We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Citrix Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two SSL 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."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, convenient, and easy. It always works if configured well."
"The product's setup phase was easy."
"I like to work with the CMD command line because it's easy and it doesn't take very long to configure."
"It is highly scalable, speedy, and reliable."
"It is very effective and I am satisfied with how it works and with its performance."
"The product's most valuable features are security, stability, and troubleshooting capabilities."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"It performs quite well."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Enhancing the client certificate deployment process could be a valuable improvement, ensuring smoother and more reliable certificate renewal experiences in the future."
"The solution's graphical user interface is not very user-friendly."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"When many people are using the internet at home, which is usually right after dinner, this type of service is a little bit hard to use. The internet becomes quite slow, and sometimes, I have to stop using this application. I am not sure if this issue is because of the application or my internet provider."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should improve its pricing."
"The system needs to be upgraded to replace the Token Authentication software, which will no longer be supported."
"In addition to Cisco, we work with other solutions on behalf of our customers, such as Fortinet for FortiGate, but this latter solution can achieve the same results at a lower price."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The tool must provide better integration and connectivity."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"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 is not straightforward."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while Citrix Gateway is ranked 2nd in SSL VPN with 33 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS SSL VPN writes "The solution is very stable and scalable, but it is expensive, and the configuration is complicated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Appgate SDP, whereas Citrix Gateway is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti Connect Secure and SonicWall Netextender. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Citrix Gateway report.
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