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."
"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, convenient, and easy. It always works if configured well."
"The solution's environment is stable and doesn't get disconnected every now and then."
"The solution is quite transparent."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable, and once we connect, we don't face any issues and can do our work."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the management portal."
"The solution is very reliable."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN provides fast connectivity and the option to connect through multiple servers."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"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."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"The stability of the solution is perfect."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and VPN."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It can be difficult to find service and at times we cannot connect with the internet easily."
"In terms of what needs improvement, it should have better integration. Although, it might have already been taken care of."
"The solution needs to integrate password-less technology so that you don't have to remember passwords each time that you log in, which is otherwise tedious. We should be able to log in as long as our system is connected to the internet."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should add a sensor that can authenticate with a fingerprint instead of having to type the username and password every time."
"The configuration is critical and complex."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"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."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"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."
"It's extremely complicated and it's not intuitive. The solution requires a lot of training to get going on it."
"If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
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 SonicWall Netextender, whereas Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, 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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