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Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and remote desktop services (RDS) are critical for businesses seeking secure, scalable, and efficient remote work solutions. vDeskWorks and Cloudalize are two platforms offering these services, but vDeskWorks stands out with its comprehensive feature set, robust security, and unmatched flexibility.

This blog explores why vDeskWorks is the superior choice for businesses, based on a detailed comparison of its capabilities against Cloudalize.

Extensive Remote Desktop and VDI Solutions

Both Cloudalize and vDeskWorks offer Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and personal and pooled VDI support, ensuring adaptability to multiple business requirements. Nonetheless, vDeskWorks offers greater operating system support, such as RDS on Server 2016, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, and 2003, and VDI on Windows 7, 8, and 10. Cloudalize, on the other hand, only supports VDI on Windows 10, which may limit compatibility for businesses employing legacy systems or multi-environment environments.

Furthermore, vDeskWorks employs RDP via HTTPS, a more secure protocol than Cloudalize's default RDP, for safer data transfer. This makes vDeskWorks more suitable for organizations that need strong compatibility and additional security in virtual desktop rollouts.

Greater General Features for Smooth Operations

vDeskWorks stands out in providing an uninterrupted user experience with session load balancing, which adjusts resource allocation for smooth performance—something missing in Cloudalize. Both solutions provide seamless application and desktop publishing, web-based application launching through HTML5, universal printing, and folder publishing. But vDeskWorks extends to connection policy management, high-availability, and User Profile Disk (UPD) support, which are not found in Cloudalize. These features provide improved scalability, simplified management, and seamless user experience, especially for businesses with sophisticated IT infrastructures.

Strong Security Features for Data Protection

Security is a top priority in remote desktop solutions, and vDeskWorks has a clear advantage here. It is FIPS compliant, incorporates multi-factor authentication (MFA), and incorporates pass-through authentication, proxy support, and lockdown policies all of which are not present in Cloudalize. Both platforms feature SSL gateways and Active Directory (AD)-based security policies, but vDeskWorks' extra layers of security make it perfect for sectors such as the finance, health, or legal industries, where data security is non-negotiable.

Advanced Management and Monitoring Features

vDeskWorks makes IT management easy with a complete web-based management interface, graphical dashboard monitoring, and server deployment at the click of a button. Although both have system health monitoring, audit logging, and reporting, vDeskWorks adds email notifications and single-tap server role management, which are not available in Cloudalize. All these tools minimize admin overhead so IT teams can attend to strategic priorities instead of day-to-day maintenance.

Flexible Provisioning and Integration

vDeskWorks has hybrid cloud provisioning and Microsoft Azure integration, providing business scalability and flexibility in transition to or operation within hybrid environments. These features are absent in Cloudalize, which restricts its flexibility for organizations with various cloud strategies. Both platforms support enterprise scalability, although vDeskWorks' integration features render it superior for companies looking to future-proof their IT infrastructure.

High-Performance Access for Best User Experience

For high-performance access, vDeskWorks offers HDX/RemoteFX experience optimization, providing smooth graphics and multimedia performance, a feature lacking in Cloudalize. Both platforms include browser content redirection for audio and video. Still, vDeskWorks optimizes user experience further through optimized screen resolution and disconnected/active session views, features that Cloudalize does not support. These features provide a responsive and customized experience, especially for users working on resource-hungry applications.

Simplified Installation and Disaster Recovery

Both solutions provide streamlined deployment and support for x64 environments, but vDeskWorks differs with its embedded licensing console and disaster recovery from the database. These two features facilitate installation and business continuity, providing vDeskWorks with a competitive advantage for organizations that value operational resilience.

Support for Broad Client Platforms

vDeskWorks provides support for a greater variety of client platforms, such as Windows XP, 7, 8.x, 10, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Chromebook, and HTML5 browsers. Cloudalize does not support Linux, Chromebook, and HTML5 browsers and therefore restricts its use for heterogeneous workforces. Both platforms provide RDP client support and one-click easy access, full-screen applications, and drive/printer mapping of clients. Still vDeskWorks' extended compatibility guarantees the requirements of heterogeneous user environments.

Value-Added Services and Add-Ons

vDeskWorks has a strong feature set of add-on services, such as Office 2016, 2019, or integration of Office 365, support for QuickBooks, anti-spam and malware protection, backup snapshots, and firewall options. Cloudalize provides only anti-spam and malware protection, so vDeskWorks is a better fit for companies that require one-stop virtualization platforms.

Better Remote Support and Technical Support

vDeskWorks offers better remote support through shadowing, remote management, and monitoring, in addition to ticketing support, live chat, and remote session support. Cloudalize has remote management, monitoring, ticketing, and remote session support, but not shadowing and live chat, making it less responsive to user concerns. vDeskWorks' overall support guarantees quicker solutions and greater customer satisfaction.

Global Reach and Community

vDeskWorks caters to a rapidly expanding international clientele, with clients including those in the USA, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Belize, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, and Malaysia. This widespread presence showcases its reliability and flexibility in multiple markets, establishing it as a reliable option for companies globally.