Igel Ud Pocket Price

The IGEL UD Pocket is a USB device that boots IGEL OS on a host computer, which lets a user run a managed cloud or virtual desktop workspace from a PC or laptop. We could not confirm the UD Pocket's price, processor, RAM or storage from the facts available to us. The closest Thinvent alternative for a small, low-cost, fanless endpoint that runs a managed desktop is the Thinvent Micro 5R Thin Client, which runs Thinux™ Embedded Linux.

IGEL UD Pocket vs Thinvent Micro 5R Thin Client

Key differences

• The Thinvent Micro 5R has a fanless passive cooling design and a housing of 110 mm × 106 mm × 21 mm.

• The Thinvent Micro 5R includes Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 on a dual-band radio.

• The Thinvent Micro 5R has a 1 Gbps-class network port of 100 Mbps Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports, one HDMI 2.0 output and one microSD slot.

• The Thinvent Micro 5R runs Thinux™ Embedded Linux with Chromium and Mozilla Firefox browsers, RDP 10 support and browser-based remote management.

• The UD Pocket plugs into an existing PC, laptop or x86-64 device and boots IGEL OS from USB. The Micro 5R is a standalone device with its own processor, memory and storage.

• We could not confirm the UD Pocket's processor, memory, storage or wireless specifications, so a full specification comparison is not possible for those rows.

Which one should you choose?

Choose the IGEL UD Pocket if you need to boot IGEL OS on an existing x86-64 PC or laptop from a USB device. Choose the Thinvent Micro 5R Thin Client if you need a standalone, fanless thin client with its own processor, memory, storage and Wi-Fi 6, running Thinux™ Embedded Linux.

Buy the Thinvent alternative

• Thinvent Micro 5R Thin Client, ARM Cortex A53