We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure 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 feature is that it is secure."
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
"The product is straightforward."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and VPN."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"For our use case, it was scalable. There were at least 25 end users using this solution from remote locations. And once the connection was established, there weren't any complaints."
"I am very satisfied with the technical support."
"It is faster than other security options when using remote connections."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"Blocklisting and allowlisting are the most beneficial features for network security."
"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"Secure Mobile Access (SMA) is easy to configure and the deployment is straightforward. However, this is mostly because of the AWS setup."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution has unnecessary limitations."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"While connectivity is not something that is under Citrix's control, if the connectivity is spotty, it can be difficult."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"I'd like to see the product maybe polish keyboards in Bookmark."
"SonicWall's reporting isn't good. Reports should be part of a data plan. The login mechanism should be improved. It would be helpful if the client could use an agent to log in. An agent-server model would improve the performance of the RDB, which consumes a lot of bandwidth."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
"This is an expensive solution and I think that the price could be improved."
"Enhancing live tracking capabilities could improve the product, particularly in monitoring user activity and request statuses in real-time on the web interface."
"The problem is that when combined with what the client already has, there are two different logins and two different management systems, and these should be consolidated into a single interface."
"The product's technical support services could be improved."
"The solution has 2FA, it will generate a token and send it to an email, but multifactor authentication is not available. I would suggest that there should be MFA integration and provided with the appliance."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 21st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 14 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while SonicWall SMA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". 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 F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Peplink SpeedFusion and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks. See our Citrix Gateway vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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