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What is Parallels RAS?
Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS, formerly 2X RAS), is application virtualization technology, billed as a solution to extend the life of legacy OS (like Windows XP) with its virtual desktop for any device. Maltese company 2X Software developed the technology,…
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Great Product
Parallels is a great application that works as it says
Affordable product with optimal features
UnParallel data access and protection
A good fit for legacy applications
Easy to deploy and use, good end user experience
Parallels Remote Application Server - it just works.
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Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $120 per year per user
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What is Parallels RAS?
Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) is a remote work solution that provides secure virtual access to business applications and desktops on any device or OS—from anywhere. The platform offers an agile, cloud-ready foundation and end-to-end security fueled by a centralized management console with granular policies. Companies can leverage on-premises, hybrid, or public cloud deployments and integrate with existing technology like Microsoft Azure and AWS. Parallels RAS aims to give organizations the flexibility, scalability, and IT agility to adapt to changing business needs. Parallels RAS offers a single, full-featured licensing model that includes 24/7 support and access to product training. The vendor states its key benefits include:
- User experience—work from anywhere, on any device.
- Enhanced data security and compliance—centralized management console with granular policies.
- IT agility and business readiness—flexible hosting solutions to scale and adapt.
- Total cost of ownership—supports BYOD and includes a simple licensing model.
- Always-on support—access to 24/7 support and training at no additional cost.
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Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac, Windows Server 2008R2, 2012/R2, 2016, 2022, Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11 |
Mobile Application | Android, Mobile Web, iPadOS |
Supported Languages | English, German, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean |
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(267)Attribute Ratings
- 8.8Likelihood to Renew21 ratings
- 9.2Availability4 ratings
- 5.3Performance4 ratings
- 8Usability23 ratings
- 8.7Support Rating130 ratings
- 7.3Online Training2 ratings
- 8.5Implementation Rating10 ratings
- 7.4Configurability4 ratings
- 7.7Product Scalability3 ratings
- 5.5Ease of integration3 ratings
- 9.2Vendor pre-sale4 ratings
- 9.2Vendor post-sale4 ratings
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(1-25 of 120)- Remote Access
- Web Access
- File Transfer
- Drag and Drop
- Application User Interface
- Support for Low Latency
- Improve File Transfer /Drag and Drop on Low latency
- Faster File Transfer
Another problem Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) allows us to solve is what to do about remote workers. We do not open up our network to VPN clients, so we allow our users to connect into the office through Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) to remotely access those apps when outside the office. In point of fact, our users are also accessing many of our applications from within the company via Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) as well. The user experience remains consistent and the maintenance for upgrades and patching is greatly simplified as all of the software is maintained on our servers rather than across the breadth of our user PCs and laptops.
- Remote Access
- Scaling of resources
- Ease of use
- Software is quick and responsive
- Easy to manage
- Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) continually improves the product but has broken some features recently. For example the web management portal lost the ability to manage user sessions after a major update. That issue was fixed in a later release
- Multi-monitor support beyond 4 monitors (It does handle up to 4 -1080 monitors well)
- More options around connection security and MFA. current options are sufficient but limited
- We've noticed some performance issues with Windows Server 2019 and 2022. I'd like to see more robust support for remote applications running from those platforms.
- ease of management with Central plateform
- Simple licensing offer
- Strong support and availability
- Listen client enhancements
- Improve performance of scheduled update over night
- Remote application publishing.
- Easy to install client app.
- Remote desktop works surprisingly well.
- Customer Service is responsive
- Remote server install a little complicated.
- Getting remote drives to work is a chore.
- Setting up remote applications can be complicated.
- MFA implementation
Affordable product with optimal features
- Application distribution
- Support
- Ease of access
- Reporting
- Integration with AD groups
- User level permission setup
UnParallel data access and protection
- Easy of adding and taking away users when they are employed and when they move on from a project to their next assignment
- Protect organisation information
- Ease of scaling infrastructure
- Multifactor Authentication
- Integration with other applications
- Alludo's acquisition of Awingu will enable a lot more features and fucntionality that has been missing
Easy to deploy and use, good end user experience
- Simple User GUI
- easy to support
- quick to deploy
- support turn around could be quicker
Parallels Remote Application Server - it just works.
- Force specific browser
- VDI management
- supports a variety of Operating systems
- Shadow of remote sessions
- Health Check on client OS - allow only supported OS if above certain patch level
Parallels RAS provides a cost effective user experience.
- Connection broker
- Remote app server
- Administration
- Better thin client support
- Improvements to "shell" mode
- Ease of use for users
Easy to deploy and manage. Good end-user experience.
