Citrix Gateway vs Google Cloud VPN comparison

Citrix and Google are both solutions in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category. Citrix is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.1, while Google is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.8. Citrix holds a 3.3% mindshare in EIV, compared to Google’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Citrix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Google users who would recommend it.

Citrix Gateway

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91% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Google Cloud VPN 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.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Citrix Gateway

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Universal Access Gateways (1st), SSL VPN (2nd)

Google Cloud VPN

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

17th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of Citrix Gateway is 3.3%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud VPN is 0.9%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

VivekKumar10

Co-Founder at Virajo

Enables secure remote access and load balancing with enhanced protection features

I find Citrix Gateway valuable for its capabilities as a reverse proxy, providing security to applications exposed to the Internet. Key features include load balancing, dual-factor authentication, clientless VPN, and Web Application Firewall (WAF). The product effectively helps me protect the organization's network from potential threats, thereby securing our environment from hackers and ransomware attacks.

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Prashast Tripathi

Data Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

Customizes networks with flexible configurations and high reliability

Google Cloud VPN offers a lot of flexibility to customize, supporting dual track IPv4 and IPv6, and v6-only configurations. It supports dynamic routing, and the SLA is a key factor with a 99.999% reliability. The Cloud VPN tunnel supports up to 250,000 packets per second for both ingress and egress traffic.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The stability of the solution is perfect."

"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."

"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."

"I find Citrix Gateway valuable for its capabilities as a reverse proxy, providing security to applications exposed to the Internet."

"Its ease of use and how everybody can easily work through it are the most valuable features."

"If you need to share resources across a corporation, I would recommend this solution."

"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."

"The product is straightforward."

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"Google Cloud VPN offers a lot of flexibility to customize, supporting dual track IPv4 and IPv6, and v6-only configurations."

"Google Cloud VPN is a reliable and easy-to-use solution."

"Any time we had an issue with connecting the OpenVPN to a user, we just to them on the group's VPN and connected our VPN."

"The most valuable features of Google Cloud VPN are its speed, connectivity, and reliability."

"The most valuable feature of the product is its compatibility with almost every network."

Cons

"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."

"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."

"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 dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."

"We have experienced issues relating to multi-factor authentication"

"Its interface could be made a lot easier. It is very kludgy."

"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."

"There could be a faster connection, increased user-friendliness, and more comprehensive dashboards for the platform."

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"The customer service and support from Google are not top-notch yet are available. I would rate them around 7.5 to eight out of ten."

"The customer service and support from Google are not top-notch yet are available."

"The platform's pricing needs improvement. Additionally, cost-efficiency enhancements or service integrations could add further value."

"The logging needs improvement."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"The price for Google solutions could be cheaper. In general, I would rate it a seven."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Citrix is quite expensive."

"It costs about 4,000 a year."

"The price could be lower."

"I believe the pricing is comparable to SaaS"

"It is expensive and requires proper planning with strategy."

"Pricing is very high if you do a comparison with what is available in the market."

"There is a need to make yearly payments for licensing purposes. Also, it is not an expensive one."

"The solution has a yearly licensing fee."

More Citrix Gateway pricing and cost advice

"It is fairly priced."

"It's not super cheap, but it's also not unrealistically priced."

"The product pricing is high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Citrix Gateway?

We can maintain our systems using the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Citrix Gateway?

I consider Citrix Gateway to be an expensive solution, generally ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 yearly, depending on the model. It is seen as a premium product compared to competitors like F5, and ...

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What needs improvement with Citrix Gateway?

In the past, I submitted some support tickets, and while the support did resolve the problems, the time taken was sometimes long. They can perhaps improve the time for solutions in the support tick...

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What do you like most about Google Cloud VPN?

Any time we had an issue with connecting the OpenVPN to a user, we just to them on the group's VPN and connected our VPN.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud VPN?

The price for Google solutions could be cheaper. In general, I would rate it a seven.

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud VPN?

The troubleshooting guides need to be updated. We see errors but there's no proper documentation for resolving them. If Google can improve their resources on common problems and solutions, it would...

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Also Known As

Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway

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Overview

Citrix Gateway is a customer-managed solution that can be deployed on premises or on any public cloud, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Citrix Gateway provides users with secure access and single sign-on to all the virtual, SaaS and web applications they need to be productive.

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Cloud VPN securely connects your peer network to your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network through an IPsec VPN connection. Traffic traveling between the two networks is encrypted by one VPN gateway, and then decrypted by the other VPN gateway. This protects your data as it travels over the internet. You can also connect two instances of Cloud VPN to each other.

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Sample Customers

Aeronamic, Avianca, Bechtel Corporation, Betfair UK, Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Centene Corporation, Cerner, Charityshare, City of High Point, Clark Builders

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