Virtual desktops for enterprise buyers
Asked as “virtual desktop platform”, and as “VDI or desktop as a service”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 58 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
24%
Contested · Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop 24%
24Citrix DaaS24Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop22Azure Virtual Desktop29others
24% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−4Since October 2026: 28% → 24%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Citrix DaaS held the lead, −4 points on 28%, 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.Standing →Enterprise
Citrix DaaS24%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 28% → 24%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseCitrix DaaS24%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 28% → 24%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Citrix DaaS24%22%78accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 28% → 24%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.28% → 24%
Citrix DaaS24%22%78accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 28% → 24%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.28% → 24%02Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop24%0%28accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 18% → 24%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.18% → 24%
03Azure Virtual Desktop22%20%44accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 23% → 22%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.23% → 22%
Azure Virtual Desktop22%20%44accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 23% → 22%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.23% → 22%04Windows 36516%10%41accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 16% → 16%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 16%
05VMware Horizon2%31%26criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09
Parallels RAS0%36%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Parallels RAS0%36%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06Amazon WorkSpaces0%12%56accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
07
Omnissa Horizon0%12%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Omnissa Horizon0%12%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Nerdio Manager0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Nerdio Manager0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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.
Head to head
Azure Virtual Desktop vs Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopAzure Virtual Desktop vs V2 CloudAzure Virtual Desktop vs Windows 365
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.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 →
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03W04
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070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Citrix DaaS24%
Citrix DaaS24%02Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop24%
03Azure Virtual Desktop22%
Azure Virtual Desktop22%04Windows 36516%
05VMware Horizon2%
06Amazon WorkSpaces0%
07Omnissa Horizon0%
Omnissa Horizon0%08Nerdio Manager0%
Nerdio Manager0%09Parallels RAS0%
Parallels RAS0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, 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 DaaS22%
17 of 78 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Citrix (Now Cloud Software Group) - HIGH CAUTION ... Citrix requires immediate attention due to the April 2026 licensing deadline” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Azure Virtual Desktop20%
9 of 44 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“It retired on September 30, 2026, and connections to classic resources are blocked. Don't build on it” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
VMware Horizon
31%
8 of 26 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“treat Citrix and Omnissa Horizon as high-caution platforms requiring licensing, security, and roadmap contingency planning” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Amazon WorkSpaces
12%
7 of 56 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid for: - Unmanaged usage: Hourly billing that can "add up like a taxi meter"” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative 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
74 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. 920 links across 211 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.
vendor site · GitHub27 answers · 38 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Citrix21 answers · 30 citations · 7 models
21 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Citrix20 answers · 43 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Microsoft20 answers · 33 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Vagon19 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Microsoft16 answers · 22 citations · 7 models
vendor site · TSplus16 answers · 16 citations · 9 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.
20 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 5 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 7 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 | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop 24%, Microsoft Windows 365 5%, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365 2%, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services 0% | 31% | 60 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | |||
| Citrix citrix.com Citrix DaaS 24% | 24% | 167 | 880 | 32 | 170,730 company | 4 | |
| Azure parent site Azure Virtual Desktop 22% | 22% | 127 | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||
| Windows 365 | 16% | 9,900 | 760 | ||||
| VMware parent site VMware Horizon 2% | 2% | 61 | 74,000 | 17,842 | |||
| Amazon WorkSpaces with AlwaysOn desktops | 2% | ||||||
| Microsoft AVD + Windows 365 | 2% | ||||||
| Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) / Azure Virtual Desktop | 2% | ||||||
| Amazon parent site Amazon WorkSpaces 0% | 0% | 165 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | |||
| Omnissa omnissa.com Omnissa Horizon 0% | 0% | 52 | 2,400 | 309 | 45,805 company | 4 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (azure.microsoft.com, citrix.com, getnerdio.com, ironorbit.com, vagon.io). 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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which VDI or desktop as a service would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade virtual desktop platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best virtual desktop platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a virtual desktop platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which virtual desktop platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonCitrix DaaS, Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) / Azure Virtual DesktopChangedCitrix DaaSAzure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSagainst: Windows 365no first choiceagainst: Citrix DaaS
One alternative
Microsoft Remote Desktop ServicesThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Nutanix Frame, VMware HorizonFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Inuvika OVD Enterprise, Omnissa HorizonGPT-5.4 miniCitrix DaaSAzure Virtual DesktopChangedCitrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopAmazon WorkSpaces with AlwaysOn desktopsagainst: Citrix DaaSAzure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaS
Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaSThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365One alternative
Azure Virtual DesktopTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaSGemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopHeldMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopAzure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365no first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon, Windows 365
Four alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365Five alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365, Windows 365 FrontlineFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonPerplexity SonarMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopHeldAzure Virtual DesktopWindows 365no first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cameyo, Citrix DaaS, Kasm Workspaces, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS, Shells.com, V2 Cloud, Windows 365
Five alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Apporto, Citrix DaaS, Windows 365, WorkspotOne alternative
Citrix DaaSSix alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, HP Anyware, Nutanix, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365One alternative
Azure Virtual DesktopGrok 4.20Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopAzure Virtual DesktopChangedMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, Inuvika OVD, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix Workspace, VMware HorizonFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon, Windows 365Two alternatives
Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Google Cloud Virtual Desktops, Omnissa HorizonThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonMistral SmallAzure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSAzure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSHeldCitrix DaaSWindows 365against: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktopno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Shells, VMware Horizon
