We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks 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."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"The solution is scalable."
"The technical support is very responsive and fast"
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"I like it because it's very easy to use. You install the client and you have to know your gateway, but that's something we give to our users. Beyond that, it takes about three seconds to train them on how to use it. And it just works well. That's great for us because it means less administrative time."
"There are plenty of features this solution provides and the most valuable would be the complete security protection we are receiving. We are provided with similar security that the Palo Alto AWS solution has. This includes features such as a firewall and machine learning AI."
"We're now able to go after contracts that require a Zero Trust solution and Prisma's other technology solutions."
"The most valuable features of the solution are in the areas of the secure remote access it provides while also being user-friendly."
"Palo Alto Firewall is one of the best firewalls in the world."
"The protection for web-based applications was helpful for my colleagues who didn't want a particular application on their devices. And the non-web access protection was more for our developers because they were writing and building code on their computers. Prisma Access was able to protect them."
"A feature I've found very helpful is run time security because most of the products on the market will look at security during the build time, and they don't really look at what happens once you're going into production."
"The most valuable feature is the zero-trust part of this solution."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"While connectivity is not something that is under Citrix's control, if the connectivity is spotty, it can be difficult."
"The load balancing could be improved."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"It's extremely complicated and it's not intuitive. The solution requires a lot of training to get going on it."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"When it comes to the VDA environment, making it additionally stable is important."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"Palo Alto needs to improve the GlobalProtect agent to work as a secure web gateway agent, not only as a VPN agent because some companies would want only a secure gateway. They wouldn't want a full VPN. So, Palo Alto has to make the VPN agent work as a secure web gateway agent for those customers who want only the secure web gateway solution."
"Prisma would be a stronger solution if it could aggregate resources by project or by application. So say we have an application we've developed in AWS and five applications we've developed in Azure. The platform will group it according to those applications, but it's based on the tags we use in Azure, which means I have to rely on development teams to tag resources properly."
"The user interface could be better. They need to work a little bit on the console. It is similar to their firewalls but not exactly. They need to clean it up a bit."
"Lacks a hybrid model which has API plus in-line security."
"The tools' scalability is subject to some limitations when done on-premise due to the need for additional licenses. However, in other scenarios, increasing scalability involves expanding infrastructure to accommodate more third-party VPN access. It is scalable as long as you pay the money. Also, it needs to improve security."
"When we deploy firewall rules via Panorama, we find it's a little bit slow. We have a global environment and might have 100 gateways or VPNs in the cloud. When we deploy something, it tries to deploy it one-by-one, and that can be slow."
"One thing that would help is if we could get a guide. With Cisco, for example, you can just type the problem regarding your Cisco product and you will easily get your solution. In Palo Alto, however, it's not easy to find the solutions."
"When it comes to integration mechanisms, Prisma SaaS does not support reverse proxy type of integrations."
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Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 5th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 57 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks writes "Integration with Palo Alto platforms such as Cortex Data Lake and Autofocus gives us visibility into our attack surface". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Ivanti Connect Secure, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Netskope , Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access and Prisma SD-WAN. See our Citrix Gateway vs. Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks report.
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