Competetive Evaluation: X-Win32 vs. Exceed

The PC X server market is currently dominated by two products: Hummingbird's Exceed and StarNet's X-Win32.

However, there is a large price gap between the two leading products. While X-Win32 has a list price of only $225, Exceed alone costs $545, with Exceed 3D (OpenGL Support for Exceed) costing an additional $195.00, a total of $740.00. With SSH support and maintenance, the price swells to a whopping $951.

Users who are mainly interested in accessing X applications on a reomote server often comare the features and capabilities of Exceed vs. X-Win32. See below for a side-by-side comparison.

X-Win32 was rated #1 when compared to Exceed and other Windows X servers in an independent review published in Network Computing Magazine.

You will find that both products are best of breed X servers and offer a broad range of features and capabilities. X-Win32 offers several key advantages over Exceed. Clearly, when taking cost factors into account, X-Win32 offers a tremendous value. With volume, goverment and educational discounts, the savings are typically better than a 2:1 ratio. Find out how much you can save by choosing X-Win32 by generating an online quote. Or, download X-Win32 for a full evaluation with a 1-month trial license key.

Cost, Licensing and Support Comparison

	StarNet X-Win32 v9	Hummingbird Exceed 2008
Commercial List Price	$225.00	$545.00
SSH	Included	$66.00 Extra
OpenGL Support	Included	$195.00 Extra
Phone & Email Support	Included	Additional cost per call or annual fee
Maintenance Per Year	$45.00	$145.00
Total	$270	$951

Installation Comparison

	StarNet X-Win32 v9	Hummingbird Exceed 2008
Languages Supported	English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish Afrikaans, Arabic, Chinese -Simplified, Chinese- Traditiona, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hinidi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rusian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Viatnamese	English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Installation Software Used	InstallShield (MSI-based)	InstallShield (MSI-based)
Installation Options	Custom and Complete	Personal or All Users (Win NT based OS)
Push Deployment	Yes	Yes
Minimum/Maximum Space Required	90 MB	209 MB
Reboot Required	No	Depends on options
Patch Application	StarNet Update Tool	Hummingbird Live Update

X-Server Features Comparison

	StarNet X-Win32 v9	Hummingbird Exceed 2008
Security
SSH (Secure Shell)	Yes	No
Prompt on Connect	Yes	Yes
XAuth	Yes	Yes
User credentials in start-up scripts	Hard Coded	Selectable
Kerberos Support	Yes	At extra cost
Features
Suspend/Resume Session	Yes	No
Session Recovery	Yes	No
Fast Over Internet	Yes	No
Session Mobility	Yes	No
Boot from Flash Drive	Yes	No
3D Graphics (OpenGL - GLX)	Yes	Extra Cost ($295)
Auto-Configuration for sessions behind a NAT	View only on interactive	No
Desktop Sharing	Yes	Interactive
Multiple X Displays	Yes	Yes
Multiple Monitors	Yes	Yes
Render Extension	Yes	Yes
Auto Keyboard Selection	Yes	No
True X Color Rendering	Yes	No
Advanced Window Caching	Yes	No
Screen Capture Tool	Yes	No

Configuration Comparison

	StarNet X-Win32 v9	Hummingbird Exceed 2008
Configuration Tool	Yes (X-Config)	Yes (Xconfig)
Application Start-Up Tool	Yes (X-Config)	Yes (Xstart)
Session Start-Up Tool	Yes (X-Config)	Yes (Xsession)
Shortcut Creation	Yes	Yes
Mouse	Yes	Yes
Middle Wheel	Yes	Yes
Overlay UNIX and Windows Window Manager	Yes	Yes
Multiple IP Addresses	No	Yes
Power Management	No	Yes
Licensing	Per Seat (Node Licked) or Concurrent (Floating) Licensing	Per Seat Licensing

Session Persistency

Session Mobility

Integrated SSH

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