One alternative
Windows 365One alternative
VMware HorizonSix alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Nutanix Frame, Parallels Remote Application Server, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware HorizonOne alternative
Citrix DaaSDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: VMware HorizonCitrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopChangedMicrosoftagainst: AWSMicrosoft Windows 365against: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, VMwareMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaSagainst: Apache Guacamole, Apporto, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Droplet, Ericom, Kasm Workspaces, Microsoft Windows 365, Parallels RAS, Proxmox VE, Quest vWorkspace, VMware Horizon, VMware View 5.x, older Citrix XenApp 6.5
Four alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Nerdio Manager, Windows 365 Cloud PCOne alternative
Omnissa HorizonThree alternatives
Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, ParallelsOne alternative
Windows 365 FrontlineOne alternative
Amazon WorkSpacesLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceCitrix DaaSChangedCitrix DaaSno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, V2 Cloud, VirtualBox
Four alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio ManagerTwo alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Omnissa HorizonQwen 3.7 FlashAzure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSCitrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopChangedCitrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopMicrosoft Windows 365against: Azure Virtual DesktopCitrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix NetScalers, Parallels RAS, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware Horizon, XenApp
Two alternatives
AWS AppStream 2.0, Amazon WorkSpacesOne alternative
Omnissa HorizonTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Omnissa HorizonTwo alternatives
Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, VMware HorizonKimi K2Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopCitrix DaaSChangedagainst: Omnissa Horizonno first choiceWindows 365against: Citrix DaaSMicrosoft AVD + Windows 365against: Citrix Managed Azureagainst: Apache Guacamole, Citrix On-Premises, VMware Horizon, oVirt
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio Manager, Windows 365One alternative
Azure Virtual DesktopThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopHeldCitrix DaaSWindows 365against: Citrix DaaSno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Kasm, RustDesk, VMware Horizon
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonTwo alternatives
Citrix DaaS, Windows 365 Cloud PCEight alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Kasm Workspaces, Nutanix Frame, Parallels RAS, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware Horizon, Windows 365 Cloud PCTwo alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Omnissa HorizonMiniMax M2.5Azure Virtual DesktopAzure Virtual DesktopHeldno first choiceWindows 365no first choiceagainst: Azure Virtual Desktop, Kamatera, Kasm Workspaces, Legacy VMware/Omnissa Horizon, V2 Cloud
Two alternatives
Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonOne alternative
Citrix DaaSFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, WorkspotGPT-6 LunaWindows 365Azure Virtual DesktopChangedno first choiceWindows 365no first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces Personal using PCoIP, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Horizon, Windows 10-based desktops
One alternative
Azure Virtual DesktopTwo alternatives
Citrix DaaS, Windows 365Five alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365Two alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 FlexMuse Glimmer 30BCitrix DaaS, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Windows 365Citrix DaaSChangedMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop - AVDMicrosoft Windows 365against: Azure Virtual DesktopAzure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaS, Cloud Software Group, VMware Horizon
One alternative
Omnissa HorizonFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio Manager, Windows 365Four alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa VMware Horizon, Windows 365 Cloud PCOne alternative
Citrix DaaS Flex / Citrix Platform FlexFive alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, AppStream 2.0, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Windows 365Bold 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 11:21 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 3 | 4 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 12:44 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:50 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:32 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:16 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:08 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:44 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 5 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:02 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:56 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:16 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 3 | 5 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 11:05 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:16 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:12 | yes | 10 | 42 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:42 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:11 | yes | 22 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:25 | yes | 9 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:36 | yes | 8 | 10 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 13:44 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:55 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 15 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 22 | 51 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:03 | yes | 24 | 79 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:57 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:55 | yes | 19 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 3 | 4 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 18:01 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:42 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 15 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:50 | yes | 25 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 14 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:28 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:01 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 17 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:21 | yes | 5 | 9 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 08:46 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:38 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:52 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:17 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:37 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:32 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:11 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:39 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:37 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 4 | 7 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 12:55 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:09 | yes | 19 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:26 | yes | 23 | 58 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 20 | 55 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 25 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:34 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 6 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
AWS WorkSpaces read as Amazon WorkSpaces
AWS Workspaces read as Amazon WorkSpaces
Citrix read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix (Virtual Apps and Desktops) read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops (Citrix DaaS) read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops / Citrix DaaS read as Citrix DaaS
Nerdio read as Nerdio Manager
Nerdio Manager for Enterprise read as Nerdio Manager
Nutanix XI Frame read as Nutanix Frame
Omnissa read as Omnissa Horizon
Omnissa (formerly VMware Horizon) read as Omnissa Horizon
VMware Horizon / Omnissa Horizon read as VMware Horizon
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS AppStream 2.0
Amazon WorkSpaces Personal using PCoIP
Amazon WorkSpaces with AlwaysOn desktops
Citrix DaaS Flex / Citrix Platform Flex
Citrix Managed Azure
Citrix NetScalers
Citrix On-Premises
CloudJumper
Droplet
Ericom
FSLogix
Google ChromeOS Flex + Parallels
Google Cloud-based virtual desktops
Huawei Cloud Desktop (Huawei Cloud Workspace)
Inuvika OVD
Legacy VMware/Omnissa Horizon
Microsoft AVD + Windows 365
Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop - AVD
Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) / Azure Virtual Desktop
Nutanix Frame or Xi
Omnissa VMware Horizon
Quest vWorkspace
UDS Enterprise (Virtual Cable)
UberSpace
VMware View 5.x
Windows 10-based desktops
Windows 365 Flex
XenApp
older Citrix XenApp 6.5
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.