Open-source alternative  ·  Virtualization

Replace Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops with Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE.

Self-hosted remote app delivery and VDI. Apache Guacamole for clientless browser-based access, Proxmox VE as the hypervisor. No per-user licensing.

You'd keep~R54 000 to ~R132 000/year

Current licence  ·  Virtualization

Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops

~R54 000 – ~R132 000/yr

10-user estimate

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Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R132 000/yr

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Today's licence price

3 tiers. Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Apps

R54 000/yr

R450/user/month

With Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Keep R54 000/yr

Apps + Desktops

R90 000/yr

R750/user/month

With Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Keep R90 000/yr

Enterprise

R132 000/yr

R1 100/user/month

With Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Keep R132 000/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops grows around 10% per year on average. Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR58kR117kR175kR234kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R213kR13k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.94M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

Citrix Virtual Apps & DesktopsApache Guacamole + Proxmox VE, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.