Citrix DaaS Pricing

“Price is a big concern and they use to offer good deals, but of late the price is really up there. … Support cost is expensive when their support is really poor.”

“Renewal cost of support contract is 80% of initial purchase price.”

“Cost - If budget is a big constraint then there are other cheaper solutions available for evaluation.”

“While nothing else compares to XenDesktop in terms of features and functionality, the lesser-featured rivals can be less expensive, so it can be a battle to demonstrate the total cost of ownership... … XenDesktop is the absolute standard if you need any of the following:

• Connectivity from any device
• Secure remote access into your environment
• Tight integration with...”

“More fair pricing (solutions can be very expensive).”

“The cost to maintain this software can be expensive, especially if you have high numbers of employees who need access.”

“Smaller organizations may not find the cost-benefit due to overall costs and/or the cost of managing the environment. … Quick implementations of new environments have made the product worth the value.”

“Being able to easily add new use cases with minimal "re-work" to existing workspace delivered by the solution has been a great ROI value. … General monitoring is decent and has the ability to send email alerts, but the scope is very limited to mostly user experience components or requires the most expensive license level to get some...”

“I can't speak too much to the cost, but I know it isn't cheap.”

“Can be expensive for medium and small companies since there is additional cost of Windows OS and RDS cal licenses still needed in addition to XenApp. … While initial investment in XenApp can be costly, continuing support and upgrade are very cost effective and product stability is excellent.”

“Cost - Licensing costs are not cheap.”