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Amazon WorkSpaces

By Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.1 out of 5 stars

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

21 months

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BK
Technician
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Inevitable Virtual Computing"
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

Amazon workspaces provides a modern way to remove physical computers costing.

Amazon workspaces provides uptime 99.9%

It has all features like mailing,video and audio streaming just like a normal computer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

Sometimes it uses high cpu utilisation,even network gets blocked due to major latency while usage.

The regions which act as a data center sometimes lacks connectivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raja M.
RM
IT Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazon workspaces pros and cons."
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

It is similar to the work environment which we use daily . We can install all the softwares which are needed. It gives a feel that we are working directly from our local vdi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

To access the workspace we need to do an extra work like going to a browser, login with respective credentials. Since it is residing in cloud there may be performance issues while connecting to the workspace and users may experience some lag while working Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amod S.
AS
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good to use but not for slow internet users"
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

Amazon workspaces are the best systems for remote work. No matter where you are or what system configuration you use, you can log into workspaces and access the remote machine to complete your work. One of the advantages for the organisations is that they can restrict access to their GitHub codebases through organization-regulated Amazon workspaces only. Similarly one can restrict the DB access for particular IPs of the workspaces. It has RHEL-based Amazon Linux, very convenient to you and development centric. Another plus point is, that the system inside the workspaces doesn't restart if you just close the workspace and leave thus you can instantly access system to the point where you left off. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

If you are the one who has internet with high ping, Amazon workspaces will give you trouble. Sometimes when the internet speed drops, the system in the workspaces is too slow to work. Regardless, it slows down a lot when you use the system over time without restarting it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Subham S.
SS
Data Scientist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A very powerful, secure, and high specifications cloud desktop"
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

There are a lot of things that I like about Amazon Workspaces:

1. Accessibility: It allows you to access your desktop remotely wherever and whenever you want.

2. Security: Due to different security reasons it becomes impossible to allow people to work directly on client data which is sensitive. For that a new secure environment is created using Virtual machines and Amazon workspaces is one of the leading players in this area.

3. Configurabiity: These virtual machines are super easy to configure to the requirements that we have for a particular task. We do not need to have a physical system with different configurations. We just need a Virtual machine which can be configured according to the requirements of the deliverable.

4. Compatibility: Amazon workspaces makes it easy to install any OS of choice, be it Linux, Windows or Mac OS. It is super easy to configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

There are a few things which I dislike about Amazon Workspaces:

1. Connectivity: It lags a lot. Even if we have good internet connectivity bandwidth it lags and sometimes disconnects. It also freeze sometimes to which a solution that we figured out is clicking 'Alt' key.

2. Does not Resume: Whenever it disconnects the AWS needs a restart sometimes and all the local environments inside the Amazon workspaces stops and have to start things from scratch, which becomes little annoying at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sai S.
SS
HR support executive
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazon workspace usage review"
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

AWS is user friendly, flexible.

It is cost effective to use for any projects not depending on cost.

It is a virtual computing environment where we can different operating systems and applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

While using AWS, many of them faces issues like getting struck, lag and not able to connect to vds.

As there are many users for AWS, there are some cloud computing issues few times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tanya S.
TS
Branch Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Quick and Secure Cloud-Based Solution."
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

Amazon WorkSpaces is fantastic, and we can easily access it anywhere. Ability to use for remote work with the highest security provided by amazon. It has a clean and very Simple UI, which is very good for understanding everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

Sometimes it disconnects randomly, which is very irritating and causes a loss of workforce. Also, if the price is higher than other market competitors, the price should be lesser, and more servers should be added for better performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ellie C.
EC
Accounting Intern
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"In theory, should work great but it is confusing."
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

It's a great way to work from home but this program is something I cannot get used to. It works well like any other programming but it has its quirks and issues. Without those issues, it would be a good software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

Amazon Workspaces feels outdated and weird and something you wouldn't expect from Amazon. It has funny issues that force you to use your regular computer and limit efficiency. Sometimes, I couldn't print inside AWS and had to log out in order to print. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mogith P.
MP
Application Development Associate
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Workspace review"
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

The flawless uninterrupted service and ease of accessing multiple VM's is quite good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

While using browser version of workspace the connection disrupts and facing latency issues. but it's not happening while using app version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazon Workspace- The best Virtual Desktop to work"
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

1. Best virtual space where we can use operating system like Linux, windows, etc effectively

2. It allows users to connect with their virtual system anywhere at anytime in world

3. It helps to reduce cost and control your desktop resources effectively Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

1. For any kind of technical support we have to pay fees

2. Sometimes connectivity issue may arise if internet connection is not strong

3. Auto file syncing not available for application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Packaging and Containers
UP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Reliable and Easy to work"
What do you like best about Amazon WorkSpaces?

The concept of a virtual machine without losing any data and the ability to work without any interruption even if there are technical difficulties at the computer level. Seamless connectivity works well with slow connections too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon WorkSpaces?

The only discomfort I faced with amazon workspaces is the echo issue in calls. When you use teams or any other meeting platforms, it gives an echo back while you are speaking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

21 months

Average Discount

5%

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