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Citrix SD-WAN [EOL] pros and cons

Vendor: Citrix

4.1 out of 5

22 reviews
90% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Citrix SD-WAN [EOL] offers excellent scalability and stability with enhanced security features like unique port bindings. Cost-effectiveness is achieved by replacing MPLS links with lower-cost alternatives. Reliable connectivity and zero-touch deployment simplify network management. Customization supports SaaS applications and local internet breakouts. However, the initial setup and price could be improved, and there are issues with feature life cycles, reporting, customization, stability, and licensing.

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PROS

Citrix SD-WAN offers excellent scalability and stability, enhancing network performance.

It provides robust security features including port bindings that are unique compared to other technologies.

Downtime is significantly reduced, achieving nearly zero downtime for branch offices and offering 100% real-time visibility.

Features like zero-touch deployment and cloud management facilitate fast communication and easy integration of new branches.

The technology effectively replaces more costly MPLS links, reducing internet costs and allowing flexibility in provider selection based on connectivity.

CONS

The initial setup could be a bit easier.

The firewall reporting could be easier to use and filter. Built-in reporting is not great, and additional reporting support would be beneficial.

Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model.

The communication around the life cycle would have been really helpful, as some components were discontinued shortly after purchase.

Enhancements are needed to improve stability.

Citrix SD-WAN [EOL] Pros review quotes

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Network Team Lead at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Feb 20, 2019

The VPN and the load balancing are the most valuable features.

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reviewer1262607

Transformation Delivery Head at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 22, 2020

The scalability and stability are quite good in general.

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Presales & Solutions Architect at UST Global España

Apr 28, 2020

The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions.

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Chief Technology Officer at KOLOK SA

Jul 27, 2020

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).

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Chief Technology Officer at KOLOK SA

Aug 20, 2020

The most valuable feature is its reliability.

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reviewer1520442

Founder at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Mar 4, 2021

The best feature is the backup capability, where all of the users' computers are tied into a central data repository.

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reviewer1270815

Business Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 9, 2022

It allows you to combine two asymmetrical connections.

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Chief Technology Officer at KOLOK SA

Mar 15, 2022

The reliability of connectivity is most valuable.

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Ruslan Melnikov

SMB Sales Director, Regional Business Development Department at Softline

May 6, 2022

The stability is the main feature of Citrix SD-WAN. You can also upgrade the data packages or have less transmission.

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John Helsmoortel

CTO at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 10, 2022

The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us.

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Citrix SD-WAN [EOL] Cons review quotes

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Network Team Lead at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Feb 20, 2019

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.

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reviewer1262607

Transformation Delivery Head at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 22, 2020

The initial setup could be a bit easier.

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Presales & Solutions Architect at UST Global España

Apr 28, 2020

I would like to either see the price reduced or have it packaged with other products to give better value for the money.

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Chief Technology Officer at KOLOK SA

Jul 27, 2020

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.

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Chief Technology Officer at KOLOK SA

Aug 20, 2020

I would like to see support for additional reporting.

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reviewer1520442

Founder at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Mar 4, 2021

Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us.

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reviewer1270815

Business Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 9, 2022

The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution.

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Chief Technology Officer at KOLOK SA

Mar 15, 2022

I am happy with this product. If anything, its price can be reduced. It is a bit expensive.

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Ruslan Melnikov

SMB Sales Director, Regional Business Development Department at Softline

May 6, 2022

The price is the only thing that could be improved. Citrix is not a cheap solution.

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John Helsmoortel

CTO at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 10, 2022

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.

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