Virtual desktops for small business buyers
Asked as “virtual desktop platform”, and as “VDI or desktop as a service”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
32%
Contested · Windows 365 25%
32V2 Cloud25Windows 36512Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop30others
32% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+6Since October 2026: 26% → 32%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.V2 Cloud held the lead, +6 points on 26%, 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →
V2 Cloud32%Contested▲+6Since October 2026: 26% → 32%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01V2 Cloud32%0%54endorsed leader▲+6Since October 2026: 26% → 32%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.26% → 32%
V2 Cloud32%0%54endorsed leader▲+6Since October 2026: 26% → 32%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.26% → 32%02Windows 36525%2%41accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 23% → 25%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.23% → 25%
03Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop12%5%20accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 9% → 12%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 12%
04Azure Virtual Desktop7%25%51criticized challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 15% → 7%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 7%
Azure Virtual Desktop7%25%51criticized challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 15% → 7%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 7%05
Parallels RAS4%8%12accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
Parallels RAS4%8%12accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%06Amazon WorkSpaces2%17%70accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 12% → 2%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 2%
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
08VMware Horizon0%78%23criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
09Citrix DaaS0%73%52criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
Citrix DaaS0%73%52criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%07Kasm Workspaces0%8%13accepted 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 small business.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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09Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01V2 Cloud32%
V2 Cloud32%02Windows 36525%
03Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop12%
04Azure Virtual Desktop7%
Azure Virtual Desktop7%05Parallels RAS4%
Parallels RAS4%06Amazon WorkSpaces2%
07Kasm Workspaces0%
08VMware Horizon0%
09Citrix DaaS0%
Citrix DaaS0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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 DaaS73%
38 of 52 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“This platform often receives high criticism from small business owners... The primary reasons for avoidance include: Extreme Complexity” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
VMware Horizon
78%
18 of 23 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 9 hard negative
“Small businesses should generally avoid Citrix DaaS and VMware Horizon due to complexity, cost, and poor fit for small teams.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Amazon WorkSpaces
17%
12 of 70 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“small businesses should be cautious about or avoid Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon, and Amazon WorkSpaces” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Azure Virtual Desktop25%
13 of 51 labels negative · 9 of 14 models
“Azure Virtual Desktop guidance emphasizes security configuration, patching, identity controls, and avoiding direct RDP exposure, which shows the amount of discipline required.” GPT-5.4 mini, 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
70 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. 726 links across 123 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 · V2 Cloud44 answers · 76 citations · 12 models
32 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
31 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
29 answers · 44 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Vagon26 answers · 35 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Apps4Rent17 answers · 26 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 26 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Microsoft17 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 35 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Apporto16 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
12 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.
29 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 6 models
23 answers · 7 models
21 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2 Cloud v2cloud.com | 32% | 85 | 1,000 | 16 | 35,060 | 34 | 1 | |
| Windows 365 | 25% | 9,900 | 760 | |||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop 12%, Microsoft Windows 365 5%, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365 0%, Microsoft 365 0% | 18% | 123 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Azure parent site Azure Virtual Desktop 7% | 7% | 127 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Apps4Rent apps4rent.com | 5% | 10 | 480 | 7 | 9,570 | 6 | ||
| Parallels RAS parallels.com | 4% | 43 | 590 | 22 | 493,328 | $38 | 118 | |
| Amazon parent site Amazon WorkSpaces 2% | 2% | 165 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | ||||
| Windows 365 Cloud PC | 2% | |||||||
| Nerdio Manager getnerdio.com | 2% | 27 | 70 | 12 | 10,941 | $9 | 53 | 1 |
| Splashtop splashtop.com | 2% | 4 | 180,282 | 120 |
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, getnerdio.com, ironorbit.com, v2cloud.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 a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which VDI or desktop as a service would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top virtual desktop platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best virtual desktop platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a virtual desktop platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which virtual desktop platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Parallels RASagainst: Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizonno first choiceChangedV2 CloudV2 Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, TSplus
Four alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Parallels RAS, Shells, Windows 365Four alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Chrome Remote Desktop, Parallels RAS, TSplusGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaSAzure Virtual DesktopChangedagainst: Citrix DaaSWindows 365against: Citrix DaaS, Horizon, Omnissa HorizonAmazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizonno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS
One alternative
Amazon WorkSpacesOne alternative
Amazon WorkSpacesTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopGemini 3.5 FlashWindows 365against: Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonMicrosoft Windows 365ChangedWindows 365Windows 365Microsoft Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizonagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, V2 CloudThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, V2 CloudFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Parallels RAS, V2 CloudSix alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Apache Guacamole, Azure Virtual Desktop, Kasm Workspaces, Parallels RAS, SplashtopTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopPerplexity SonarMicrosoft Windows 365against: Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSV2 CloudChangedagainst: Citrix DaaSV2 Cloud, Windows 365against: Kasm WorkspacesV2 Cloudagainst: Azure Virtual Desktop, Shellsno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon, Raw RDP or Windows VPS hosting, Self-hosted Kasm, Proxmox, or similar VDI stacks, Shells.com
Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, V2 CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Parallels RASTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365Grok 4.20Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaS, Nutanix, Red Hat, VMware HorizonWindows 365Changedagainst: Citrix DaaS, VMwareMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365, V2 Cloudagainst: Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonV2 Cloudagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaSno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Citrix on Your Own Servers, Proxmox, Traditional VMware Horizon, VirtualBox
Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, V2 CloudThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, V2 CloudOne alternative
Amazon WorkSpacesOne alternative
Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopTwo alternatives
Microsoft 365, Windows 365 Cloud PCMistral SmallV2 CloudV2 Cloud, Windows 365ChangedV2 Cloud, Windows 365against: Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonApps4Rent, V2 Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365Two alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Kasm WorkspacesThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Kasm WorkspacesTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365DeepSeek V4 FlashV2 CloudV2 CloudHeldagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Microsoft RDS, Parallels RAS, VMware HorizonMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 Cloud PCagainst: Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonAzure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio Manageragainst: Windows 365V2 Cloudagainst: Citrix DaaSagainst: Citrix DaaS, Nerdio Manager, VMware Horizon
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365One alternative
Microsoft Windows 365Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Kasm Workspaces, V2 CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, V2 CloudFour alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, WorkspotLlama 4 MaverickV2 CloudV2 CloudHeldV2 CloudV2 Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, GoTo ResolveQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: VMware Cloud FoundationMicrosoft Azure Virtual DesktopHeldMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaSSplashtopMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktopagainst: Ace Cloud Hosting, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon, Windows Remote Desktop Access
One alternative
Amazon WorkSpacesTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, V2 CloudThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Kasm Workspaces, Parallels RASFour alternatives
Apps4Rent, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, RemotePC, Windows 365Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaSKimi K2V2 Cloud, Windows 365Windows 365Changedagainst: VMware HorizonV2 Cloud, Windows 365Apps4Rentagainst: Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSWindows 365against: Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon
Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopOne alternative
Azure Virtual DesktopThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSThree alternatives
Kasm Workspaces, V2 Cloud, Windows 365Five alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, V2 Cloud, WorkspotGLM 4.7 FlashXAzure Virtual Desktopagainst: Citrix DaaSWindows 365ChangedKasm Workspaces, V2 Cloudagainst: Citrix DaaS, VMware HorizonV2 Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon
Two alternatives
Nerdio Manager, V2 CloudThree alternatives
Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, V2 CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Microsoft Azure Virtual DesktopThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Inuvika OVD Enterprise, Windows 365MiniMax M2.5Windows 365Windows 365HeldV2 CloudMicrosoft Azure Virtual Desktop, V2 Cloudno first choiceagainst: Citrix DaaS
Three alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, V2 CloudOne alternative
Azure Virtual DesktopFive alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Kasm Workspaces, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, VMware HorizonThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Apporto, GoTo ResolveGPT-6 LunaWindows 365Windows 365HeldWindows 365against: Citrix DaaSWindows 365Windows 365against: Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa Horizon
Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopOne alternative
Azure Virtual DesktopThree alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, V2 CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces AutoStop, Azure Virtual DesktopTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual DesktopMuse Glimmer 30BParallels RAS, V2 Cloud WorkSpacesagainst: Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaSV2 Cloud, Windows 365 Cloud PCChangedagainst: Citrix DaaSV2 Cloud, Windows 365against: Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, Omnissa HorizonApps4Rent, V2 Cloudagainst: Azure Virtual Desktopno first choiceagainst: Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix DaaS, Citrix Managed Desktops, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio Manager, VMware Horizon
Two alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365 Cloud PCTwo alternatives
Apps4Rent, Azure Virtual DesktopOne alternative
Amazon WorkSpacesTwo alternatives
Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows 365 Cloud PCBold 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 17:26 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 3 | 6 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 16:46 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:40 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:31 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 22 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:57 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:52 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:35 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:17 | yes | 6 | 7 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 14:04 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:35 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 6 | 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 18:20 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:04 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:32 | yes | 25 | 48 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:03 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:16 | yes | 19 | 37 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:04 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:07 | yes | 3 | 5 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 19:00 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 23 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 15 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:26 | yes | 14 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:05 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 5 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:51 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:19 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:19 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:48 | 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 13:08 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:39 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:32 | yes | 18 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:43 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 18 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 15 | 65 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:57 | no | 0 | 82 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:51 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:52 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:25 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:00 | yes | 4 | 5 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 09:32 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:21 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:18 | yes | 24 | 61 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:19 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:42 | yes | 24 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:42 | yes | 21 | 68 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:24 | yes | 10 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:30 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:10 | yes | 12 | 20 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
Amazon WorkSpaces Personal read as Amazon WorkSpaces
Citrix 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 and Desktops read as Citrix DaaS
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (DaaS) read as Citrix DaaS
Inuvika read as Inuvika OVD Enterprise
Nerdio read as Nerdio Manager
Omnissa read as Omnissa Horizon
VMware Horizon / Omnissa Horizon read as VMware Horizon
VMware Horizon/Omnissa read as VMware Horizon
Unresolved, counted raw
Amazon WorkSpaces AutoStop
Balena
Citrix on Your Own Servers
Frame
Google Virtual Desktop
Inuvika OVD
Microsoft RDS
Raw RDP or Windows VPS hosting
Self-hosted Kasm, Proxmox, or similar VDI stacks
Teradici Cloud Access
Traditional VMware Horizon
V2 Cloud WorkSpaces
Windows Remote Desktop Access
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.