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Amazon Workspaces Cost Comparison Calculator: Publish Date
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Summary WorkSheet: Summary of Cost Comparision between on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Amazon Work
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Summary of Cost Comparision between On-Premises Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure and Amazon WorkSpaces
Item Redundancy
Compute Hosts 20%
Management Hosts (License server, Netscaler, Citrix
Controllers) 50%
Database Hosts (Microsoft SQL Servers) 50%
Network Attached Storage 100%
Citrix Website
CDW Online
CDW Online
Cost Item
Hardware Costs
Server Hardware For Compute Hosts
Server Hardware For Management Hosts
Server Hardware For Database Hosts
Storage Hardware
Network Hardware
Hardware Maintenance
Power and Cooling
Data Center Space
Software Costs
Load Balancer/Access Gateways
Virtual Desktop Software
Client Access Licenses
Administration Costs
Hardware Admin Costs
VDI Admin Costs
Desktop Management Admin Costs
Detailed Calculations
Software Costs
Citrix Netscaler 1 Gbps Enterprise Edition
Citrix XenDesktop Platinum Edition With Subscription Advantage (Upgrade
rights) [Source CDW] - 1 Year
Microsoft RDS CAL (CDW)
Administration Costs
Full Time Engineers for Managing Hardware Infrastructure
Full Time Engineers for Managing VDI Infrastructure
Full Time Engineers for Managing Desktops
Total
Monthly Cost/User Total Monthly Cost
$ 19.02 $ 19,017.60
$ 1.70 $ 1,698.00
$ 2.31 $ 2,312.00
$ 24.33 $ 24,325.35
$ 4.61 $ 4,605.52
$ 4.74 $ 4,735.30
$ 10.81 $ 10,813.57
$ 6.03 $ 6,025.71
$ 1.88 $ 1,875.00
$ 2.95 $ 2,948.33
$ 3.00 $ 3,000.00
$ 8.33 $ 8,333.33
$ 8.33 $ 8,333.33
$ 8.33 $ 8,333.33
Cost/User/Month
(blank) $ 4.61
$ 4.61
Cost/User/Month
(blank) $ 4.74
$ 4.74
(blank) $ 0.62
$ 6.03
Cost/User/Month
$ 1.88
(blank) $ 2.95
$ 3.00
Cost/User/Month
(blank) $ 8.33
$ 8.33
$ 8.33
$ 25.00