The following table describes the difference between DaaS and VDI:
| VDI | DaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Desktops and applications are hosted on the organization’s own servers and data centers. | Desktops and applications are hosted on a cloud service (public or private). |
| Investment | Invest huge amount on infrastructure (such as data centres, servers, physical spaces) and resources to manage the infrastructure. | Avoid the huge upfront investment of infrastructure and resources and need to pay only for services consumed. |
| Deployment | Deployment is complex and time-consuming. | Flexible and faster deployment. |
| Geography | Proximity to data centre is highly important to prevent end-user performance issues arising from high latency and low bandwidth. | Supporting geographically distributed end-users is easier as data and applications are stored in cloud. |
| Upgrade & Maintenance | 3-4 Years of Refresh Cycles | Easily re-configurable |
| Scalability | Adding new desktops is a tedious process. | Scaling up can be done within minutes. |