We performed a comparison between Citrix SD-WAN and Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cato Networks, Riverbed and others in WAN Optimization."The reliability of connectivity is most valuable."
"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 is its reliability."
"The solution is brilliant, the way it calculates its paths and trails is great."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix SD-WAN is customization. You are able to customize the solution to your needs."
"The main advantage of Citrix SD-WAN is that it enables fast communication between our branches and data centers. And, with its cloud management features, it also makes the process of adding new branches into our company network much easier."
"The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us."
"Downtime for branch offices is now almost zero. We have 100% real-time visibility into all of our lines. MPLS links have been replaced with lower-cost links, saving a larger percentage of line costs. Overall, I see SD-WAN as a must. And the Citrix SD-WAN product has delivered on expectations and exceeded them. (With later firmware updates we now have good firewall capabilities in the product too)."
"The most valuable feature is optimization."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity."
"There are a few things that can be improved, are domain-based routing and the slowness of virtual parts, and it may be due to the wrong configuration, which we have been unable to find out."
"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 am happy with this product. If anything, its price can be reduced. It is a bit expensive."
"Citrix SD-WAN does not have the SD-WAN with one optimization in a single license. Other competitors have this option and it should be added to this solution."
"The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution."
"I would like to see support for additional reporting."
"The reports need to be improved. We need to have them customized but they don't have that right now. I would like for them to have better system predictions. We don't have that right now. My system may be working fine right now but after making some changes, that can change."
"The communication around the life cycle would have been really helpful. The main issue we have had is related to the life cycle because some of the things that we are using were discontinued. They were discontinued within a year after we had purchased it, which is a bit painful. If we had known that, we would've made some other decisions."
"From a security perspective, FortiWAN needs to be improved."
"Having more documentation would be helpful."
Earn 20 points
Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 4th in WAN Optimization with 21 reviews while Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in WAN Optimization. Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] 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 Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] writes "Easy to deploy with good connectivity and robustness for managing WAN links". Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN and Cato SASE Cloud Platform, whereas Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] is most compared with .
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