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."
"It features intuitive proxy policy deployment using a VPN."
"Since the implementation of this solution, the bandwidth has decreased and the performance in terms of Internet access has increased."
"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."
"The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us."
"It allows us to use additional VPNs, offering more options compared to other VPN solutions."
"The reliability of connectivity is most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions."
"The solution is brilliant, the way it calculates its paths and trails is great."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix SD-WAN is customization. You are able to customize the solution to your needs."
"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)."
"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."
"Overall, network security and next-generation firewall features are areas that they can improve on."
"The price is the only thing that could be improved. Citrix is not a cheap solution."
"The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution."
"I would like to see more customization to adjust for the WAN lock-out due to our unexpected power outages."
"The only improvement for Citrix SD-WAN would be to lower its cost."
"Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us."
"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."
"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."
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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 Cato SASE Cloud Platform.
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