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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle VDI

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be used to deploy managed virtual desktops and access them from anywhere while keeping data and applications safe.N/A

    Parallels Secure Workspace

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AParallels Secure Workspace (formerly Awingu) is a unified workspace that offers secure and audited access to company files and legacy, web and SaaS applications in a browser-based workspace, accessible via any browser, on any device. The solution is described by the vendor as non-intrusive, and it builds on top of the user's current architecture. It is deployed as a virtual appliance on all common hypervisors and will connect with standard protocols to your existing IT assets (e.g.…

    $90

    per year per user

    Pricing
    Oracle VDIParallels Secure Workspace
    Editions & Modules
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    Named users subscription
    $90
    per year per user
    Concurrent users subscription
    $120
    per year per user
    Concurrent users perpetual
    $250
    one-time fee per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle VDIParallels Secure Workspace
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Awingu can be deployed in your cloud of choice (on-prem, cloud or hybrid). Minimum order for named users is 50. Minimum order for concurrent users is 20. We have unique licensing models for M/CSPs!
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    Features
    Oracle VDIParallels Secure Workspace
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of OCI Virtual Desktop and Parallels Secure Workspace
    Feature
    OCI Virtual Desktop
    -
    Ratings
    Parallels Secure Workspace
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    File transfer00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Session record00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Oracle VDIParallels Secure Workspace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.5
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle VDIParallels Secure Workspace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    Considering Oracle VDI is not supported by Oracle anymore, and will not receive any future updates, I wouldn't recommend Oracle VDI for most scenarios. Unless your organization is under some strict contractual agreement or there is a feature in Oracle VDI that isn't supported in its modern successors/competitors (haven't come across a feature like that based on my experience), I would recommend using something like VMware Horizon.
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    Parallels
    In situations where we didn't need to pass through local disks, we found Awingu to be a good fit. Especially the multiscreen options in an HTML5 browser are pretty unique to them. The extensive options to do MFA are also very user-friendly.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Providing desktop operating system virtualization is way more manageable using this Oracle suite.
    • It has a robust security infrastructure and provides great audit trails.
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    Parallels
    • The most fully featured HTML "remote app" experience
    • Very extensive SSO / MFA support (for example : Azure AD)
    • Multitenant capability
    • Multiscreen capability
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Frequent disconnects causing me to have to reboot my server.
    • Can be laggy at times.
    • Freezes regularly.
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    Parallels
    • Being only/mainly an HTML5 solution some resources can't be passed through (file shares)
    • Publishing apps to local desktops would be nicer if there was a "add to desktop" shortcut.
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    Usability
    Oracle
    From the end user's perspective the usability is not impacted at all.
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    Parallels
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    Performance
    Oracle
    The easiest way to describe the performance is like this - when it is working, it works almost flawlessly. When it starts freezing, your day is going to get very interesting very quickly. As I have stated earlier, I used it for one purpose, and it did what I needed it to most of the time, but I did have issues with it.
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    Parallels
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    VMware Horizon does everything that Oracle VDI is capable of doing and offers many more features, and unlike Oracle VDI, it is still receiving constant updates. Oracle VDI was a great solution for enterprise-level management of virtualized desktop when it was getting updates, but now that it won't be getting any, I would put it in the "outdated technology" category.
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    Parallels
    Awingu has more features in its HTML5 offering, which is the main advantage it has. Parallels RAS also has a local application which gives it some additional features (passing through drives)
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Pricing Models were harsh to begin with, so we invested more money on the license than we needed to.
    • Due to all of the laggy, buggy, and crashing interfaces, our administrators spent considerable additional time working on simple operations.
    • We missed out on many advanced features that Oracle VDI's competitors were rolling out, so we couldn't benefit from them.
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    Parallels
    • Users picked up the new way of using the CRM right away, no long process to migrate to the new system
    • Almost no support cases when switching to Awingu
    Incentivized
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    Parallels Secure Workspace Screenshots

    Screenshot of workspaceScreenshot of architectureScreenshot of filesScreenshot of applicationsScreenshot of Full remote desktopScreenshot of Legacy application AS400