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PROS

Mobility and anywhere access allow users to work remotely
Security features provide enhanced protection
Performance is fast with minimal latency and seamless multimedia support
Scalability ensures the solution can grow with user needs
Ease of access and device flexibility enhance user experience

CONS

Speed and performance are not always optimal, and improvements can be made in configuration complexity and initial setup.
A cheaper graphics pro option would be beneficial for users.
Amazon WorkSpaces lacks shadow mode and limits the installation of third-party apps, requiring configuration changes.
There are network health-related issues and occasional connectivity problems with the agent.
Pricing could be improved, and there should be better options for USB connectivity and faster patch releases.
 

Amazon WorkSpaces Pros review quotes

Sachin Narvekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead, AWS at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aug 27, 2025
Amazon WorkSpaces Pools is a new solution that allows a group of users to use shared workspaces.
JiteshRathod - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert Engineer at Apexon
Dec 3, 2025
Amazon WorkSpaces offers several best features including ease of access, security, scalability, anywhere access, and device flexibility.
Bhaskar Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager Admin at Yamaha
Jun 3, 2024
The infrastructure is readily available, with minimal latency, which each user can benefit from.
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Rohit Zanwar - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 18, 2024
The initial setup is simple.
Saswata Mondal - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Data Science at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 11, 2023
The experience is seamless and there is no delay. The performance is very good. Initial startup times is a little bit of wait time, but it is bearable.
Vigneshwaran P - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Prenetics
Oct 31, 2023
The best feature is that it operates very quickly. It depends on the regional location. If we choose a nearby location, nearby servers, it will be best for users to use.
Bahman Talachian - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer - Microsoft Azure Cloud at a retailer with 51-200 employees
Sep 27, 2023
It has good speed and connects well with computers.
it_user968307 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner IT Services at Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)
Dec 28, 2023
The tool has low latency and multimedia support. For instance, running Zoom calls on Amazon WorkSpaces seamlessly supports local microphones, speakers, and web cameras. This feature is transparent for applications, allowing me to use the Zoom application without requiring exceptional support for remote web cameras or microphones. Amazon WorkSpaces provides this functionality at the operating system level, enabling effortless video conferencing. To my knowledge, Microsoft Remote Desktop does not offer the same support.
Prasanth MG - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Readyly
Jul 2, 2023
Amazon WorkSpaces is very fast.
Sachin Narvekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead, AWS at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 18, 2023
Security, streaming, faster performance, scalability, and the fact that it is very much cost-effective, are some of the solution's valuable features.
 

Amazon WorkSpaces Cons review quotes

Sachin Narvekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead, AWS at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aug 27, 2025
O365 and other Microsoft products can become problematic at times, and there are some network health-related issues that appear occasionally regarding functionality inside Amazon WorkSpaces.
JiteshRathod - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert Engineer at Apexon
Dec 3, 2025
Amazon WorkSpaces can sometimes function as a black box, making it difficult to diagnose why a workspace is slow on any given day due to limited visibility into network latency from the client, real-time CPU and GPU utilization, and storage bottlenecks.
Bhaskar Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager Admin at Yamaha
Jun 3, 2024
There is always scope of improvement in the stability.
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Rohit Zanwar - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 18, 2024
The agent sometimes has connectivity issues, but otherwise, it's good.
Saswata Mondal - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Data Science at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 11, 2023
Making it more self-service friendly would be the implement I'd be looking for. When we have to add new applications, we have to go through the IT to do that, and they need to do some configuration changes. I believe they have to reevaluate the computation and storage and the memory. So this is this is something that as an unrequired and should be changed. Also, the initial start time takes couple of minutes and it is easy for get distracted during the time. So if it can reduce the start time to a reasonable start of time to a reasonable time of five to ten seconds. That will be great.
Vigneshwaran P - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Prenetics
Oct 31, 2023
Amazon WorkSpaces needs to improve on releasing the most number of patches immediately as quickly as possible. And they need to enable more USB options to connect a mobile phone to that particular workspace.
Bahman Talachian - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer - Microsoft Azure Cloud at a retailer with 51-200 employees
Sep 27, 2023
The initial setup was somewhat difficult.
it_user968307 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner IT Services at Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)
Dec 28, 2023
The product needs to improve its pricing. It should also improve corporate identity management and single sign-on.
Prasanth MG - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Readyly
Jul 2, 2023
You cannot install external applications without doing some additional configurations inside the solution as opposed to your normal desktop or laptop.
Sachin Narvekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead, AWS at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 18, 2023
I would say that it is a little complex to configure.