We performed a comparison between Cisco ASx500 and Citrix Gateway 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 works well for any environment that wants to use a VPN."
"One of the most valuable features is keeping our data secure."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"The product is straightforward."
"For our use case, it was scalable. There were at least 25 end users using this solution from remote locations. And once the connection was established, there weren't any complaints."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"The technical support is very responsive and fast"
"The initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"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."
"There is no security, such as an antivirus and URL filtering mechanism, which is something that should be improved."
"The technical support from Cisco is not very good."
"It's extremely complicated and it's not intuitive. The solution requires a lot of training to get going on it."
"Citrix Gateway could improve the speed of the VPN. I sometimes have to wait for 10 to 15 minutes to get connected and other times when I am connected I have to abort, and reconnect."
"Lacks access through a mobile device."
"If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement."
"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."
"We are currently looking at automation. It would be good if there is some way to automate it in a fast way. It should be easy to automate. It also has some security issues."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"The solution has unnecessary limitations."
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Cisco ASx500 is ranked 3rd in Universal Access Gateways while Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 34 reviews. Cisco ASx500 is rated 8.0, while Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco ASx500 writes "Secure, scalable, and straightforward installation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". Cisco ASx500 is most compared with , whereas Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Ivanti Connect Secure. See our Cisco ASx500 vs. Citrix Gateway report.
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