We performed a comparison between Citrix SD-WAN and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Optimization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us."
"The stability is the main feature of Citrix SD-WAN. You can also upgrade the data packages or have less transmission."
"The best feature is the backup capability, where all of the users' computers are tied into a central data repository."
"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 reliability of connectivity is most valuable."
"It allows you to combine two asymmetrical connections."
"The SD-WAN solution as it is already is quite feature-rich and the upgrade process is very simple."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"The content that we are getting is very good. Content caching is also supported."
"It's a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable and scalable. You don't need a large team for deployment and maintenance."
"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."
"The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution."
"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."
"I am happy with this product. If anything, its price can be reduced. It is a bit expensive."
"Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us."
"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."
"The user interface could be improved, and the price could be lower as well."
"Technical support is an area that requires some improvement."
"Support response time and case resolution could be improved."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"Activating the SSL inspection is one of the challenges. We are currently moving to the O365 cloud, and one of the challenges is the performance when all of our users are connected to O365 by a proxy."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 2nd in WAN Optimization with 7 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 4th in WAN Optimization with 6 reviews. Citrix SD-WAN is rated 9.2, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes "Feature rich, easy to implement, and offers a good ROI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "Market leaders with good URL policies that provide effective protection". Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Fortinet FortiProxy, Cisco Web Security Appliance, Zscaler Internet Access and Cisco Umbrella. See our Citrix SD-WAN vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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