Virtual desktops
Asked as “virtual desktop platform”, and as “VDI or desktop as a service”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 61 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
23%
Contested · Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop 16%
23Azure Virtual Desktop16Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop15V2 Cloud46others
23% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+1Since October 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Azure Virtual Desktop held the lead, +1 point on 22%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
V2 Cloud32%Contested▲+6Since October 2026: 26% → 32%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-market
Azure Virtual Desktop23%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprise
Citrix DaaS24%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 28% → 24%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
V2 Cloud32%Contested▲+6Since October 2026: 26% → 32%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketAzure Virtual Desktop23%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseCitrix DaaS24%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 28% → 24%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Azure Virtual Desktop23%14%43accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 23%
Azure Virtual Desktop23%14%43accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 23%02Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop16%0%20accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 16% → 16%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 16%
03V2 Cloud15%0%31accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 9% → 15%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 15%
V2 Cloud15%0%31accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 9% → 15%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 15%04Windows 36513%6%35accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 9% → 13%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 13%
05
Microsoft Windows 3657%0%10accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 7%
Microsoft Windows 3657%0%10accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 7%06Kasm Workspaces3%0%11accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%
07
Parallels RAS2%4%27accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Parallels RAS2%4%27accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%08Citrix DaaS2%39%61criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
Citrix DaaS2%39%61criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11VMware Horizon0%45%22criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
10
Omnissa Horizon0%18%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Omnissa Horizon0%18%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09Amazon WorkSpaces0%11%65accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 10% → 0%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 0%
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Azure Virtual Desktop vs Microsoft Windows 365Azure Virtual Desktop vs Kasm WorkspacesAzure Virtual Desktop vs Parallels RASAzure Virtual Desktop vs Citrix DaaSMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop vs V2 CloudMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop vs Windows 365Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop vs Microsoft Windows 365Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop vs Kasm WorkspacesMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop vs Parallels RASMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop vs Citrix DaaSV2 Cloud vs Windows 365V2 Cloud vs Microsoft Windows 365V2 Cloud vs Kasm WorkspacesV2 Cloud vs Parallels RASV2 Cloud vs Citrix DaaSWindows 365 vs Microsoft Windows 365Windows 365 vs Kasm WorkspacesWindows 365 vs Parallels RASWindows 365 vs Citrix DaaSMicrosoft Windows 365 vs Kasm WorkspacesMicrosoft Windows 365 vs Parallels RASMicrosoft Windows 365 vs Citrix DaaSKasm Workspaces vs Parallels RASKasm Workspaces vs Citrix DaaSParallels RAS vs Citrix DaaS
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01M02
03W04
05K06
0708A09
10V11
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Azure Virtual Desktop23%
Azure Virtual Desktop23%02Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop16%
03V2 Cloud15%
V2 Cloud15%04Windows 36513%
05Microsoft Windows 3657%
Microsoft Windows 3657%06Kasm Workspaces3%
07Parallels RAS2%
Parallels RAS2%08Citrix DaaS2%
Citrix DaaS2%09Amazon WorkSpaces0%
10Omnissa Horizon0%
Omnissa Horizon0%11VMware Horizon0%
What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Citrix DaaS39%
24 of 61 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Any platform with a history of critical gateway vulnerabilities that are repeatedly discovered in the field, such as the NetScaler / Citrix ADC family cited above” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
VMware Horizon
45%
10 of 22 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid pure on-prem VDI (e.g., legacy VMware Horizon or Citrix on your own hardware)” Grok 4.20, direct prompt
Amazon WorkSpaces
11%
7 of 65 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“Misconfigurations (e.g., overly permissive roles or outbound traffic) are common pitfalls that can expose data.” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Azure Virtual Desktop14%
6 of 43 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“it requires more setup/management (or extra fees for managed services), making it less ideal for true "limited budget + limited IT" scenarios” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 844 links across 202 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 31 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
30 answers · 38 citations · 11 models
vendor site · V2 Cloud26 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
26 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Vagon23 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G222 answers · 47 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Microsoft18 answers · 28 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Venn18 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · GitHub18 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 19 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Citrix12 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 4 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best virtual desktop platform”, “virtual desktop platform”, “virtual desktop platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop 16%, Microsoft Windows 365 7%, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365 2% | 25% | 60 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Azure parent site Azure Virtual Desktop 23% | 23% | 127 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| V2 Cloud v2cloud.com | 15% | 85 | 1,000 | 16 | 35,060 | 34 | 1 | |
