We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Hillstone E-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two SSL 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."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"The stability of the solution is perfect."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"It's a stable solution while it's running. We don't have to work on it a lot. There are not many bugs, so it's easy to use if you deploy successfully. You can be sure of an uninterrupted solution for quite a long time. Citrix is a good product."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"This solution has two main features that we find very valuable; a threat-intelligence option, and a web/application filtering option. The technical support team are very good and very quick."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
"Lacks access through a mobile device."
"While connectivity is not something that is under Citrix's control, if the connectivity is spotty, it can be difficult."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 2nd in SSL VPN with 33 reviews while Hillstone E-Series is ranked 8th in SSL VPN with 9 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti Connect Secure and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, whereas Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OpenVPN Access Server, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Citrix Gateway vs. Hillstone E-Series report.
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