We performed a comparison between Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] and Citrix SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cato Networks, Citrix and others in WAN Optimization."Proxy Solution and ADN and their integration capability with Blue Coat director are positive features."
"Since the implementation of this solution, the bandwidth has decreased and the performance in terms of Internet access has increased."
"It features intuitive proxy policy deployment using a VPN."
"The VPN and the load balancing are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability."
"It allows us to use additional VPNs, offering more options compared to other VPN solutions."
"Downtime for branch offices is now almost zero. We have 100% real-time visibility into all of our lines. MPLS links have been replaced with lower-cost links, saving a larger percentage of line costs. Overall, I see SD-WAN as a must. And the Citrix SD-WAN product has delivered on expectations and exceeded them. (With later firmware updates we now have good firewall capabilities in the product too)."
"It lowered our Internet costs and gave me the flexibility to choose providers based on each location's connectivity."
"The stability is the main feature of Citrix SD-WAN. You can also upgrade the data packages or have less transmission."
"They have a zero downtime failover mechanism, where, when there's a link failure or a link weakness, or bad link conditions, they provide the ability to fail back seamlessly."
"We cannot automate the product since the IP address can only be assigned after acquisition of the serial number."
"It lacks deployment over multiple platforms and integration with SDN architecture."
"It would be great if the product had inbuilt queuing for Quality of Service."
"I would like to see more customization to adjust for the WAN lock-out due to our unexpected power outages."
"Given that Citrix SD-WAN solved all our problems by providing us with everything we needed to unify communications with our branches and data centers, I cannot suggest anything further in terms of improvements."
"Even though the monitoring is pretty good, there is some room for improvement there."
"The firewall reporting could be easier to use and filter. (It works well enough, but if I need to give an area for improvement, I think this would be it.). The built-in reporting on the product in this regard is not great."
"Citrix SD-WAN does not have the SD-WAN with one optimization in a single license. Other competitors have this option and it should be added to this solution."
"Overall, network security and next-generation firewall features are areas that they can improve on."
"Citrix SD-WAN's knowledge base has a few missing things, so you may need to seek help from support."
"The communication around the life cycle would have been really helpful. The main issue we have had is related to the life cycle because some of the things that we are using were discontinued. They were discontinued within a year after we had purchased it, which is a bit painful. If we had known that, we would've made some other decisions."
Earn 20 points
Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in WAN Optimization while Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 3rd in WAN Optimization with 21 reviews. Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] writes "Now we are able to inspect full SSL traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes " A scalable solution for MCN controller but lacks technical supports, upgrades". Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform.
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