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."The initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer."
"The stability of the solution is perfect."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The technical support is very responsive and fast"
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"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."
"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."
"It is easy to use."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"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."
"In this version 9.1, lots of changes are done for the dashboard, User Store etc."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."
"When it comes to the VDA environment, making it additionally stable is important."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."
"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."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"Maybe Symantec could consider providing a step-by-step guide for first-time users."
"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."
"Geofencing needs improvement."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 34 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 13th 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, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey, Q-Bot and RSA SecurID.
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