We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and SonicWall SMA 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."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"The solution is scalable."
"The initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"The initial setup is simple."
"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 performance is good."
"I am very satisfied with the technical support."
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"I like the load balancing capability."
"Blocklisting and allowlisting are the most beneficial features for network security."
"Secure Mobile Access (SMA) is easy to configure and the deployment is straightforward. However, this is mostly because of the AWS setup."
"What I like best about SonicWall SMA is the relationship between its features and its price, because the solution is both affordable and functional."
"This solution has many options for remote desktop and access."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."
"The solution can be a bit pricey."
"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."
"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."
"SonicWall SMA is difficult to use and it does not provide easy access to different parts of the network."
"This is an expensive solution and I think that the price could be improved."
"SonicWall's reporting isn't good. Reports should be part of a data plan. The login mechanism should be improved. It would be helpful if the client could use an agent to log in. An agent-server model would improve the performance of the RDB, which consumes a lot of bandwidth."
"The solution has 2FA, it will generate a token and send it to an email, but multifactor authentication is not available. I would suggest that there should be MFA integration and provided with the appliance."
"The problem is that when combined with what the client already has, there are two different logins and two different management systems, and these should be consolidated into a single interface."
"User interface could be improved."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
"The product's technical support services could be improved."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 17th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 14 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while SonicWall SMA 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 SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Peplink SpeedFusion and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks. See our Citrix Gateway vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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