Competitive analysis of Userful Multiplier the leading desktop virtualization and multiplied desktop linux solution

Competitive Analysis

Userful Mulitiplier vs. Other Multi-Station Solutions

Other PC Sharing Kits Thin Clients Cost per extra Seat $59* $89** $150-650 Hardware Industry Standard Proprietary Server + Thin Client Device Graphics Performance Fastest Dedicated GPU Accelerated Full PC Experience Slower Rendered by CPU & shared PLC Slowest Rendered by CPU & delivered over Network Linux Support Excellent 10+ distros. Free download. Poor: In "beta" since 2006. Not officially supported or generally available for download. Varies USB Port Yes Supports most USB flash drives, barcode scanners, touchscreens, digital cameras, etc. No Varies Audio 2 way Speaker & Mic 1 way (Speaker Only) Varies Keyboard/Mouse USB PS/2 Varies Max Resolution 2560x1600 32bit color 1280x1024 16bit color Varies Max Distance 5m (16ft) Standard cables 5m (16ft) (CAT5e UTP) Unlimited   TRY IT BUY IT

* $59 includes educational discount. Standard commercial price is $99/seat.
** Based on 5-stations at MSRP $449

Windows Multipoint Server 2010 Operating System (OS) Linux: free open source. Both 64bit, and 32bit supported. Windows: must be purchased. Only 64bit supported. Licensing With Userful Multiplier, there is one license type to purchase:1.A Userful Multiplier license per user station With Microsoft Volume Licensing Academic Programs, three license types must be purchased: 1.A Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 Academic license for the host computer 2.A Windows Server Client Access License (CAL) per user station 3.A Windows MultiPoint 2010 CAL per user station Office Applications Free OpenOffice applications such as Writer (word processor), Calc (spreadsheet), and Impress (presentations) come pre-installed with many Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. They can also be downloaded for free. Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint do not come pre-installed. Separate application software licenses must be purchased for each user/station Educational Applications Hundreds of free and open source educational applications available including: Edubuntu OS designed for schools, Atutor teacher assignment tracking software, and iTALC classroom administration tool. Available for purchase. Some 32bit applications will not run. Flash Animation Vector Performance Frames per second 23 - 24 CPU Usage 90 - 93% Memory Usage 51% Frames per second 9 - 16 CPU Usage 99 - 100% Memory Usage 51.5% Video Performance Frames per second 24 Usage 25 - 27% Memory Usage 36.20% Frames per second 22 - 23 Usage 99 - 100% Memory Usage 47.50% USB Multiseat Device Support Most devices supported. Supported chipsets include:DisplayLink® DL-120, DL-125, DL-160, DL-165, DL-190, DL-195 MCT™ Trigger UV-105CB-128, Trigger UV-185CB-128, Trigger UV-185CC-176 Some devices supported   TRY IT BUY IT

* $69 includes educational discount. Standard commercial price is $99/seat.
** Based on 5-stations at MSRP $449

Userful Mulitiplier vs. Other Multi-Station Solutions

Other PC Sharing Kits Thin Clients Cost per extra Seat $59* $89** $150-650 Hardware Industry Standard Proprietary Server + Thin Client Device Graphics Performance Fastest Dedicated GPU Accelerated Full PC Experience Slower Rendered by CPU & shared PLC Slowest Rendered by CPU & delivered over Network Linux Support Excellent 10+ distros. Free download. Poor: In "beta" since 2006. Not officially supported or generally available for download. Varies USB Port Yes Supports most USB flash drives, barcode scanners, touchscreens, digital cameras, etc. No Varies Audio 2 way Speaker & Mic 1 way (Speaker Only) Varies Keyboard/Mouse USB PS/2 Varies Max Resolution 2560x1600 32bit color 1280x1024 16bit color Varies Max Distance 5m (16ft) Standard cables 10m (33ft) Long VGA/USB cables 5m (16ft) (CAT5e UTP) 10m (33ft) (CAT6 STP) Unlimited   TRY IT BUY IT

* $59 includes educational discount. Standard commercial price is $99/seat.
** Based on 5-stations at MSRP $449