We performed a comparison between Citrix ADM and OpenText Network Automation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"An essential component is the Director, which provides detailed insights into sessions, including identifying session failures, connection issues, user lockouts, etc. It presents a list of problems to address, enabling you to click on them and resolve them efficiently."
"We like the periodic upgrades and backups, also made via ADMs, and it makes our environment much more robust and reliable."
"The most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"The most valuable features are for the ADMs and the overall monitoring environment."
"The analytics are a great feature."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"When compared with SolarWinds, it is more user-friendly, and tasks can be completed more quickly."
"Pushing the network configuration to bulk devices. This saves a considerable amount of time that the engineer spends in pushing the network configuration."
"Deployment is complicated."
"Citrix ADM needs to improve on its additional features and reduce the communication ports."
"Some features of Citrix ADM are available on the cloud, which could really be helpful if they were available on an on-premise version."
"Citrix is more expensive than Horizon."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"They need to make the solution a little more familiar with easy study guides, learning videos, etc."
"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."
"When a new version comes out, sometimes, my existing configuration gets wiped out. They should work on this so that my existing configuration doesn't get impacted with an upgrade to a newer version. There could also reduce frequent firmware upgrade activities and have a stable version so that once we upgrade it, we don't have to upgrade it for two to three years."
"Compatibility of the devices needs to be enhanced, as it seems to be limited."
"Level one administration task can be defined in Micro Focus Network Automation but it could be more simplified."
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Citrix ADM is ranked 9th in Network Management Applications with 9 reviews while OpenText Network Automation is ranked 12th in Network Automation. Citrix ADM is rated 8.4, while OpenText Network Automation is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Citrix ADM writes "A tool for centralized management including inventory and sales tracking". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Network Automation writes "Helps the configuration backup be validated before and after any change in the network infrastructure". Citrix ADM is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, DX Spectrum and DataMiner, whereas OpenText Network Automation is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, BackBox, NetBrain and BMC TrueSight Network Automation.
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