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 solution's environment is stable and doesn't get disconnected every now and then."
"It is very effective and I am satisfied with how it works and with its performance."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the management portal."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is reasonably priced, and its technology is flexible."
"The solution's technical support is very good."
"The solution is very stable."
"The product is very stable."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"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 solution is very stable. If I were to rate it out of ten, I would give stability a nine."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"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."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"The solution has very flexible configuration."
"The solution is scalable."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."
"Enhancing the client certificate deployment process could be a valuable improvement, ensuring smoother and more reliable certificate renewal experiences in the future."
"The servers should be more user-friendly."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The configuration is critical and complex."
"The solution's graphical user interface is not very user-friendly."
"In terms of what needs improvement, it should have better integration. Although, it might have already been taken care of."
"The pricing needs to be better."
"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."
"The product should be more secure."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"Technical support could be improved."
"It's extremely complicated and it's not intuitive. The solution requires a lot of training to get going on it."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
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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