We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Fortinet FortiClient 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."
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"It adds great security to your outfacing information."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"The initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer."
"The solution offers great stability."
"The initial setup is easy. Our clients use the FortiClient EMS, which is the central console for installing FortiClient. It is easy and very user friendly."
"The most valuable features are malware detection, integrates well with other solutions, and ease of use for all users."
"Installation was easy."
"It works well and the performance is good."
"I think the solution is highly scalable."
"It’s easy to use."
"We like its centralized administration, integration with Active Directory, deployment, and stability of the connection."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."
"Technical support could be improved."
"Technical support could be improved."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"The load balancing could be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"We've had some problems with having to remove the current version and either reinstalling an old version or updating to the new one."
"The tool needs to improve its web filtering feature. Its support quality needs improvement. We speak different languages, and this can create misunderstandings."
"The pricing could use improvement."
"The solution has some issues with stability on the user side."
"The deployment status is not good in Mac devices and sometimes in Windows-based devices using GPO, like Active Directory, that are not on the local network."
"As far as I can tell, the solution only has one single function, so they could expand its functionality."
"The filtering process could be improved."
"The solution's access control could be improved."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 85 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti Connect Secure, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our Citrix Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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