Compare Microsoft VDI and Pulseway - Apr 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Apr 08, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Microsoft VDI or Pulseway?

Microsoft VDI is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Pulseway, and Pulseway is rated higher (75/100) than Microsoft VDI (73/100). Microsoft VDI offers users more features (3) than Pulseway (0).

Looking for the right IT Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Microsoft Vs. Pulseway

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Pulseway: Pulseway is the easiest way to remotely monitor and control IT systems from any device enabling busy IT admins to fix issues on-the-go and be more productive.

Who is more expensive? Microsoft VDI or Pulseway?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of IT Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Microsoft VDI and Pulseway.

Microsoft VDI price starts at $21 per user/year , On a scale between 1 to 10 Microsoft VDI is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of IT Management software. Pulseway price starts at $32 per month , When comparing Pulseway to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average IT Management software cost.

Bottom line: Microsoft VDI is more expensive than Pulseway.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Microsoft VDI Vs. Pulseway based on some of the most important and required IT Management features.

Microsoft VDI: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Pulseway: We are still working to collect the list of features for Pulseway.

Target customer size

Microsoft VDI's typical customers include: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business, The usual customers of Pulseway are the individuals that has small (with 10 to 100 employees) and/or medium-sized (with 100 to 1,000 employees) businesses and even large enterprises that enjoys the benefits from the services from IT, web and data hosting and other related information services sectors, mainly with IT management, application monitoring and performance management.

Microsoft VDI

ITQlick rating
(3/5)

starts at $21 per user/year

Microsoft VDI is a leading cloud-based IT Management software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. Microsoft VDI received a rating of 3 from ITQlick team. The software cost is consi...

Categories: Virtualization, VDI.

Pulseway

ITQlick rating
(4.7/5)

starts at $32 per month

Pulseway is a monitoring and management software of the IT environment in any businesses.

Categories: Performance Management, Data Management, Application Monitoring, IT Asset Management, IT Management.

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Microsoft VDI: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

Pulseway: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Microsof...
ITQlick rating
3/5
Score
73/100
Pricing
6.6/10
License pricing
$21 per user/year
Functionality
5
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Pulseway
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
75/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$32 per month
Functionality
13
Symantec...
ITQlick rating
3.4/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
3.4/10
License pricing
$12,975 per license
Functionality
5
Windows ...
ITQlick rating
3.3/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$239.99 per license
Functionality
4
Informat...
ITQlick rating
4.8/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
5/10
License pricing
$2,000 per month
Functionality
6

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.