We performed a comparison between AWS Direct Connect and Citrix Gateway 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."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"AWS Direct Connect provides a secure and encrypted connection over the internet."
"AWS Direct Connect is highly secure and much faster compared to normal network infrastructure."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It is complicated to do additional BGP configuration for the product."
"Its terminologies are challenging to interpret."
"It can be difficult to configure compared to cloud-based GUIs."
"It would be good if we could connect AWS Direct Connect from different networks."
"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."
"Lacks access through a mobile device."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"The tool must provide better integration and connectivity."
AWS Direct Connect is ranked 12th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews while Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews. AWS Direct Connect is rated 8.8, while Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Direct Connect writes "Has low latency and provides good stability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". AWS Direct Connect is most compared with AWS PrivateLink, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Lumen MPLS IP VPN, Fortinet FortiClient and IBM Secure Gateway Service, whereas 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 Ivanti Connect Secure. See our AWS Direct Connect vs. Citrix Gateway report.
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