Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs Citrix Gateway comparison

"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."

"It is very simple to use, and it allows me to get into the university's network from my home, which is very useful for me."

"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is an easy-to-use and straightforward solution."

"The solution is pretty fast."

"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."

"It's a stable solution."

"The product's most valuable features are security, stability, and troubleshooting capabilities."

"The platform provides value and benefits to our organization through efficient and effective communication."

"The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."

"The solution is stable."

"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."

"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."

"Citrix primarily provides secure connectivity. If you need secure remote desktop functionality, it is a viable option."

"We can maintain our systems using the solution."

"The technical support is very responsive and fast"

"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."

"The session monitoring capability is good."

"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."

"In addition to Cisco, we work with other solutions on behalf of our customers, such as Fortinet for FortiGate, but this latter solution can achieve the same results at a lower price."

"When many people are using the internet at home, which is usually right after dinner, this type of service is a little bit hard to use. The internet becomes quite slow, and sometimes, I have to stop using this application. I am not sure if this issue is because of the application or my internet provider."

"The flexibility of configurations could be improved."

"It would be nice if we could use this not just on mobile, but on laptops and desktops as well."

"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."

"The product’s dashboard is not good enough."

"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."

"I would like Cisco IOS SSL VPN to provide a faster connection."

"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."

"The initial setup is not straightforward."

"Technical support could be improved."

"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."

"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."

"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."

"The product should be more secure."

"The solution has unnecessary limitations."

"There is not a license required for this solution but the price should be less expensive."

"The pricing of the solution is reasonable"

"FortiGate does not charge the client a licensing fee, although Cisco charges clients a couple of dollars per year for each license."

"Price flexibility could be improved in comparison to other vendors."

"Cisco IOS SSL VPN comes with a cost-effective subscription."

"The solution is reasonably priced, and we have around 50% to 60% discounts from Cisco."

"The platform is expensive."

"With Cisco, there is a free solution or a licensed version of the solution with a set of endpoint services."

"It stands as the priciest solution available in the market."

"I believe the pricing is comparable to SaaS"

"It is expensive and requires proper planning with strategy."

"Pricing is very high if you do a comparison with what is available in the market."

"There is a license to use Citrix Gateway and it is less expensive to use when compared to other solutions."

"The solution has a yearly licensing fee."

"Citrix is quite expensive."

"There is a need to make yearly payments for licensing purposes. Also, it is not an expensive one."

"There are two or three different models, but you can actually have a CapEx where you purchase the unit outright and then there's a yearly maintenance cost on top for years two and three, and four, or you can actually do a subscription purchase through Citrix cloud and you pay on a monthly basis, or you can have a three-year subscription contract as well. I give the solution a six out of ten for its cost."