--- title: Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Reviews meta_title: 'Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 68 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 68 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Reviews **Vendor:** Corel Corporation **Category:** [Application Server Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-server) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 68 ## About Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) is a remote work solution that provides secure virtual access to business applications and desktops on any device or OS—from anywhere. The platform offers an agile, cloud-ready foundation and end-to-end security fueled by a centralized management console with granular policies. Companies can leverage on-premises, hybrid, or public cloud deployments and integrate with existing technology like Microsoft Azure and AWS. Parallels RAS aims to give organizations the flexibility, scalability, and IT agility to adapt to changing business needs. Parallels RAS offers a single, full-featured licensing model that includes 24/7 support and access to product training. Key benefits include: - User experience: work from anywhere, on any device. - Enhanced data security and compliance: centralized management console with granular policies. - IT agility and business readiness: flexible hosting solutions to scale and adapt. - Total cost of ownership: supports BYOD and includes a simple licensing model. - Always-on support: access to 24/7 support and training at no additional cost. ## Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Reviews ### 1. Excellent for Multiple Operating Systems **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Parallels is great for running multiple operating systems at the same time. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Parallels is very resource intensive. Otherwise no complaints. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** My primary computer is a MacBook Pro, however, for writing code and doing other types of development, I really enjoy using a Windows interface so I will run parallels with Windows. ### 2. Probably still the best solution for running Windows on Mac. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Security and Investigations | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Easy to use Relatively stable Wide range of OS supported **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Can be a resource hog at times Poor 3D performance compared to other solutions **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Legacy systems and certain Windows only programs on Mac system ### 3. Works well if you know how to use it **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 24, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** I like the idea of Parallels. An easy way to have software available to an entire company and administer anything on all computers at once. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Parallels kicks me out for no reason and I have to completely log in again every few months. Also, it is not intuitive and can be hard to use if you have not been trained. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** Take some training or read up on it, so you know how to use it. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed something that would help us keep inventory of our computers and simultaneously update and install software on all company computers. ### 4. Best virtual machine! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 22, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Parallels Desktop is for sure the best virutal machine ever. Why? Is very fast and stable. Great feature is that it has nice "installation wizard"(?) if you install Windows. It ask you if you have serial number, do you need koherence mode and other things. It really helps beginners users like me. The price is also not much so everybody can handle it. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Sometimes I have problem with internet on virtual machine so I don't like it. It should works always ;) **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** I recommend Paralells Desktop for everyone who need it. Just try it and you will find that this is probably the best virtual machine. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm using Mac but sometimes I need to open some files on Windows. For examples CorelDraw. Sometimes I play the best game ever - Age of Empires II! ;) ### 5. Run Windows on your OSX **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stewart H. | Principle Engineer, Financial Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 22, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** I like the easy integration between the virtualized host and the native system. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** The software often leaves traces around that require manual cleanup. If you delete a virtualized guest system the integration with the host doesn't always cleanup desktop icons that it places there. Also, traversing the filesystem on the guest can sometimes be painful as it lumps in the host filesystem with the guest. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** I would recommend not using the integrated mode and running it in the isolated mode that they provide to avoid issues with the filesystem and shortcuts. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Developing cross-platform code, compiling, and testing. ### 6. The Best of Both Worlds **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 21, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Parallels was very quick and easy to set up on my Mac Mini. I can fire up a virtual copy of Windows 7 and easily utilize connected hardware across both operating systems such as my printer or attached USB HDD. Parallels has allowed me to work in Windows-specific applications such as the ARENA Simulator without any flaws! **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** I've had some system confusion between hibernation and sleeping. With the wrong combination of putting Parallels to sleep versus hibernate, after my Mac goes to sleep, Parallels seems to be stuck in its own stage and never would recover my Windows session. I've learned after toggling some settings to just consistently shut down the Parallels OS and haven't had much trouble since. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** Great for running Windows applications on Mac OS X! **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Why carry around two machines when you can have both OSs on one? Parallels helps you get your work done on one central machine. ### 7. Easiest Visualization Tool on Mac **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adrián A. | Lead/Service Coordinator, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2015 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Near effortless installation of Windows in OS X. Lets you open Windows files in Mac apps or Mac files in Windows apps. Deep integration options give Windows apps access to OS X folders. Fastest performance of any virtual-machine software. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** It has some stability issues but are not big deal, but i believe it depends on your hardware. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** It is the best for beginners and non-technical users, if what you want is to run non-OS X apps on your Mac. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Parallels Desktop helped to run multiple operating systems simultaneously and seamlessly, and allows you to use Mac OS features from within other environments ### 8. Awesome docker experience **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2015 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** the docker integration in the new version is awesome, parallels was always the faster vm hypervisor that exist for mac, the work that the parallels guys was done with the docker machine is magnificent and really concise **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** the command line utils still are inmate and buggy, the pricing model is quite confusing, i can suggest that you can have a developer or "docker" version that only runs a linux images and offer a cheaper version for freelancers **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** The software it self is battle tested, well documented and supported and if you are looking for a faster alternative to vmware or virtualbox on mac that can run docker machine seamless Parallels are the best option, **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** running docker containers on a mac development environment, some times run a MS sql database replication from production ### 9. Right Tool to get Windows VM on Mac **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bharadwaj (Brad) C. | Director Of Engineering/Head of Reliability Engineering, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 30, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Easy to setup and use. Great tool to switch between Windows and Mac **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** You need to buy :) Sometimes Crashes Takes a good amount of memory/processing speed **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** Get this if you are considering to use a Windows VM. If you are not sure about the software, try the trial version. