TargetX, from Liaison vs. VMware ThinApp (discontinued)

TargetX, from Liaison

VMware ThinApp (discontinued)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
TargetX, from Liaison	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	TargetX, now from Liaison (acquired October, 2020) is a CRM for higher education institutions. It's built on the Salesforce.com development platform, tailored for student recruitment and retention. It also includes instant messaging (UChat) and the ability to build communities for particular classes/groups of students (Schools App).	N/A
VMware ThinApp (discontinued)	Score 5.2 out of 10	N/A	VMware ThinApp was application virtualization software allowing legacy web applications to run on newer OSs, post-migration, also for running apps across a variety of devices (e.g. flash drives, locked-down computers, etc.) for accessibility and security.	N/A

Pricing

TargetX, from Liaison

VMware ThinApp (discontinued)

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
TargetX, from Liaison	VMware ThinApp (discontinued)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	TargetX, from Liaison	VMware ThinApp (discontinued)

Features

TargetX, from Liaison

VMware ThinApp (discontinued)

Application Virtualization

Comparison of Application Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
	TargetX, from Liaison - Ratings	VMware ThinApp (discontinued) 7.6 2 Ratings 1% below category average
Application support	00 Ratings	7.02 Ratings
Device support	00 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
Ease of deployment	00 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
Application packaging	00 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
Security	00 Ratings	7.02 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	TargetX, from Liaison	VMware ThinApp (discontinued)
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	Parallels RAS Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Ellucian Banner Score 6.0 out of 10	Nutanix AHV Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool Score 7.0 out of 10	Nutanix AHV Score 9.1 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	TargetX, from Liaison	VMware ThinApp (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	7.5 (3 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	TargetX, from Liaison	VMware ThinApp (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	Liaison Most of the reason I'd recommend the solution is for their email capabilities. The email builder is par excellence, almost if not more competitive than capabilities provided by some actual Email Marketing solutions. Additionally, it runs on Salesforce, and thus allows for automated emails and campaigns with information integrated into them from SF records. It is truly remarkable and a very well-developed capability. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Discontinued Products VMware ThinApp is really great for simple packaging projects, standalone apps, or older apps that needs specific runtimes or environment which are not available on target operating systems. Integration with VMware Horizon is simple, and deployment is easy by using shares for storing captured apps, or MSI packages for deploying by group strategies. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Liaison Bulk Email Analytics Event Management 3rd party product bundling & support Incentivized Timothy Hardin Salesforce Adminstrator Read full review	Discontinued Products Virtualizes applications for easy deployment Allows you to run two versions of the same software at the same time. Outstanding customer support Incentivized Michael Timms Network Administrator II Read full review
Cons	Liaison When sending large volumes of email the campaigns can be slow to send The events functions are not as robust as some of the competition Their telemarketing component has not been updated in a while and leaves a bit for current call centers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Discontinued Products VMware seems to have abandoned the product (no functionality evolutions, only security patches). VMware ThinApp is really difficult to buy standalone, it comes packaged with other products. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Liaison Given that it's an older solution and addresses a lot more use cases, there's a lot more bulk and technical debt in the solution. This may make it overwhelming for first-time users and administrators. The email builder though is truly par excellence. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Discontinued Products The only application that I have ever used that does exactly what VMware ThinApp does is Cameyo, and VMware is light years ahead of them in terms of usability. VMWare is the industry standard for application virtualization, and they do this by making a powerful product that is remarkably simple to use and top it off with A1 customer support. Incentivized Michael Timms Network Administrator II Read full review
Return on Investment	Liaison Increases in enrollment! More efficient funnel Incentivized Timothy Hardin Salesforce Adminstrator Read full review	Discontinued Products VMware ThinApp allowed us to maintain older apps, avoiding refactoring costs. ThinApp used with VMware Horizon is great to separate desktop and app management, allowing to fine-tune desktop delivery to end users. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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