We performed a comparison between Aruba Remote Access Points and Citrix Gateway 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."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"It provides good Spectrum Analysis and troubleshooting."
"Once configured and operational, they tend to function reliably, with few reported issues from clients or customers."
"It’s very light."
"Aruba Remote Access Points provide a level of protection for our IPs."
"This solution is widely adopted and involves both technology and non-technical devices. It is robust, except in cases of significant power outages."
"What I like best about Aruba Remote Access Points is that it's pretty easy to set up."
"I can use the solution from my home or any remote office to access printers, servers, etc."
"Aruba works well in large spaces, especially for manufacturing. That's when you start seeing the effectiveness of Aruba."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"Citrix primarily provides secure connectivity. If you need secure remote desktop functionality, it is a viable option."
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
"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."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"For our use case, it was scalable. There were at least 25 end users using this solution from remote locations. And once the connection was established, there weren't any complaints."
"The product is straightforward."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The remote access point coverage should be bigger than it is now."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing. If they can be more competitive."
"The solution's technical support has some shortcomings that need improvement."
"It would help if the remote APs had some kind of SoHo environment with built-in firewall features. That way it could connect directly in a client-to-site type of environment, or a site-to-site VPN environment. That way users could have a complete office setup without coming to the private cloud."
"The solution is costly for medium-sized companies."
"There are some issues, like the VLAN capabilities and support for routing between two VMs."
"Our difficulty with Aruba is that the product and the license are two different items. So, if we are adding an access point, we have to pay for two items. We have to pay to add the access point in the controller and we have to pay for the license."
"The security side of Aruba Remote Access Points could be improved."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."
"While connectivity is not something that is under Citrix's control, if the connectivity is spotty, it can be difficult."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"As an organization, our initiative is to move to the cloud, Citrix Gateway needs to improve its cloud capabilities and make the cloud solution more robust."
"Its interface could be made a lot easier. It is very kludgy."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"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."
Aruba Remote Access Points is ranked 13th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 13 reviews while Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 34 reviews. Aruba Remote Access Points is rated 7.8, while Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Remote Access Points writes "The solution can be used from home or any remote office to access office resources like printers and servers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". Aruba Remote Access Points is most compared with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, OpenVPN Access Server, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Zyxel VPN Client, whereas 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. See our Aruba Remote Access Points vs. Citrix Gateway report.
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