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.
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
"The solution is stable."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"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."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."
"It performs quite well."
"The solution has inexpensive scalability, works very well and can communicate with other Fortinet devices."
"Installation was easy."
"The setup for FortiClient is really straightforward."
"The solution is stable, we have not had any issues in the time we have been using it."
"It is a fantastic product. Its overall security is valuable. We are very impressed with the web filtering and the application firewall it provides."
"From Forticlient, the EMS, the central management is easy to use."
"We find the VPN features valuable."
"The Fortinet FortiClient is simple to use."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"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."
"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."
"Their VAS product should be more productive because right now, we are using other VAS solutions but not using this one."
"Its interface could be made a lot easier. It is very kludgy."
"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."
"Technical support could be improved."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"FortiClient's encryption key could be stronger so that it's not broken too easily."
"With Fortinet, some clients have to wait two to four days for a response. That is the biggest complaint from end customer about Fortinet's technical support."
"The software inventory part is not yet up-to-date. It doesn't have a great interface, which is a disadvantage. I wish we could leverage it, but we don't use it at all because it's not that reliable."
"With the lower-end licenses, it tends to kick you out after eight hours. There is a function where it automatically kicks you out after eight hours. They could improve that and not kick you out after eight hours. Other than that, it is already pretty good."
"While I cannot think of new features to add, it would be nice if the reports were improved, to have these sent automatically."
"For buying or deploying it with additional features, apart from VPN client, web security, or antivirus, I would like to see the USB key blocking function included in this solution for endpoint security. For endpoint security, you need antivirus and all of the features included in antivirus software these days, web security, and USB key locking feature. If it is implemented in a way that in one package, you have all the primary features needed for security these days, it would be nice. All of those features will probably be additionally charged as it is a web security feature on FortiClient."
"As far as I can tell, the solution only has one single function, so they could expand its functionality."
"The solution could be more secure. I would like to see more safety features."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 7th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 10 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 49 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Smooth, easy to use, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Can be used to deploy security to endpoints and also control the endpoints". Citrix Gateway is most compared with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Pulse Connect Secure, Check Point Remote Access VPN 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 ESET Endpoint Security. See our Citrix Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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