We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Citrix, SonicWall, Cisco and others in Universal Access Gateways."What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"The solution is scalable."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the web app support and VPN."
"The solution is stable."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"The VPN we are using is good and working quite well."
"The two-factor authentication is most definitely valuable and moves us closer to being able to check off those important boxes for compliance."
"It's a good tool. It's pretty straightforward."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"It is easy to use."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"The product should be more secure."
"Lacks access through a mobile device."
"Technical support could be improved."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
"While connectivity is not something that is under Citrix's control, if the connectivity is spotty, it can be difficult."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"Geofencing needs improvement."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"Maybe Symantec could consider providing a step-by-step guide for first-time users."
"If they had dashboards or a report for managers or executives, then it would allow them to see the status and have it make sense to them."
"It gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 33 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 15th in Authentication Systems with 15 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". 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 Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID and Q-Bot.
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