We performed a comparison between Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Citrix SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Optimization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything."
"The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good."
"It is a stable solution...it is a scalable solution."
"The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable."
"We appreciate the optimization and acceleration of the performance of SDP users."
"The visibility control and security aspects are amazing."
"The query and the SD-WAN are useful features of the solution."
"The product is very simple, and everything can be done very quickly."
"It allows us to use additional VPNs, offering more options compared to other VPN solutions."
"It lowered our Internet costs and gave me the flexibility to choose providers based on each location's connectivity."
"The best feature is the backup capability, where all of the users' computers are tied into a central data repository."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix SD-WAN is customization. You are able to customize the solution to your needs."
"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."
"The main advantage of Citrix SD-WAN is that it enables fast communication between our branches and data centers. And, with its cloud management features, it also makes the process of adding new branches into our company network much easier."
"It allows you to combine two asymmetrical connections."
"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 solution is not cheap."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"There's no principal in Malaysia, only a distributor."
"I am located in South Korea, and I can say that most people here have no idea about Cato Networks. I think Cato Networks should promote its network services in various countries."
"The tool needs to be more granular. Its reports are not very in-depth."
"Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity."
"They can't do one-to-one NAT (Network Address Translation) in AP (their access point), and that is something that Palo Alto can do."
"Cato Networks security could be better."
"The price is the only thing that could be improved. Citrix is not a cheap solution."
"Citrix SD-WAN does not have the SD-WAN with one optimization in a single license. Other competitors have this option and it should be added to this solution."
"Enhancements are needed to improve the stability."
"I would like to see support for additional reporting."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"I would like to see more customization to adjust for the WAN lock-out due to our unexpected power outages."
"I am happy with this product. If anything, its price can be reduced. It is a bit expensive."
"Even though the monitoring is pretty good, there is some room for improvement there."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 2nd in WAN Optimization with 21 reviews while Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 3rd in WAN Optimization with 21 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes " A scalable solution for MCN controller but lacks technical supports, upgrades". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler SASE, Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Citrix SD-WAN report.
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