DaDesktop vs Shells

DaDesktop provides browser-accessible virtual desktops for remote IT training. Instructors can monitor learners’ desktops in real time and offer guidance during sessions. Reusable desktop templates, snapshots, and one-click restoration support preparing and resetting lab configurations. The platform also lists video conferencing, live streaming, chat, and session recordings. For technical workloads, it offers NVIDIA and AMD GPU desktops for machine learning, 3D rendering, CAD, video editing, and scientific computing. The Public Cloud option starts at ¥4 per desktop per day, billed by calendar day rather than hour, and includes 8 GB RAM, an 8-core CPU, and 50 GB SSD. Extra resources and Windows have additional listed charges. Other arrangements include private servers, on-premise deployment on customer infrastructure, and reseller or volume plans. The on-premise option runs on the customer’s hardware and network, with data kept in that environment. DaDesktop identifies training providers, higher education institutions, coding bootcamps, software vendors, and multi-site organizations as use cases. It launched under the DaDesktop brand in 2019.

Shells provides a cloud virtual desktop that can be accessed from devices including phones and tablets. Users can choose among multiple Linux distributions and access desktop applications from other device operating systems. Files can be downloaded, stored, opened, and edited across devices through the cloud desktop, and Shells says user data is backed up automatically. The company also states that it uses firewalls and end-to-end encryption. Shells identifies students, coders, workers, and small businesses as audiences, and says users can launch a virtual desktop in less than five minutes. Listed access platforms are web, iOS, and Android; the “Works with” list also names Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Android TV, PlayStation, Xbox, Oculus, and Tesla. Cloud desktop applications can include LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, or another document editor. Shells also describes dedicated virtual desktops for AI assistants with controlled access and persistent memory. A risk-free 7-day offer is advertised. The paid plans listed are Shells Basic at $14.95 a month, Shells Plus at $22.95 a month, and Shells Pro at $39.95 a month.