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."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."
"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 product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and VPN."
"The technical support is very responsive and fast"
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance."
"From Forticlient, the EMS, the central management is easy to use."
"We find the VPN features valuable."
"FortiClient has good signatures, good protection and, up until recently, it integrated really well with our firewall."
"From my perspective as an end user, it's consistently stable, and I would rate the stability as a nine out of ten."
"The ability to reroute traffic from the user, connecting you to the internet rather than passing through our network area, is very useful."
"I think the solution is highly scalable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Lacks access through a mobile device."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"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."
"Technical support could be improved."
"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."
"The deployment status is not good in Mac devices and sometimes in Windows-based devices using GPO, like Active Directory, that are not on the local network."
"It would be extremely useful to have an automatic updating feature."
"In the next release, I would like to see an additional layer of security added."
"They have an EDR feature for end protection detection and response, and this is actually with an add-on subscription, which is charged separately. What I would like to see is this included with the base cost."
"There should be more frequent releases or updates."
"I would like Fortinet to improve FortiClient's compatibility with macOS."
"The tool needs to improve its web filtering feature. Its support quality needs improvement. We speak different languages, and this can create misunderstandings."
"FortiClient is not communicating with the new version of the firewall."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 85 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, Ivanti Connect Secure, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our Citrix Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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