Parallels has the potential to revolutionize the way you do business.
March 22, 2020

Parallels has the potential to revolutionize the way you do business.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Parallels Remote Application Server

We have clients that wanted to use the QuickBooks Desktop product, not online. Trading files back and forth can cause issues with the data not being current on one side or another and we couldn't use it at the same time. So we used Parallels to address this issue.
  • Ease of access
  • Stability
  • Low Maintenance
  • Better security
  • Easier to use if not an IT professional
  • Pricing for small business
  • Positive- It got us up and going on our business model
  • Positive- Changed how we worked with our clients
  • Negative- Didn't grow with us
We moved to cloud-based servers about 5 months ago.
It was too expensive to maintain.
In our application of the product, nothing in the statement above is understandable for me. Without an IT person on staff, the product was too hard for a small business owner to use.
In our application of the product, nothing in the statement above is understandable for me. Without an IT person on staff, the product was too hard for a small business owner to use.
One of the primary reasons that I invested the money in the product was for this reason. The product is only as good as the implementation IT persons skills. 12/17/17 we were hit with a Crypto because the IT person didn't "close" a backdoor.
I think that we would have been more pleased with our experience with the product if we had a different IT person.

Do you think Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) again?

No

Parallels Remote Application Server worked well for us for the first few years.

Once we added multiple clients, our server slowed down and we had to look for an alternative.