| Windows 365 | 13% | 9,900 | 760 | |||||
| Kasm Workspaces kasm.com | 3% | 31 | ||||||
| Apps4Rent apps4rent.com | 3% | 10 | 480 | 7 | 9,570 | 6 | ||
| Nerdio Manager getnerdio.com Nerdio Manager 2%, Nerdio Manager for MSP 2% | 3% | 27 | 70 | 12 | 10,941 | $9 | 53 | 1 |
| Parallels RAS parallels.com | 2% | 43 | 590 | 22 | 493,328 | $38 | 118 | |
| Citrix citrix.com Citrix DaaS 2% | 2% | 167 | 880 | 32 | 170,730 company | 4 | ||
| Nutanix Frame nutanix.com | 2% | 13 | 90 | 1 | 61,735 | 40 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (getnerdio.com, ironorbit.com, v2cloud.com, vagon.io, venn.com). The first result for “best virtual desktop platform” is v2cloud.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best virtual desktop platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which VDI or desktop as a service would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top virtual desktop platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best virtual desktop platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a virtual desktop platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which virtual desktop platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Citrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopV2 CloudChangedagainst: Citrix DaaSno first choiceagainst: Citrix DaaSno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS
One alternative
Amazon WorkSpacesTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopSix alternatives
Apporto, Azure Virtual Desktop, Inuvika OVD Enterprise, Shells, TSplus, V2 CloudGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopAzure Virtual DesktopChangedAzure Virtual DesktopMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizonno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaSTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaSFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon, Windows 365Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Parallels RASGemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonMicrosoft Windows 365Heldagainst: Citrix DaaS, Citrix DaaS or Omnissa Horizon, VMwareMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 Cloud PCAzure Virtual DesktopAzure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 Cloud PCsagainst: AnyDesk, Chrome Remote Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, RealVNC, Remote Desktop Services, Shadow PC, TeamViewer, UltraVNC, VMware Horizon
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, DizzionFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, V2 Cloud, WorkspotFive alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS, V2 CloudFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Kasm Workspaces, V2 Cloud, Windows 365Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonPerplexity SonarAzure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaSMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopChangedagainst: Citrix DaaSno first choiceV2 Cloudagainst: Azure Virtual Desktop, Shells, VirtualBoxno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS, Shells.com
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Nerdio Manager with AVD, V2 CloudThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, V2 Cloud, Windows 365 Cloud PCsEight alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Kasm Workspaces, Microsoft Windows 365, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS, V2 CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365Grok 4.20Nerdio Manager for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) or Windows 365against: VMware HorizonAzure Virtual DesktopChangedMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365V2 Cloudagainst: Azure Virtual Desktop, Kamatera, Shells, VMwareMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizonagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, AnyDesk, Apache Guacamole, Chrome Remote Desktop, Citrix DaaS, TeamViewer, VMware Horizon
Five alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Parallels RAS, V2 Cloud, Windows 365Four alternatives
Ace Cloud Hosting, Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, V2 CloudThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Nutanix, V2 CloudMistral SmallAzure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio Manager for MSPNutanix Frame, V2 CloudChangedno first choiceV2 Cloudagainst: Kamaterano first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Shells
Four alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RASTwo alternatives
Citrix DaaS, Inuvika OVD EnterpriseTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio Manageragainst: Citrix DaaSAzure Virtual DesktopChangedCitrix DaaSMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, V2 Cloud, Windows 365Four alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Parallels RAS, Windows 365Six alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Kasm Workspaces, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PC, Parallels RAS, VMware HorizonFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Apps4Rent, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Parallels RASLlama 4 MaverickKasm Workspaces, V2 CloudAzure Virtual DesktopChangedno first choiceApps4Rentno first choiceagainst: Ace Cloud Hosting, Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon
Two alternatives
Cameyo, Windows 365Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Parallels RASThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Nutanix Frame, V2 CloudQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, XenDesktop/XenAppMicrosoft Windows 365HeldMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopParallels RAS, Splashtopagainst: AnyDesk, Citrix DaaS, TeamViewer, VMware, Windows 365no first choiceagainst: VMwareagainst: AnyDesk, Chrome Remote Desktop, NetScaler Gateway, RDP, RealVNC, TeamViewer, VMware View, Windows Embedded Standard 7, XenApp v6
