We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and SonicWall Netextender 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."
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
"Providing our organization the ability to work remotely was the most valuable feature of Citrix Gateway. I also enjoy that they are always adding features."
"The stability of the solution is perfect."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"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 solution provides high availability."
"Employees can have access to the network from home."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"NetExtender works very well. I never had an issue with it, and it has been working well for me. In terms of management, you have good control over the destination. You can use NetExtender to set the policy and the static route for a client. You can modify it based on what your client needs or can access. You have good control over routing."
"The product has two-factor authentication."
"My company opted for this solution because it can individually perform. Basically, we don't require load balancers and all those additional feature sets or additional devices that might be required. The solution can handle the certificate, DNS queries, and all that stuff individually."
"It allows us to work remotely."
"The most valuable feature for the Netextender is the ease with which we can integrate it with SAML."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"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."
"There could be a faster connection, increased user-friendliness, and more comprehensive dashboards for the platform."
"Its interface could be made a lot easier. It is very kludgy."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"If the solution had a more advanced DNS, it would be an improvement."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."
"Technical support could be improved."
"SonicWall can be difficult for some people, but I don't find it difficult. Some companies provide a VPN client for free, but you have to pay for NetExtender."
"The initial setup of SonicWall Netextender is straightforward. The only issue we encountered was with relocating the VPN appliance. If we needed to move it from an on-premise to an on-cloud architecture, we had to start over and redeploy it from scratch. Unfortunately, it is not portable and any changes to its physical location often result in the need for a fresh deployment to ensure everything functions properly."
"The Netextender application itself doesn't really look pretty, however, we can still use it. We don't care what it looks like. That said, if they did a cosmetic update, that would be fine."
"The product does not work well."
"The only concern I do have is with the zero trust, and the solution is not coping with the newer technologies as much as it needs to do on that particular factor."
"The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth."
"They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."
"There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 34 reviews while SonicWall Netextender is ranked 14th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 11 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while SonicWall Netextender is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Netextender writes "An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication". 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 Check Point Remote Access VPN, whereas SonicWall Netextender is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, SonicWall Mobile Connect, Fortinet FortiClient, SonicWall Connect Tunnel and NetMotion Mobility. See our Citrix Gateway vs. SonicWall Netextender report.
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