We performed a comparison between Citrix SD-WAN and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."They have a zero downtime failover mechanism, where, when there's a link failure or a link weakness, or bad link conditions, they provide the ability to fail back seamlessly."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix SD-WAN is customization. You are able to customize the solution to your needs."
"The tool is quite cost-effective because it replaces the need for MPLS, which is a bit expensive...Citrix SD-WAN doesn't need much maintenance."
"The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us."
"The SD-WAN solution as it is already is quite feature-rich and the upgrade process is very simple."
"It lowered our Internet costs and gave me the flexibility to choose providers based on each location's connectivity."
"The best feature is the backup capability, where all of the users' computers are tied into a central data repository."
"The stability is the main feature of Citrix SD-WAN. You can also upgrade the data packages or have less transmission."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"It is a scalable solution."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"The VPN is great."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"Enhancements are needed to improve the stability."
"Given that Citrix SD-WAN solved all our problems by providing us with everything we needed to unify communications with our branches and data centers, I cannot suggest anything further in terms of improvements."
"Citrix SD-WAN's knowledge base has a few missing things, so you may need to seek help from support."
"Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us."
"The firewall reporting could be easier to use and filter. (It works well enough, but if I need to give an area for improvement, I think this would be it.). The built-in reporting on the product in this regard is not great."
"I would like to either see the price reduced or have it packaged with other products to give better value for the money."
"The price is the only thing that could be improved. Citrix is not a cheap solution."
"Even though the monitoring is pretty good, there is some room for improvement there."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"It's a complicated firewall. Until you come to know the firewall inducers, most people don't like the firewall because the components for the firewall are a little bit complex. User-friendliness is a little bit tough. It needs to be user-friendly when creating policies, and pushing policies. Committing takes more time compared to Palo Alto."
"Configuration is not easy because it has an old-fashioned interface. The configuration interface is highly complex, and it's been the same for years. They have to change the interface."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"The security features need to be improved."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"Management could be better. They can improve the management. I think all our customers can't accept firewalls that have standalone management. So, they prefer Fortinet or Palo Alto. But overall, inspection and other features are working fine."
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Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 9th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 13th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 40 reviews. Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes " A scalable solution for MCN controller but lacks technical supports, upgrades". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Good URL filtering with helpful technical support and good scalability". Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Citrix SD-WAN vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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