We performed a comparison between Citrix SD-WAN and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability and stability are quite good in general."
"They have a zero downtime failover mechanism, where, when there's a link failure or a link weakness, or bad link conditions, they provide the ability to fail back seamlessly."
"The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions."
"It lowered our Internet costs and gave me the flexibility to choose providers based on each location's connectivity."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix SD-WAN is customization. You are able to customize the solution to your needs."
"The best feature is the backup capability, where all of the users' computers are tied into a central data repository."
"The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us."
"The tool is quite cost-effective because it replaces the need for MPLS, which is a bit expensive...Citrix SD-WAN doesn't need much maintenance."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"Overall, network security and next-generation firewall features are areas that they can improve on."
"The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution."
"I would like to see more customization to adjust for the WAN lock-out due to our unexpected power outages."
"The communication around the life cycle would have been really helpful. The main issue we have had is related to the life cycle because some of the things that we are using were discontinued. They were discontinued within a year after we had purchased it, which is a bit painful. If we had known that, we would've made some other decisions."
"Given that Citrix SD-WAN solved all our problems by providing us with everything we needed to unify communications with our branches and data centers, I cannot suggest anything further in terms of improvements."
"I would like to see support for additional reporting."
"Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us."
"Even though the monitoring is pretty good, there is some room for improvement there."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 9th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 306 reviews. Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes " A scalable solution for MCN controller but lacks technical supports, upgrades". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Citrix SD-WAN vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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