We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Universal Access Gateways solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is very stable. If I were to rate it out of ten, I would give stability a nine."
"Citrix primarily provides secure connectivity. If you need secure remote desktop functionality, it is a viable option."
"The stability of the solution is perfect."
"It's a stable solution while it's running. We don't have to work on it a lot. There are not many bugs, so it's easy to use if you deploy successfully. You can be sure of an uninterrupted solution for quite a long time. Citrix is a good product."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"The management and the dashboard are the solution's most valuable features."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"The performance is good."
"Blocklisting and allowlisting are the most beneficial features for network security."
"I am very satisfied with the technical support."
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"When it comes to the VDA environment, making it additionally stable is important."
"Technical support could be improved."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"Its interface could be made a lot easier. It is very kludgy."
"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."
"The overall menu is not very user-friendly and it could be easier."
"The only thing that they could try to improve is the support for enterprise customers. Normally enterprises and SMBs can create a ticket, but for enterprises, SonicWall SMA needs to provide a global view, and this is what's currently missing. It's not even a question of timing. It's a question of the global vision because currently, it's lacking. They concentrate on the topic, but not on the means and not on the global picture. In most cases, there's something wrong with the integration of SonicWall SMA with other products, so that could also be improved."
"User interface could be improved."
"I'd like to see the product maybe polish keyboards in Bookmark."
"Enhancing live tracking capabilities could improve the product, particularly in monitoring user activity and request statuses in real-time on the web interface."
"SonicWall SMA is difficult to use and it does not provide easy access to different parts of the network."
"The solution could integrate better with other platforms."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 34 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 2nd in Universal Access Gateways with 14 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while SonicWall SMA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Ivanti Connect Secure and SonicWall Connect Tunnel. See our Citrix Gateway vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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