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."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far."
"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."
"The technical support is very responsive and fast"
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"It adds great security to your outfacing information."
"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."
"The solution is reliable and has good overall performance."
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"This solution has many options for remote desktop and access."
"I like the load balancing capability."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"Blocklisting and allowlisting are the most beneficial features for network security."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"The management and the dashboard are the solution's most valuable features."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"We are currently looking at automation. It would be good if there is some way to automate it in a fast way. It should be easy to automate. It also has some security issues."
"The solution can be a bit pricey."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"There could be a faster connection, increased user-friendliness, and more comprehensive dashboards for the platform."
"Enhancing live tracking capabilities could improve the product, particularly in monitoring user activity and request statuses in real-time on the web interface."
"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."
"I'd like to see the product maybe polish keyboards in Bookmark."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
"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 product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."
"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 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 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 34 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 and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Ivanti Connect Secure and SonicWall Connect Tunnel. See our Citrix Gateway vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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