We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Ivanti Connect Secure 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."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."
"It adds great security to your outfacing information."
"Providing our organization the ability to work remotely was the most valuable feature of Citrix Gateway. I also enjoy that they are always adding features."
"The initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and VPN."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"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."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"What I like the most about Pulse Connect Secure is that it's user-friendly. It's easy to use. You just need to connect, and that's it."
"VPN tunneling is a very valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure. I also like that it is straightforward to use, and you can see traffic logs on it."
"The new UI that they are providing right now is very good."
"I like the host checker, which thoroughly checks the security posture of the machine before allowing access. I also like application-based access and its seamless operations."
"It's quite stable."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"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."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"The product should be more secure."
"The solution can be a bit pricey."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"The load balancing could be improved."
"The solution has unnecessary limitations."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"User experience and after-sales support could be better. For example, over the last couple of years, when this COVID scenario was going on, there were multiple attacks on these types of solutions. SQL has been attacked numerous times, and there were a lot of vulnerabilities, and our customers had to update and upgrade the devices every two weeks or every month. This was a headache. It could also be more scalable."
"The product's price is an area where improvements are required."
"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."
"Zero test FDP (Fraud Protection and Prevention) should be improved."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve the reporting, it is lacking in detail and should take the report automatically."
"I don't have any downsides to report about the product at this time."
"The support team of the product needs improvement. Sometimes we have issues with multiple authentications, but there is no help from the support team."
"The user experience has room for improvement."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 2nd in SSL VPN with 33 reviews while Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 3rd in SSL VPN with 26 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". 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 Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Ivanti Tunnel and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our Citrix Gateway vs. Ivanti Connect Secure report.
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