Remote Desktop Services vs. ProofHub

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Remote Desktop Services
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Remote Desktop Services from Microsoft is virtual desktop and remote user session technology.N/A
ProofHub
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
ProofHub is a SaaS based project management software from ProofHub LLC in Walnut, CA. It is an online project management and collaboration tool that comes with integrated Group chat, quick Discussions on projects, Workflows and boards, Project reports, among other features. Document (e.g. Excel, Powerpoint) uploading and sharing is supported, along with an integrated an Online proofing tool to aid in image and document review. ProofHub aims to enable teams to…
$50
per month
Pricing
Remote Desktop ServicesProofHub
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Essential
$45
per month (billed annually) unlimited users
Ultimate Control
$89
per month (billed annually) unlimited users
Large Team
$279
per month (billed annually) unlimited users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Remote Desktop ServicesProofHub
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Remote Desktop ServicesProofHub
Features
Remote Desktop ServicesProofHub
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
Remote Desktop Services
4.5
5 Ratings
55% below category average
ProofHub
-
Ratings
Screen sharing7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
File transfer4.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant message1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers1.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile3.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard2.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Session record2.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts3.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Remote Desktop Services
-
Ratings
ProofHub
10.0
5 Ratings
25% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Remote Desktop Services
-
Ratings
ProofHub
10.0
3 Ratings
25% above category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
Remote Desktop ServicesProofHub
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(19 ratings)
10.0
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(1 ratings)
7.4
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Remote Desktop ServicesProofHub
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
This is well-suited if you need to log in to a remote machine on occasion to make updates or change configurations. It is also good for a production environment or for environments where people need to log in to use common applications, so you don't need to install the application on each individual client.
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ProofHub
It suits well for those businesses who want to operate on a global level without investing too much over creating infrastructure. A business can easily reach out to various clients, customers, partners and other stakeholders and communicate and collaborate with them in a fast and transparent manner and can effectively tap any opportunities coming its way. Such opportunities if
properly implemented can lead to gains for the parties involved.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • When you connect with RDS, everything looks and feels (and is) exactly like you're sitting at that desktop. This is great for us and for users.
  • You can sign in with RDS and the desktop will be the same as when you left it (if you choose to set it up that way).
  • Although they take some setup, RemoteApps are a very handy way to let users access a program without requiring them to actually connect to a remote desktop on the server.
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ProofHub
  • The obvious, proofing! We need something in-house that can do this instead of hiring one person for this job. Each person on our marketing team knows how to use it.
  • Organizes team projects in a friendly way.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Remote Desktop Services currently does not support multiple monitors on the terminal server. Unlike other applications such as Teamviewer, there's no feature to toggle between multiple screens even if they were connected to the terminal server.
  • Remote Desktop Services should provide an option to scale up or down the screen size after a connection is established. Currently you can only adjust the screen size prior to a connection is established. So you'll have to take a best guess at what display screen resolution will fit best on your screen.
  • Remote Desktop Services should offer some kind of menu to send special key strokes like Ctrl+Alt+Del to the terminal server. Currently the substitute for that particular combination is Ctrl+Alt+End. But I have yet to discover a replacement for other combination keystrokes such as Alt+PrintScrn.
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ProofHub
  • Proofhub can improve a bit in areas of helping people customize their accounts a bit more. That makes managing work even more easier, when you have things just the way you want them to be.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ProofHub
With an array of useful features available that solve all our work issues, each department has an access to it. Each one knows what’s going on with different teams. This makes collaboration easier, as different teams just need one tool to come together and get things done. I think this is a great product! it has really helped my company get MUCH better organized.
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Usability
Microsoft
The initial setup for Remote Desktop Services is complex, and licensing is costly. Each user connects to their virtual desktop hosted by a single server or group of servers, so a change or issue with servers quickly impacts every single user at the same time. Aside from that, users appreciate seeing their same personal desktop from any device or geographical location.
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ProofHub
It's convenient, simple, and clear.
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Performance
Microsoft
There are some third party tools available that allow you to manage multiple connections.
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ProofHub
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Microsoft
As with any Microsoft Server product, support for Remote Desktop Services requires a paid support package. These are license-based and very costly, on top of the already costly product licensing. Microsoft's licensing is complicated to begin with, so setting up licensing alone essentially requires a licensing expert's counsel. There is community documentation and support available on Microsoft websites, as well as community websites.
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ProofHub
Great support website and had reps follow up multiple times in our trial process. Getting started was very straightforward and adding people is easy too.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
We selected Remote Desktop Services based upon price alone. Other solutions on the market are significantly more expensive, but if your company can foot the bill you should seriously consider products that have been on the market for longer. The lack of an ability to easily upgrade farm servers has been a challenge for us - although it is still faster than updating an application on 2000+ machines. The lack of a centralized management console in 2008 R2 is also challenging, but you get by with the tools available to you. If you don't have the money to spend on Citrix or VMWare Horizon, Remote Desktop Services is a decent replacement.
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ProofHub
We used Basecamp in the past, but we did encounter some problems while working with it. But these concerns have been better addressed in ProofHub. It has a simple interface which is so easy to operate and this was not the case in Basecamp. ProofHub lets us quickly chat with our team members over various work matters through its inbuilt chat feature and resolve them fast while Basecamp provides this feature through a third-party tool which added to our expenses and it was not a very convenient affair. ProofHub has got an inbuilt proofing tool which allows us to get quality feedback over designs instantly saving our time and costs, whereas Basecamp enables proofing through a third party tool which again was not convenient for us. ProofHub’s casper mode feature helps us to protect privacy and secrecy over confidential issues but Basecamp lacks such an important feature. So ProofHub has more to offer and better too in comparison to Basecamp. (answer to Describe how ProofHub stacks up against them and why you selected ProofHub.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Allowed remote users access from home
  • Shared file access for multipolar users from a centralized location
  • Cost to add additional users when maxed out
  • Purchase multiple licenses for programs to run in virtual machines. Or unable to run on a virtual machine
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ProofHub
  • Proofhub has a great impact on our ROI. Due to a systematic approach of handling each clients’ project, we have been able to double the number of clients we had prior to signing up for Proofhub.
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ScreenShots

ProofHub Screenshots

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