We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Citrix Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN 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 has good performance. It is a simple tool to use, once I turn on Windows it automatically starts to use the VPN."
"AnyConnect SMC's best features are that it's secure and connects seamlessly to clients' networks."
"It is stable. We haven't had issues so far."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is good for securing our connection. It is very easy to use, I click to use it and it works."
"The system is reliable, simple and secure."
"This is a stable solution."
"The solution provides seamless connectivity to the VPN without delay."
"I haven’t experienced any issues and the connection is always stable."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"The product is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"Providing our organization the ability to work remotely was the most valuable feature of Citrix Gateway. I also enjoy that they are always adding features."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client can be improved by having better speed and reliability. However, the speed and reliability are already really good."
"The setup could be simplified for solutions engineers with a wizard."
"I think, in general, most of the applications are slow, but this is everyday stuff. I think this is more related to the link speed — the links, the lossage, etc."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by making a feature to set it apart from other competitors."
"They can redesign the reset password, reset function, and user interface."
"One improvement could be ensuring better backward compatibility."
"If there's any cloud version available, instead of on-premise, that would be ideal."
"I believe that the authentication component may be enhanced. SAML, more specifically user authentication."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
"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."
"If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement."
"The load balancing could be improved."
"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."
"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."
"Technical support could be improved."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Check Point Remote Access VPN and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti Connect Secure and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. Citrix Gateway report.
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