We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN 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 initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"The solution is scalable."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"Fortinet FortiClient offers a vulnerability test feature, allowing us to monitor end-user devices. This includes ensuring necessary updates, such as Windows updates, are not overlooked."
"FortiClient has good signatures, good protection and, up until recently, it integrated really well with our firewall."
"The solution is easy to configure and manage."
"It is very powerful."
"The solution is stable, we have not had any issues in the time we have been using it."
"It is a fantastic product. Its overall security is valuable. We are very impressed with the web filtering and the application firewall it provides."
"The most valuable features are malware detection, integrates well with other solutions, and ease of use for all users."
"What I like most about FortiClient is that it's easy to use. The way it displays information is very straightforward."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"Its interface could be made a lot easier. It is very kludgy."
"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."
"Citrix Gateway could improve the speed of the VPN. I sometimes have to wait for 10 to 15 minutes to get connected and other times when I am connected I have to abort, and reconnect."
"If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
"The pricing of the solution should be less expensive."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"I haven't found that that solution does anything amazing."
"I think that FortiClient can enhance the multifactor authentication."
"The memory check needs to be improved, giving better visibility into the run-time memory."
"For buying or deploying it with additional features, apart from VPN client, web security, or antivirus, I would like to see the USB key blocking function included in this solution for endpoint security. For endpoint security, you need antivirus and all of the features included in antivirus software these days, web security, and USB key locking feature. If it is implemented in a way that in one package, you have all the primary features needed for security these days, it would be nice. All of those features will probably be additionally charged as it is a web security feature on FortiClient."
"The licensing feature of the product requires improvement since whenever the license expires, the tool logs out its users automatically, irrespective of whether they are on the network or not, which can be problematic for me."
"I would like to see an improvement in the web filter, because I think it can be more user-friendly."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 34 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 86 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Intercept X Endpoint. See our Citrix Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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