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HP Anyware vs Hydra

HP Anyware

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Hydra

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FigureHP AnywareHydra
Price from$12.50/mo$1/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published26
Spec score · Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software7.9 (#10)9.1 (#2)
PurposeHP Anyware provides secure remote access to remote or virtual desktops for knowledge workers and power users, including users running graphics intensive applications.Hydra provides a management layer for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 environments.

Plans

HP Anyware

  • Anyware Standard$150 a year
  • Anyware Professional$299 a year

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Hydra

  • Hydra Community EditionPriced on request
  • Hydra Annual Enterprise PlanPriced on request
  • Hydra Community EditionFree
  • Hydra for Windows 365$1 a month
  • Hydra for AVD$5 a month
  • Hydra Annual Enterprise PlanPrice not published

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In their own words

HP Anyware

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Hydra

Hydra provides a management layer for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 environments. For AVD, it can scale capacity and manage power according to usage, helping reduce idle compute costs; image lifecycle management includes one-click rollback. An optional Hydra Agent measures session-host performance and shows user processes on a session or host. Documented integrations include FSLogix, Hybrid Active Directory, Microsoft Entra and Intune. Hydra can be deployed from the Azure Marketplace into an Azure resource group and accessed through a web portal. It can use a least-privilege Azure service principal, with activity auditable through Azure Activity Logs and Microsoft Graph. Tenant isolation uses Azure RBAC boundaries and tenant-specific credentials. The free Community Edition has limited tenants and host pools. Hydra for Windows 365 is listed at $1 a month, and Hydra for AVD at $5 a month, both billed month-to-month. Login VSI states that it is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant.

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