Hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop

Citrix XenDesktops Plans and Pricing

Dedicated Citrix Virtual Desktop Bronze	Dedicated Citrix Virtual Desktop Silver	Dedicated Citrix Virtual Desktop Gold
40gb SSD Disk	50gb SSD Disk	65gb SSD Disk
$39.95/mo.$35.95/mo. for Annual Payments	$54.95/mo.$49.45/mo. for Annual Payments	$89.95/mo.$80.95/mo. for Annual Payments
Open Office + optional Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	Open Office + optional Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	Open Office + optional Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
2 GB RAM and 2 vCPU	4 GB RAM and 2 vCPUs	8 GB RAM and 4 vCPUs
Freedom to install own applications	Freedom to install own applications	Freedom to install own applications
Option to add GPU	Option to add GPU	Option to add GPU
No optional add-on user possible	Optional add-on user possible ($36/user/month)	Optional add-on user possible ($36/user/month)
Learn More	Learn More	Learn More

Why Apps4Rent as Citrix Virtual Desktop Hosting Partner?

Many cloud solutions providers offer hosted Citrix solutions. Here are some reasons why Apps4Rent stands out for Citrix Virtual Desktop hosting.

• We have served over 10,000 businesses across regions, sizes, and industries.
• We have 18 years of experience in delivering hosting services and solutions. Our Citrix Virtual Desktops can be used to host accounting and tax applications, business applications, and even resource-intensive graphic designing and video editing software.
• Not only are we a Microsoft Certified cloud solution provider, but we are also a Citrix Partner.
• We offer our Citrix Virtual Desktops on Solid-State Drive (SSD) for improved efficiency, better safety, and reduced costs.
• You can opt for additional dedicated vGPUs for improving the performance of your Citrix Virtual Desktops.
• We provide 24/7/365 phone, chat, and email support for Citrix solutions that are backed by SLAs.
• Our solution is optimized to work with Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
• Our Citrix Virtual Desktops are fully secured end-to-end with advanced user and IP protection measures.
• Optimized to deliver a consistent performance on all devices.

Case Studies of Our Virtual Desktops Across Industries

Tax and Accounts
Denver, Colorado

The accounting and tax firm wanted to adopt the cloud technology for desktops in order to save recurring costs and enhance the capability of its teams to work from remote locations County Medical Center.

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Citizens Medical Center
Rochester, NY

The medical center had to balance the upgrade costs of desktops with the compliance requirements of HIPAA and HITECH. They decided to go in for cloud-based virtual desktops with Apps4Rent.

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Legal Firm
Jackson, Mississippi

The partners wanted their law applications and data on their regular desktops to be available from anywhere, using the cloud. They needed an IT partner that knew the working of law firms well.

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Web Designers
Bay Area, SFO

The designers and developers team wanted their work to be available for review to all the stakeholders from different locations through virtual desktops on the cloud, while ensuring data security and safety.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

1. How does the experience of using hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop compare with regular Windows desktop?

   The look and feel of Citrix Virtual Desktops (XenDesktop) are identical to a traditional Windows desktop. Access is available through common browsers, Citrix Receiver or remote data protocol (RDP) clients and on a variety of devices such as PCs, Macs, Linux desktops, phones, tablets, and thin clients. Local devices such as printers, USB connected devices, and multiple monitors work as intended.

   The advantages of Citrix virtual desktops hosted on Apps4Rent’s servers include anywhere access, a consistent interface, unrestricted access to desktop applications, ability to scale up or down, and of course, significant cost savings.

2. What are the benefits of hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop?

   The best features of a Citrix Virtual desktop are its flexibility, low cost, dependability, and efficiency. Citrix Virtual Desktop hosting takes advantage of the latest industry trends – the need for anytime anywhere access on numerous smart devices, virtualization of physical resources such as hardware, cloud hosting services, and outsourcing to the best of the breed vendors. Whether you are a business owner, an extended IT team member, or a manager who urgently needs access to a productive desktop software application, you need to focus on expanding your business rather than managing and maintaining your employee desktops and associated software applications. A virtual desktop with Citrix technologies hosted by Apps4Rent takes the entire burden of managing the desktop environment off you – for a low, per-user price that is fixed on a month-to-month basis.

3. How will Hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop services help my business?

   To sustain and grow in today’s work environment, your organization as well as its infrastructure management must be nimble. Teams develop quickly around tasks, team members work from locations that may not be even in the same time zone. With hosted desktops, IT staff can quickly provision the required applications, change hardware resources on desktops, manage security, and administer from anywhere. Your in-house IT staff will be freed up from troubleshooting low-level problems. They will be able to contribute more meaningfully to your core business projects. Thanks to the consistent experience, your team as well as the stakeholders will be able to improve the computing efficiency from remote workplaces as well as the office. You will be able to use your favorite full-featured business software packages to be more productive and work with the most up-to-date business software without having to spend on upgrading the hardware to match. It is always safer to have some virtual desktops in the reserve with pre-installed applications to meet fluctuating demands. At other times, special applications and environments may be needed for short projects for specific users. It is easy to meet that demand with hosted dedicated desktops. 24 x 7 availability of the desktop infrastructure and expert support from Apps4Rent’s staff adds to the flexibility.

