Compare Citrix Gateway vs. Symantec VIP Access Manager
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far." "Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience." "The initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer." "The solution is very stable. If I were to rate it out of ten, I would give stability a nine." "The stability of the solution is perfect." "The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and 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." "What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly." | "It is easy to use." "It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft." "The VPN we are using is good and working quite well." "Other than it provides us with remote access, so it's fairly easy to install, fairly easy to set up, and provides us the ability to get into our corporate environment." |
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"The load balancing could be improved." "If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement." "I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features." "The initial setup is very complex." "The solution can be a bit pricey." "The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly." "The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible." "I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification." | "In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access." "Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it." "If they had dashboards or a report for managers or executives, then it would allow them to see the status and have it make sense to them." "It gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"Usually with Citrix the issue is the pricing, especially for the African region. We believe it's really expensive." "Pricing is very high if you do a comparison with what is available in the market." "I believe the pricing is comparable to SaaS" | "There are additional costs for maintenance." |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: The session monitoring capability is good. Top Answer: I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions. Top Answer: This is a solution I would recommend. Overall, this is a good solution that is stable, but I would like to see improvements to the logging capability. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. | Ask a question Earn 20 points |
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Views 4,061 Comparisons 2,494 Reviews 11 Average Words per Review 327 Rating 8.3 | Views 3,931 Comparisons 2,623 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 405 Rating 9.0 |
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Also Known As | |
| Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway | Symantec VIP |
Learn | |
| Citrix | Broadcom |
Overview | |
Citrix Gateway is a customer-managed solution that can be deployed on premises or on any public cloud, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Citrix Gateway provides users with secure access and single sign-on to all the virtual, SaaS and web applications they need to be productive. | Symantec VIP Access Manager is the next generation control platform that integrates Single Sign-On (SSO) with strong authentication, access control, and user management. It offers users and administrators control, convenience, and compliance for public and private cloud- based applications. Symantec VIP Access Manager solves cloud security problems using identity and/or context-based access control across multiple cloud applications. In the cloud, where a traditional enterprise perimeter doesn't exist, this solution fills the gap. Through Symantec VIP Access Manager, administrators can define policies that utilize the built-in user directory or existing identity management infrastructure to enforce security and compliance for applications without getting in the way of productivity. Symantec VIP Access Manager can also protect and consolidate access management for on-premise web applications. It also simplifies compliance auditing for cloud applications by consolidating logs across all applications it protects. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Aeronamic, Avianca, Bechtel Corporation, Betfair UK, Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Centene Corporation, Cerner, Charityshare, City of High Point, Clark Builders | Maine Medical Center, Aria S.p.A |
Top Industries | |
Comms Service Provider38% Computer Software Company13% Real Estate/Law Firm13% Printing Company13% Computer Software Company23% Comms Service Provider21% Government7% Financial Services Firm6% | Computer Software Company29% Comms Service Provider20% Financial Services Firm9% Manufacturing Company7% |
Company Size | |
Small Business33% Midsize Enterprise20% Large Enterprise47% | Small Business33% Large Enterprise67% |
Find out what your peers are saying about Citrix Gateway vs. Symantec VIP Access Manager and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
457,209 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 13 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 4th in Authentication Systems with 3 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes " Has the ability to be used in all types of environments, on-premise, cloud, or hybrid deployments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "It's fairly easy to install, fairly easy to set up, and provides us the ability to get into our corporate environment". Citrix Gateway is most compared with Cisco IOS SSL VPN, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Pulse Connect Secure, F5 BIG-IP and NetMotion Mobility, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Check Point Remote Access VPN, Cisco IOS SSL VPN, Duo Security and Okta Workforce Identity.
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