issues.
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    I honestly haven't reached out to their Support team. I get notifications of what they are working on which is good to see, but I haven't directly spoken with any of them. I think my main reason for this is that join.me gives me just what I need (not much more and not much less).
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    In-Person Training
    Cloud Software Group
    I was self trained
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    Online Training
    Cloud Software Group
    Easy to understand and learn at my own pace
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    Implementation Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    Take it slow and read the directions each step of the way. If you are not familiar with Citrix products, use a reseller or other experienced engineer to assist you in the setup of your environment
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    This is a fairly simple product which doesn't require much "implementation" work for our use cases.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cloud Software Group
    Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops is platform agnostic (we can use any underlying hypervisor technology) and really flexible for any use case. Using a golden image and provisioning it (with Machine Creation Services or Provisioning Services) is powerful and really straightforward, compared to the complexity in Microsoft RDS of maintaining a coherent farm, or the limitation of VMware Horizon to run on VMware Products.
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    Discontinued Products
    If you're looking for something basic that handles a little bit of everything when it comes to meetings, screen shares and remote desktop control join.me is a great options. If you're a super user and really wanting a lot of detailed features and rich user interfaces and money is not an issue you may want to consider use specific options.
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    Scalability
    Cloud Software Group
    Easily scalable
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    Return on Investment
    Cloud Software Group
    • XenApp has allowed us to continue support of legacy applications and all access of those applications to users across the globe with any device.
    • XenApp can also manage software licenses by restricting number of users, number of concurrent sessions, or combination of both to required specification.
    • While initial investment in XenApp can be costly, continuing support and upgrade are very cost effective and product stability is excellent.
    • While there are competing products from Microsoft and VMware, when it comes to remote application access, XenApp is the best of breed.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Customer support solution - join.me has made it so much easier to quickly get with a customer and see their trouble and show them a solution. This saves lots of back and forth time and gives the customer more power over owning their solution.
    • More efficient communication - without join.me we would waste time going back and forth on emails or slack trying to get our message across. Join.me lets us quickly show AND tell others what's going on. I honestly don't know how we ever functioned without it.
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