Citrix Gateway vs Ivanti Connect Secure 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."

"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."

"The solution is scalable."

"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."

"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 initial setup is simple. Normally with all setups, it's not very complicated. It really depends on the customer."

"The solution has very flexible configuration."

"It performs quite well."

"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."

"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are multi-factor authentications, and VPNs and SSL VPNs we are using."

"I like the host checker, which thoroughly checks the security posture of the machine before allowing access. I also like application-based access and its seamless operations."

"This is a very secure and stable tool."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"VPN tunneling is a very valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure. I also like that it is straightforward to use, and you can see traffic logs on it."

"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."

"From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy."

"What I like the most about Pulse Connect Secure is that it's user-friendly. It's easy to use. You just need to connect, and that's it."

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

"There could be a faster connection, increased user-friendliness, and more comprehensive dashboards for the platform."

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

"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."

"It's extremely complicated and it's not intuitive. The solution requires a lot of training to get going on it."

"Sometimes the input-output has issues."

"The load balancing could be improved."

"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."

"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 don't have any downsides to report about the product at this time."

"An area for improvement in Pulse Connect Secure is the concurrent connections, particularly needing a license if you want to use Pulse Connect Secure with your Microsoft or Windows machine."

"I would like the solution to be more secure and compatible. It also needs to improve integration with other systems."

"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."

"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."

"This solution normally works but at times, we have had trouble with connectivity."

"The stability could be better. There are sometimes bugs in the system."

"User experience and after-sales support could be better. For example, over the last couple of years, when this COVID scenario was going on, there were multiple attacks on these types of solutions. SQL has been attacked numerous times, and there were a lot of vulnerabilities, and our customers had to update and upgrade the devices every two weeks or every month. This was a headache. It could also be more scalable."

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

"Usually with Citrix the issue is the pricing, especially for the African region. We believe it's really expensive."

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

"It costs about 4,000 a year."

"I believe the pricing is comparable to SaaS"

"The price could be lower."

"Citrix is quite expensive."

"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."

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

"The pricing for Pulse Connect Secure is not low and not high, so it's good. It's a six out of ten for me, price-wise."

"A license is required for you to use Pulse Connect Secure, but I'm not aware of how much it costs."

"I rate the product price a six to seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"The pricing is quite nominal. We pay on a yearly basis."

"Pulse Connect Secure is relatively cost-effective."

"The cost of the product is high, but worth it because of the utility and great product support."

"The price of Pulse Connect Secure is expensive."