We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Citrix, SonicWall, Cisco and others in Universal Access Gateways."We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far."
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"The solution has very flexible configuration."
"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 two-factor authentication is most definitely valuable and moves us closer to being able to check off those important boxes for compliance."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"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."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"It is easy to use."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"It's extremely complicated and it's not intuitive. The solution requires a lot of training to get going on it."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"Technical support could be improved."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"Geofencing needs improvement."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 33 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 15th in Authentication Systems with 15 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". 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 Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID and Q-Bot.
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