Citrix Gateway vs SonicWall Mobile Connect comparison

Citrix and SonicWall are both solutions in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category. Citrix is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.0, while SonicWall is ranked #30. Citrix holds a 3.1% mindshare in EIV, compared to SonicWall’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Citrix users are willing to recommend the solution.

Citrix Gateway

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91% willing to recommend

SonicWall Mobile Connect

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0% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 6, 2024

Citrix Gateway and SonicWall Mobile Connect are two competing products in the market. Users are generally happier with Citrix Gateway's pricing and support, while SonicWall Mobile Connect provides superior features, making it worth the price.

Features: Citrix Gateway users value its robust security, seamless integration with other Citrix products, and comprehensive suite. SonicWall Mobile Connect users highlight its ease of use, strong connection reliability, and simplicity in use.

Room for Improvement: Citrix Gateway users seek enhancements in performance speed, UI modernization, and overall speed optimization. SonicWall customers desire better documentation, more flexible pricing plans, and improved support resources.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Citrix Gateway is noted for a straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. SonicWall Mobile Connect is easy to deploy, but faces criticism for longer resolution times in customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Citrix Gateway is seen as cost-effective with good ROI despite concerns about initial setup costs. SonicWall Mobile Connect users find the product valuable but express concerns over higher costs.

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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)

SonicWall Mobile Connect

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

30th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of Citrix Gateway is 3.1%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall Mobile Connect is 1.0%, 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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Rich Darress

Chief Operating Officer at Darress Tech

A straightforward tool with high adoption rate due to its user-friendliness

SonicWall Mobile Connect’s marketing efforts are commendable; they may not be perceived as the most secure player compared to Fortinet or Meraki. SonicWall Mobile Connect should focus on positioning itself as a strong contender in the mid-market segment to improve its standing. Many high-end engineers dismiss it in favor of Fortinet or Meraki, often due to a lack of firsthand experience.

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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 ROI is significant because the solutions are adequate to protect the servers."

"Citrix Gateway offers an array of valuable features."

"These days, I find Citrix products to be very stable, and there is no need to struggle with them."

"The solution is scalable."

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

"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."

"The product is straightforward."

"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far."

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"The solution offers multiple OS support."

"The solution benefits IT managers in backend programming. The ease of configuring and securing it while ensuring security measures is crucial. The tool is easy in terms of user experience. It is straightforward."

"I can say that it's stable and the performance is acceptable."

"The ease of use is great. It's pretty easy for users to get on the tablet or whatever and select the bookmark they need and just take it over."

Cons

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

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

"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."

"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."

"The initial setup is very complex."

"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."

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

"When it comes to the VDA environment, making it additionally stable is important."

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"SonicWall Mobile Connect’s marketing efforts are commendable; they may not be perceived as the most secure player compared to Fortinet or Meraki. SonicWall Mobile Connect should focus on positioning itself as a strong contender in the mid-market segment to improve its standing. Many high-end engineers dismiss it in favor of Fortinet or Meraki, often due to a lack of firsthand experience."

"Licensing includes things that my customers don't need."

"Lacks multiple cloud integration."

"Technical support can always get better. Any time you have to call in for any certain thing, it can be difficult."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I consider Citrix Gateway to be an expensive solution, generally ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 yearly, depending on the model."

"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."

"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."

"Citrix is quite expensive."

"There are two or three different models, but you can actually have a CapEx where you purchase the unit outright and then there's a yearly maintenance cost on top for years two and three, and four, or you can actually do a subscription purchase through Citrix cloud and you pay on a monthly basis, or you can have a three-year subscription contract as well. I give the solution a six out of ten for its cost."

"There is a license to use Citrix Gateway and it is less expensive to use when compared to other solutions."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

39%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Comms Service Provider

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

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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 SonicWall Mobile Connect?

The solution benefits IT managers in backend programming. The ease of configuring and securing it while ensuring security measures is crucial. The tool is easy in terms of user experience. It is st...

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What needs improvement with SonicWall Mobile Connect?

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What is your primary use case for SonicWall Mobile Connect?

The tool helps with secure connectivity for remote workers. Introducing the new NetExtender with SSL connectivity has been particularly beneficial. It simplifies administrative tasks by allowing pr...

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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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SonicWall Mobile Connect gives your employees safe, easy access to the data and resources they need to be productive from a range of devices, including iOS, OS X, Android, Chrome OS, Kindle Fire and Windows. Display only the resources to which your workforce is authorized based on your policies for each user and mobile platform. Ensure that your corporate network is protected from mobile threats and unauthorized access with our durable secure VPN client.

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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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