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using some softwares that run only on Windows on a Mac machine ### 10. Good but needs work **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** That I can use windows products when I need it. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** How easy it is for the environment to be corrupted or disrupted. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Running visual studio to review code. ### 11. Great integration with Mac **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zheng L. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2015 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** The greatest things the app in Virtual machine will be shown in the dock and it looks just like a native app in Mac. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** The price is expensive. And if you upgrade from Parallel 10 to Parallel 11, you need to pay again. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using it to do the linux projects and some payment by IE ### 12. Not the best service, but still good for his price. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vlad K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2015 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Full ssh access, pretty good control panel, nice support (response time <10h) for small money. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Time to time VPS works strange. It not affect webservers, but realtime like game server can throw players away. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** I don't recommend their VPS for realtime applications. They have some problems with it. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** This is my testing server, so i'm doing a lot of different stuffs there. ### 13. Great virtual desktop for Mac **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2016 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Easy to set up and configure to work on a mac. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Would not recommend using Parallels in Coherence mode as it hogs the system resources **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using Windows applications in a Mac environment ### 14. Best commercial virtualization software on OS X **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2015 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Coherence mode and the ability to switch on and off headless mode on the fly. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** The lack of detailed documentation for command line tools and sometimes inconsistent behavior compare with the GUI. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Running various Linux and BSD os'es for development and test and running docker on a Mac. ### 15. Excellent for running windows on a mac **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2015 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** the ability to interact between computers seamlessly on the same screen is unparalleled, no pun intended **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** sometimes the parallels desktop wouldn't run certain functions due to an error accessing the graphics card **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** applications in our lab that only run on windows can now be accessed via our mac laptops ### 16. Parallels to the Rescue **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paul L. | Senior Associate, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2014 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** I like best about Parallels Desktop because of it's ease of use on providing Aliases on the Mac Desktop to quickly access Windows applications. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** I dislike Parallels Desktop because you are still required to purchase a separate license of the Windows OS. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** I highly recommend Parallels Desktop as a way for Mac users to access Windows apps. **What problems is Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mac users now can access applications that only run on the Windows platform. ### 17. Virtualizes and integrates Windows seamlessly into your Mac. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Greg M. | Senior Consultant, Internet, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 10, 2013 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Allows you to run Windows and Mac apps side by side. The integration is great. Your Windows applications are essentially treated like they are a part of the Mac OS. Easy to move files around, launch programs, etc. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Unlike Wine or CrossOver, you do need a copy of the Microsoft OS. Also, you'll need a good bit of RAM, and since newer Macs cannot be upgraded, you'll need to plan your hardware purchases well if you're going to be running Parallels. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** Great product, integration makes it very easy to use. Provided your computer is stuffed full of RAM and you don't mind having to buy a copy of Windows, I would recommend this over Wine or CrossOver for compatibility and usability. ### 18. Best Virtualization Software for your Mac **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2013 **What do you like best about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Extremely clean and basic interface. It looks like an application built by Apple. Very easy to start up and install new VM's. Great customization settings and shared folders between your OSX and VM's. **What do you dislike about Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)?** Can run slow at times, but primarily due to requiring a lot of RAM. **Recommendations to others considering Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS):** Make sure you have a lot of RAM. ## Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Discussions - [Why Parallels RAS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-parallels-ras) - 1 comment - [View Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/parallels-remote-application-server-ras/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-16+08%3A23%3A18+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=349813aa-dc99-4368-a1d5-5a13e9388408&secure%5Btoken%5D=3c22baee0db9c5dde32fc14fc12ee5b11b75134b2b7ee14777d06bb5199bafdf&format=llm_user) ## Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Features **Data Management** - Data Redundancy - Server Management - Version and Profile Support - Web-based frameworks - Data exchange **User Features** - Centralized offering - Security updates - Real-time visibility **Modernization** - Cloud deployment - Microservices development - On-premises support - Modular architecture **AI Performance Improvement - Application Server** - AI Application Scaling - AI Error Prediction - Intelligent Resource Forecasting - AI Anomaly Detection - AI Intrusion Detection **Agentic AI - Application Server** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Alternatives - [Plesk](https://www.g2.com/products/plesk/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (246 reviews) - [F5 NGINX](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-nginx/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (106 reviews) - [Apache HTTP Server Project](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-http-server-project/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (138 reviews)