We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 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."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 think Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is stable."
"It is easy to scale."
"The ability to connect to the VPN remotely."
"I haven’t experienced any issues and the connection is always stable."
"This solution gives you double security because it uses both hard and soft tokens."
"AnyConnect SMC's best features are that it's secure and connects seamlessly to clients' networks."
"The tool is user-friendly, robust and easy to use in any environment."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the consistency, I have not had any issues with the performance."
"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far."
"The solution is scalable."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"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."
"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."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is its ease of use and simple interface. It's always available as long as I have a good network connection."
"In general, it's always a good idea to improve scalability and stability."
"There are situations where the connection drops, and you may not even be aware of it until you try to do something critical."
"Complicated scenarios are difficult to deploy. On a scale from one to ten, with one being the most difficult, I'd give a rating of between two and three for the initial setup."
"If you're just turning on your laptop, it should connect automatically without keying in the credentials."
"The logout should be automized and it should have a reminder that you have logged in into a private network."
"The configuration from the client-side would be useful. Right now, it's not centralized. There should be a lock so that it can only be configured from one place."
"The solution could improve the setup, it is complex."
"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."
"While connectivity is not something that is under Citrix's control, if the connectivity is spotty, it can be difficult."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"It's extremely complicated and it's not intuitive. The solution requires a lot of training to get going on it."
"The product should be more secure."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"The load balancing could be improved."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 34 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Cisco Umbrella, whereas Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti Connect Secure and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. Citrix Gateway report.
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