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 stability of the solution is perfect."
"The solution is very stable. If I were to rate it out of ten, I would give stability a nine."
"The solution has very flexible configuration."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"It performs quite well."
"The technical support is very responsive and fast"
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."
"The solution is reliable and has good overall performance."
"This solution has many options for remote desktop and access."
"I like the load balancing capability."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"It is faster than other security options when using remote connections."
"The performance is good."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"The solution has unnecessary limitations."
"While connectivity is not something that is under Citrix's control, if the connectivity is spotty, it can be difficult."
"If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement."
"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."
"The solution can be a bit pricey."
"The product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."
"The solution could integrate better with other platforms."
"SonicWall SMA is difficult to use and it does not provide easy access to different parts of the network."
"The product's technical support services could be improved."
"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."
"Enhancing live tracking capabilities could improve the product, particularly in monitoring user activity and request statuses in real-time on the web interface."
"SonicWall's reporting isn't good. Reports should be part of a data plan. The login mechanism should be improved. It would be helpful if the client could use an agent to log in. An agent-server model would improve the performance of the RDB, which consumes a lot of bandwidth."
"The problem is that when combined with what the client already has, there are two different logins and two different management systems, and these should be consolidated into a single interface."
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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