Citrix Intelligent Traffic Management [EOL] vs NetScaler comparison

"We use the HDX protocol, a high-performing component of the Citrix solutions. We also use provisioning to generate VM and NetScaler ADC solutions to propose access to applications for our customers."

"The most valuable feature of Citrix ADC is its ease of use."

"Load Balancing and SSL offloading are key features."

"The solution improves security performance."

"Load balancing, cache redirection, content switching, all connected with traffic management."

"Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."

"Citrix is good for application protection."

"The maintenance of the solution is not complex."

"Its flexibility, agility, and robustness are the most valuable. Its management and implementation are also quite easy."

"We discussed problems with the network products with the Indian teams. The support center for network products is located in India. There are language barriers and issues with the time difference, so we sometimes face restrictions when dealing with this team."

"Some of our customers have questioned the security of this solution lately, wondering whether it is safe or not, so enhancements in this respect would be good."

"Its GUI should be improved. Its CLI is powerful, but GUI needs more features."

"Should offer more flexible cost-effective licensing for small to medium sized organizations."

"The product provides some templates to integrate with applications like MS Exchange, MS SharePoint, SAP Enterprise Portal, and others. However, the last update for these templates was 2013 (lots of applications are running on versions newer then 2013)."

"I will try to migrate all the tools to the cloud because there is more lab and more VPN scalability available in the cloud. It is not available on-premises."

"There are some features which are missing.​"

"The solution could be more secure."

"Citrix ADC can be really complex. It isn't very simple like some other appliances that I've worked with. You need a lot of skill and experience to manage it. I'm not talking about a year or two. You need at least four years to understand it very well. It is not that easy to learn. They should make it a lot simpler for users to understand the management of it. They can also provide some additional training. The material they have on the site is not sufficient enough for you to understand how to manage it. Their training is expensive, and not everyone has the funds and experience for it. Citrix isn't very popular around these parts of the world. So, it can use some more marketing, sales, enlightenment, and advertisement. These could bring more market for them. Basically, there are just a few companies that really go for Citrix. Most of the companies go for VMware because they marketed themselves more than Citrix. There isn't much difference between Citrix and VMware. VMware is a little more robust than Citrix. Citrix has focused more on desktops rather than server virtualization, and that's the advantage VMware has over Citrix. Citrix also needs to educate and inform users about the infrastructure that is supported with a version. Currently, if the customers don't look at the datasheet, they might miss this important information."

"The solution is undoubtedly very good, but it is expensive."

"I do not have any experience with the pricing of the product."

"Costly product and complicated licensing."

"The solution's pricing is very high compared to its competitors."

"This product is more expensive than some of the competitors."

"I give the price of the solution a seven out of ten."

"The pricing for Citrix Web App and API Protection is unreasonable. I don't know the exact price, but I heard it's tens of thousands and it's a bit too much for the small country I live in."

"The pricing could be lower."