This document summarizes key differences between Xenocode products and provides product selection recommendations based on your deployment scenario.
In general, we recommend you:
- Choose Virtual Application Studio if you are an IT professional, system integrator, or other technology provider virtualizing third-party applications such as Microsoft Office
- Choose Xenocode Developer Suite if you are a software developer deploying or publishing an internally developed application.
The following table summarizes major functional differences between Virtual Application Studio, Postbuild, and the Xenocode Developer Suite (which includes Xenocode Postbuild and Xenocode Fox):
| |
Virtual Application Studio |
Postbuild |
Developer Suite |
| Virtualization and Deployment |
| Based on Xenocode Virtual Operating System: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Designed for virtualization of in-house applications: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Native deployment of .NET-based applications: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Snapshotting of application configurations: |
|
|
|
| Designed for virtualization of third-party applications: |
|
|
No |
| Native deployment of Java-based applications: |
|
|
|
| Native deployment of Flash-based applications: |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Obfuscation, Analysis, and Optimization |
|
|
|
| .NET code obfuscation: |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| .NET assembly linking and metadata optimization: |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| .NET dependency pruning during virtualization: |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows application watermarking: |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| .NET code decompilation: |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Windows application profiling: |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Integration |
| One-click configuration of popular components: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperable XML configuration file format: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scriptable from command line: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005: |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Licensing |
| Licensing model: |
End User |
Developer |
Developer |
For additional details on product pricing, please consult the Virtual Application Studio Pricing or Xenocode Postbuild Pricing documents.
Please feel free to contact us toll-free at 1-877-223-3551 (1-206-774-8769 international) if you need any assistance selecting the right product or licensing model for your organization.
Pricing and features are subject to change.