# Spool Reviews **Vendor:** Portsdown Technologies Ltd **Category:** [Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/desktop-as-a-service-daas) **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 ## About Spool Power on your Cloud Desktop to test, learn and experiment safely. Create a Spool space to meet and work together with your connections. Search and find new connections on the Spool netWork. Cloud Desktop - Own a powerful Cloud Desktop. No technical knowledge required. Two factor authentication (2FA) protected, access your Spool Cloud Desktop from anywhere. Safe, secure. UK based Tier 3 Data Centre. No risk from lost / stolen / damaged hardware. Automatic snapshot eliminates risk, revert to an earlier safe version or create a fresh Cloud Desktop and start again with an entirely new machine. Upgrade of spec available. Save cost, save carbon. Keep your Spool work separate from your physical computer. Test, experiment, explore and learn in a safe sandbox environment. Spool Spaces - Share your Cloud Desktop in Spool spaces you have created or you have been invited to join. A space where any of your connections can drop in or you can diarise a formal meeting, training session, presentation or workshop. From the Hub you can ‘peek’ to see who is working and learning in each Spool space. High quality video conferencing alongside multi-view of all Cloud Desktops. ‘Interactive mode’ enables real collaborative mentoring / coaching / training on any application on the Cloud Desktops. Always know who has control with Spool’s cursor name tag identification. A productive classroom space where highly effective learning, mentoring, tutoring and coaching can flourish. The netWork - The Spool netWork is where you can find other Spool users who you want to connect with. Search by industry, skills or what people have listed as their professional interests and build your Spool connections. Create your own netWork of skilled connections and continue lifelong learning together on Spool. ## Spool Reviews ### 1. A perfect mentoring platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ben J. | Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Spool?** Spool is great for mentoring, coaching and tutoring as Spool spaces can be used as interactive classrooms. The whole platform is a really good sandbox environment for safely testing, experimenting and learning. With the cloud desktops I have the freedom and confidence to test my knowledge and try things out knowing that I can create another machine whenever I want. Learning together in Spool spaces is great as we can all share our cloud desktops and get hands-on with interactive mode share. I can also find other people interested in the skills I am developing by searching the Spool netWork. **What do you dislike about Spool?** They always give you warning of any development downtime. **What problems is Spool solving and how is that benefiting you?** After attending a training course I want to continue learning as I start to implement in my day-to-day role what I have been taught. It's really helpful to have a safe sandbox environment where I can test my skills and develop. It's also great to do this with others and Spool sync's with NobleProg (a leading training company) to help create post-course classrooms and workshops so that I can continue learning with my team. ### 2. Spool - The Right Choice **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 17, 2022 **What do you like best about Spool?** Live playbook to access past call logs. This feature is a gold mine to retrieve insights **What do you dislike about Spool?** Not yet experienced any difficulty, looks.like.a unique solution **Recommendations to others considering Spool:** Unique tool to smooth your sales function and built strong prospect pipeline **What problems is Spool solving and how is that benefiting you?** Team collaboration ### 3. An easy and aesthetically pleasing product to use for work, learning and team collaboration **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2021 **What do you like best about Spool?** The unique combination of a Cloud Computer that you can share with team members in a workspace along with Video, chat, and calendar **What do you dislike about Spool?** Still very early days so the current lack of users (although this is expanding quickly) **Recommendations to others considering Spool:** Sign up for the 30 free trial (or even schedule a demo) to start to see the benefits of using the product. **What problems is Spool solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having a Virtual/Cloud computer that I can use as a safe, secure operating system environment unaffected by my physical computer, which I use to access my organizations' internal systems to make those systems even more secure. I can then call this operating system into any workspace when collaborating with my colleagues. - [View Spool pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/portsdown-technologies-ltd-spool/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-17+10%3A44%3A35+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=251f3676-6a9a-4857-b5ba-6a79531a8ff0&secure%5Btoken%5D=f7c5afcb358e9793d7963d0dd3cfff3b8b730c4e3a9db131d64718854c09e7a1&format=llm_user) ## Spool Features **Functionality** - Desktop Virtualization - Backend Hosting - Hybrid Desktop Hosting **Management** - Admin Console - Solution Integration - OS Compatibility - Cloud Infrastructure Selection ## Top Spool Alternatives - [Citrix DaaS](https://www.g2.com/products/citrix-citrix-daas/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (520 reviews) - [BlackBerry UEM](https://www.g2.com/products/blackberry-uem/reviews) - 3.8/5.0 (363 reviews) - [V2 Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/v2-cloud/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (236 reviews)