We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Citrix, SonicWall, Cisco and others in Universal Access Gateways."The product is straightforward."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and VPN."
"It adds great security to your outfacing information."
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"The technical support is very responsive and fast"
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"It is easy to use."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"The two-factor authentication is most definitely valuable and moves us closer to being able to check off those important boxes for compliance."
"Other than it provides us with remote access, so it's fairly easy to install, fairly easy to set up, and provides us the ability to get into our corporate environment."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"In this version 9.1, lots of changes are done for the dashboard, User Store etc."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"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."
"When it comes to the VDA environment, making it additionally stable is important."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"The product should be more secure."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The tool must provide better integration and connectivity."
"The solution has unnecessary limitations."
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
"Maybe Symantec could consider providing a step-by-step guide for first-time users."
"It gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 33 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 14th in Authentication Systems with 15 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". 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 Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey, Q-Bot and RSA SecurID.
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