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Parallels RASThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365Two alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows RDSKimi K2Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365against: Citrix DaaSMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopChangedMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopKamatera, ShellsAzure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, GMO Internet's Onamae.com Desktop Cloud, VMware Horizon
One alternative
WorkspotThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Windows 365Six alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS, Windows 365, WorkspotTwo alternatives
Nutanix Frame, V2 CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaSGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365against: VMware HorizonMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365Heldno first choiceKasm Workspacesno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, GMO Internet's Onamae.com Desktop Cloud, VMware Horizon
Two alternatives
Citrix DaaS, Parallels RASTwo alternatives
Citrix DaaS, V2 CloudSix alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Parallels RAS, VMware Horizon, Windows 365Three alternatives
Apache Guacamole, V2 Cloud, Windows 365MiniMax M2.5V2 CloudWindows 365Changedagainst: Citrix DaaSno first choiceAzure Virtual Desktopno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, GMO Internet's Onamae.com Desktop Cloud
Four alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Inuvika OVD Enterprise, Microsoft Windows 365Three alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Inuvika OVD Enterprise, Nerdio ManagerOne alternative
Apps4RentGPT-6 LunaAzure Virtual DesktopWindows 365ChangedMicrosoft Windows 365Azure Virtual Desktopno first choiceagainst: AWS, Citrix DaaS, Microsoft
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Windows 365Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365Muse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365Apps4Rent, V2 CloudChangedMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365against: VMware HorizonApps4Rent Hosted Virtual Desktop, V2 CloudAzure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, formerly VMware Horizonagainst: AnyDesk, Azure Virtual Desktop, Chrome Remote Desktop, Citrix DaaS, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, Remote Desktop Protocol, TeamViewer, VNC Connect, Windows 365
Five alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS, V2 CloudFive alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix Workspace, V2 CloudThree alternatives
Ravada VDI, Windows 365 Cloud PC, abcdesktop.ioOne alternative
Parallels RASBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:37 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:52 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:02 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:05 | yes | 22 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:26 | yes | 19 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:01 | yes | 24 | 75 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 10 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:55 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:38 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:12 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:09 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 13 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 14 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 24 | 87 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:36 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:30 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:26 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 15 | 63 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 19 | 38 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:28 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:56 | yes | 6 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:29 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:59 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:37 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:24 | yes | 25 | 389 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:42 | yes | 5 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:18 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:09 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:53 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:02 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:14 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:20 | yes | 17 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:07 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:03 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:37 | yes | 14 | 168 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:01 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:21 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:59 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:24 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:11 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:09 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:31 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:16 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:57 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
AWS WorkSpaces read as Amazon WorkSpaces
Citrix read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix (Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops / CSG) read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix DaaS / Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (Citrix DaaS) read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops / Citrix DaaS read as Citrix DaaS
Inuvika read as Inuvika OVD Enterprise
Nerdio read as Nerdio Manager
Nutanix XI Frame read as Nutanix Frame
Omnissa read as Omnissa Horizon
Unresolved, counted raw
Apps4Rent Hosted Virtual Desktop
Citrix Cloud
Citrix DaaS or Omnissa Horizon
Flaneer
Microsoft Azure AVD
Moonlight
NVIDIA vPC
Nerdio Manager for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) or Windows 365
Nerdio Manager with AVD
NetScaler Gateway
Nutanix AOS
Omnissa Horizon, formerly VMware Horizon
Parsec
Ravada VDI
Remote Desktop Services (RDS / Naked RDP)
Shadow PC (Shadow.tech)
TeamViewer Host (with 2FA)
VMware View (Discontinued)
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
W365
Windows Embedded Standard 7
Windows RDS (Microsoft Remote Desktop Services)
XTIUM
XenApp v6
XenDesktop/XenApp
dinClouddinWorkspace
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.