4. How do I know if the Apps4Rent Hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop solution is right for my business?

   Using the services of a virtual Citrix desktop hosting provider such as Apps4Rent makes perfect sense for both small and medium-sized businesses wherein IT expertise may not be available. Apps4Rent’s virtual desktop packages include anti-virus, regular backups, and commonly used applications. And our affordable and experienced staff can install custom software applications during after-office hours, letting employees remain productive during office hours. In many cases, virtual desktops in the cloud do away with the need of having a server in-house and also the software as well as the technical support needed to maintain the server. This can result in significant savings for organizations.

5. How is Apps4Rent Citrix different?

   Here’s your unique gain from Apps4Rent’s DaaS (Desktop-as-a-Service) and why you get maximum value for your money

   • We offer you virtualized Citrix Virtual Desktops (XenDesktop) on the cloud.
   • You get month-to-month billing. With pay-as-you-go service, you have predictable IT costs, which wouldn’t shoot up unnecessarily due to any reason.
   • You can get dedicated-virtual desktops as per your need (smaller/ higher) resource/personalization/control requirements.
   • We offer Citrix Virtual Desktop on Solid State Drive (SSD) devices, which makes your navigation even smoother.
   • Hosted Citrix Desktop service at the best price in the market.
   • No minimum user criterion. From a single user to any number up, you are free to choose. (some prominent vendors have a minimum number of virtual desktops to be signed up, often as high as 50 or its multiples).
   • You can upscale/downscale users as per your use.
   • Our pay-as-you-go model makes it wallet-friendly for small and medium-sized businesses.
   • Our dedicated virtual desktop will allow you to install your preferred custom applications, move all your data there along with all your line of business applications. A real virtual desktop solution in every sense.
   • We offer you a very useful and unique concept of “Add-on Users.” Under this, you can keep adding new users to the same virtual desktops instead of buying a new one for every user.

6. Are there cost benefits of switching to Apps4Rent Hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop solution?

   The unique pricing model of Apps4Rent hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop is ideal for you to realize the optimum ROI. Uncontrollable IT expenses become a thing of the past, as the virtual desktops come with a fixed fee that is billed on a monthly subscription basis. You can accomplish projects involving desktop without risking capital on the hardware setup as well as software installations. Moreover, our plans have been carefully created keeping in mind the real-world business requirements.

7. How reliable is the Apps4Rent Hosted Citrix Virtual Desktop solution?

   The business server going down is the worst nightmare for any business owner or the manager. This is never a possibility with the virtual desktops from Apps4Rent, as they are delivered from a top-tier SSAE16 Type II certified data center in New York, USA. Apps4Rent invests heavily in making the backup, power supply as well as the internet backbone connection redundant, with multiple fallback options. Even if your IT engineer is away for a week or more, you have nothing to worry about. Our daily backups are configured to run automatically and they get safely stored away in the highly secure data center. Moreover, we also undertake the responsibility of doing all the updates and patches to the software as and when needed.

8. How does your FREE TRIAL offer work?

   We offer you 15 days risk-free trial for our dedicated Citrix virtual desktops. All you need to keep in mind is to cancel your account within 15 days of your sign up to get a full refund. For account cancellation, send us an email to cancel@apps4rent.com from your registered mail id.

   Note that Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (formerly Office 365 ProPlus) and ‘add-on users’ features are not covered during a free trial.

9. What sort of technical support can I expect from Apps4Rent?

   You will be able to manage tasks easily from the control panel itself. However, our support engineers are always available 24/7*365 for any issue, and if need be they also access the users’ local desktop remotely.

   Our support services include 24/7*365 help desk support, remote support, ticketing system, online knowledge sharing, infrastructure monitoring, management, updates, patching, maintenance, escalation, and remediation.

   We have the best response time in the industry, with calls getting attended to within 15 minutes. Depending on the complexity of an issue, a resolution is provided within an hour.

10. Is there any minimum or maximum amount of user purchase?

    You can purchase any number, there is no lower/upper limit.

11. Can I upgrade my account any time on my own?

    Yes. Use the Account Administration page for the purpose. For any help, you can always reach us by email, chat, or phone. We would be happy to assist you.

12. How do you ensure my data security?

    Features like date/time defined access, encrypted data transfer, SSAE-16 Type II certified data centers, Password-protected idling, file type blocking, User-level app access will ensure your data protection.

13. Will I have to transfer my domain name to you?

    No. All you need to do is to make some changes in your DNS settings for the plan you opt for.

14. Do I need to have a VPN for your service?

    You don’t need to get any separate VPN. You can securely access the Citrix Virtual Desktop either from a browser or using a Citrix Receiver.

15. Can I use Citrix VDI even if I don’t have a domain name?

    You will need a domain name. You can get one using the three options

    • You can purchase a domain from us at the most competitive rate.
    • Purchase a domain from the market.
    • Use our domain name at no additional cost. For example, yourname.apps4rent.info

16. Do I need to use Remote Desktop to access Citrix Cloud Desktop?

    No, you don’t. You can use the Citrix Receiver to access your Citrix Cloud Desktop.

17. How many devices can a single Virtual Desktop user connect to?

    A single Citrix Virtual Desktop user can connect using any number of devices.

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