We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Universal Access Gateways 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 product is straightforward."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"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's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"The solution is stable."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"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."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"What I like best about SonicWall SMA is the relationship between its features and its price, because the solution is both affordable and functional."
"I am very satisfied with the technical support."
"The management and the dashboard are the solution's most valuable features."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"Secure Mobile Access (SMA) is easy to configure and the deployment is straightforward. However, this is mostly because of the AWS setup."
"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
"When it comes to the VDA environment, making it additionally stable is important."
"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."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"The product should be more secure."
"The only thing that they could try to improve is the support for enterprise customers. Normally enterprises and SMBs can create a ticket, but for enterprises, SonicWall SMA needs to provide a global view, and this is what's currently missing. It's not even a question of timing. It's a question of the global vision because currently, it's lacking. They concentrate on the topic, but not on the means and not on the global picture. In most cases, there's something wrong with the integration of SonicWall SMA with other products, so that could also be improved."
"The overall menu is not very user-friendly and it could be easier."
"User interface could be improved."
"SonicWall SMA is difficult to use and it does not provide easy access to different parts of the network."
"This is an expensive solution and I think that the price could be improved."
"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 solution could integrate better with other platforms."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 33 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 2nd in Universal Access Gateways 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 SonicWall Connect Tunnel. See our Citrix Gateway vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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