- ease of deployment
- ease of management
- simple client/install for users
- responsive
- We had one instance of the Parallels Remote Application Server server corrupting without any clear indication as to why, but a simple restore of the RAS server resolved the issue
Very good product - poor sales and renewal experience
- Ease of application publishing
- Secure remote gateway and integrations
- Robust and redundancy can be built in
- Wide range of platform support and use cases
- Product support has been good when needed
- Licensing, our perpetual license was forcefully removed from us after 8 years without warning, causing a doubling of the price, after providing a signed sales quote for renewal through our VAR. Parallels sales team did not seem to care, and was willing to throw away a customer who used their services for nearly a decade, and throw our VAR under the bus.
- continued addition of new features for existing platforms, not just a focus on the hot new cloud offerings.
A great option for those looking to simplify deployment of their published applications.
- Streamlines connectivity to published apps
- Simple setup
- Simple licensing
- Integration with Okta for SSO
- Wish it didn't require the use of Active Directory for certain features
- Lower the minimum user count for licensing
Positive Experience
- Just much faster than standard Microsoft RDP
- Screen stopped freezing
- I don't see any for our usage
Parallels Remote Application Server is our go-to Citrix replacement because of it's easy implementation and security options (SAML)
- SAML Integration
- Customization
- High Availability
- We had a bug present for many months before a fix was implemented
- Better integration with Azure functionality would be a plus
Easy to use with great value
- Central Management
- Secure
- Low Cost
- Initial Setup is complex
- Slow to support new vcenters
- Reporting
- Drag n drop publish windows apps to any OS
- Digital work spaces
- Load balancing
- Remote App publishing
- Performance
- Security
- Ease of use
Simplified VDI managing
Real time monitoring
WVD integration
Progressive Platform for Remote Management.
- Practical data encryption, which increases safety.
- Speedy customer help, which brings progress and more satisfaction.
- The productivity of every employee, whether they work in any location through remote system access.
- Parallels Remote has an aggressive systems request and this calls for extra machines.
- Parallels Remote has a price challenge, which demands some businesses to invest heavily.
- Other features from Parallels Remote are perfect and useful.
Sustainable and Efficient Remote Enhancement Platform.
- Parallels Remote provides an extensive and resourceful user experience.
- Parallels Remote increases the support offered by the customer desk.
- The data support, compliance and consolidation are managed by Parallels Remote.
- Parallels Remote is quite stable, but it also calls for extra machines and systems.
- Parallels Remote is fruitful to different companies, but small enterprises are slightly ignored.
- However, Parallels Remote has perfected the remote access procedure or act.
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- Very high speed and no data transfer lag
- Secure and safe platform
- It works with any device and all platforms
- Add an internal VPN to connect to networks other than the work environment wifi
- Building an easier application to connect clients
Substantial Virtual Support Program.
- Parallels Remote has absolute data compliance and security.
- Besides, Parallels Remote has virtual work system, which gives more collaboration.
- The tool is IT prepared, where credible integration is well enhanced.
- The price demands that Parallels Remote requires is hefty.
- The new users experience may take a while.
- However, Parallels Remote is quality in its performance and there is the free training.
Parallels RAS has more than delivered on our expectations
- Host applications in the cloud
- Allow access to applications regardless of platform (Windows/Mac/Linux)
- Excellent security & access filtering
- Difficult setup for single sign on
- IP filtering for customers using Parallels client has some issues (with workarounds)
Paralles and RAS a great team !
- Easy to use
- Fail-safe
- Customizable configuration interface
- Improved Linux client
Parallels Ras Review.
- Html5 gateway.
- Simplicity of installing/managing.
- Compatibility
- File transfers in the html5 interface.
- Clipboard transfers in the html5 interface.
Does what it needs to do.
- The printing driver is quite excellent, both in the Parallels Client and on the HTML5 client.
- Setup is incredibly easy; the default setup is very functional, and adding features is a breeze.
- Speed is very acceptable in general for end-users, the clients adapt quite well to the amount of bandwidth available, and features are available to adjust further.
- Automation through PowerShell is great.
- Support is usually quite fast and efficient.
- Lots of undocumented error codes, and documentation, in general, is often lacking and often very outdated for RAS specifically.
- Upgrades between versions are sometimes flaky; lots of testing is needed to ensure you have a functional gateway after an upgrade.
- The Parallels console is generally quite good, but some changes are applied instantly, but others are applied after confirmation with no real feedback to the administrator.
Parallels RAS simplifies SaaS application delivery.
- Remote access to the cloud service.
- Simplified implementation with detailed documentation.
- Parallels RAS technical support.
- Ease of access and installation to the end-users.
- Enable multi-device access, controlling the concurrent access by users.
- Enable users' access to their personal computer drives when accessing the cloud services through Parallels RAS.
- Limiting and controlling the access to server resources for the users.
- Need improvement in managing the resolution of service accessed via RAS Client (works well via RAS Browser, though).
- Improve access to personal and organizational print and scanning devices from the cloud service.