We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It can improve an organization by providing secure access to resources for traveling employees, which can help to reduce the risk of data breaches or other security incidents."
"We use it to connect our sites. We have a couple of sites that need to interconnect."
"For a basic setup, implementation is quite easy."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The clients of the customers have a facility to access the enterprise network."
"The secure hotspot access for enabling good network connectivity is great."
"The solution is easy to install, centrally managed, and stable, with good technical support and a straightforward setup."
"The VPN hides your IP address and encrypts your online traffic and it essentially ensures that your fingerprints cannot be traced on the Internet."
"It has the best remote working features."
"The remote desktop feature allows employees to work from home."
"The installation and maintenance are good."
"Citrix offers a range of products that can be used straight out of the box."
"Because of the solution's ubiquity, it is easier to find answers to problems than with competitive products."
"This is a very stable solution which you can feel confident using."
"Citrix is used by many organizations to make it possible to streamline the way different developers work together from different locations."
"It is a stable solution. We don't usually have problems with the platform...It is a very scalable solution."
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"The product’s architecture is a bit distributed."
"It's difficult to configure on Linux workstations as Check Point Remote VPN clients support only Windows and Mac devices."
"Generally, the license is included with the Check Point gateway licensing, however, in terms of the number of users that can be activated for use, it is generally five users."
"The ability to allow split-tunneling while still following our corporate policy needs to be on the table."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN could be more user-friendly."
"The Linux version may have an app (similar to Windows) instead of a shell script."
"There needs to be a way to create a VPN client specific to our environment so that we can easily lock down who can connect."
"The non-standard setup is quite complex as you have to do changes via GUI and CLI."
"The product should expand its capabilities for integrating with other environments."
"Licensing service installation and configuration was the biggest challenge for all Citrix solutions, but now they have fixed a lot of issues."
"The product advances really fast. For some customers, we need better backwards compatibility."
"Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are not easy to set up. However, I have the experience and I can do it easily. It could be easier to set up."
"The only thing we have found to be detrimental is when we have tried to find training. I realize that we're looking at it at the worst time possible, with a pandemic going on, but it seems that most of the training offered is learn-by-yourself online."
"There is room for improvement because it has a lot of dependency on Active Directory and other things. If they could come up with something similar and native, a complete solution portfolio would help."
"I have to re-enter my user password when I am not using the tool for some time around ten minutes. I want to also improve the need to download other Citrix apps."
"The visibility the solution provides across SaaS, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, for user and application traffic, is also limited if you do not enable all the services and is based on which services you are utilising. Citrix provides end-to-end visibility based on their services you are utilising."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 62 reviews while Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 3rd in Remote Access with 92 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Check Point Harmony Mobile and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with Amazon Appstream, VMware Horizon View, Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix Workspace and Apache Guacamole. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) report.
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