We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Citrix Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two SSL 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 most valuable features are that it's reliable, convenient, and easy. It always works if configured well."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"The setup and installation was easy."
"I have found that Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable."
"The product is very stable."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable, and once we connect, we don't face any issues and can do our work."
"The solution is pretty fast."
"The solution is very easy to work with. This is its most valuable feature. They also did a good job surrounding how you configure the devices."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"The solution is very stable. If I were to rate it out of ten, I would give stability a nine."
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and VPN."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It would be helpful if Cisco IOS SSL VPN could help us set up devices on our iPads and phones."
"The graphical interface is old and needs to improve."
"In addition to Cisco, we work with other solutions on behalf of our customers, such as Fortinet for FortiGate, but this latter solution can achieve the same results at a lower price."
"I have no notes in terms of areas of improvement."
"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."
"The product's RPA tools need enhancement for simplified business process automation."
"The product’s dashboard is not good enough."
"The flexibility of configurations could be improved."
"The load balancing could be improved."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"The tool must provide better integration and connectivity."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"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."
"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."
"The initial setup is very complex."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while Citrix Gateway is ranked 2nd in SSL VPN with 33 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS SSL VPN writes "The solution is very stable and scalable, but it is expensive, and the configuration is complicated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and SonicWall Netextender, 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 SonicWall Netextender. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Citrix Gateway report.
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