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Check Point Harmony Mobile vs Citrix Gateway comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Harmony Mobile
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Threat Defense (1st)
Citrix Gateway
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Universal Access Gateways (1st), SSL VPN (1st), Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Check Point Harmony Mobile and Citrix Gateway aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Check Point Harmony Mobile is designed for Mobile Threat Defense and holds a mindshare of 20.5%, up 18.4% compared to last year.
Citrix Gateway, on the other hand, focuses on Universal Access Gateways, holds 45.0% mindshare, up 37.5% since last year.
Mobile Threat Defense
Universal Access Gateways
 

Featured Reviews

AshleyMorales - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2023
Detailed summaries, good mobile security, and nice reporting
This tool has helped us at various points in our organization. For example, we can have better control over each device that accesses the infrastructure network. We can also reach and process orders, and solutions faster, or be able to consult data in real-time from mobile phones. We can work from anywhere in the country. With Harmony Mobile, we have been able to provide additional security to our network. In addition, it provides a detailed summary of each of the operations from where they access what they access and this has helped us a lot in the audit that they do so we can provide accurate and concise information.
VishalSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 1, 2024
Citrix Gateway facititates remote access infrastructure to provide single sign-on across all applications in a data center, cloud. Easy-to-use product with data security features
The product is easy to use. I enter my user ID and password and start working There could be a faster connection, increased user-friendliness, and users connection/sign-in history. Although it is easy to use, it could benefit from being more intuitive. I would appreciate a more user-friendly…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We like Harmony's ability to encrypt transactions between mobile devices. All the user's transactions are encrypted. That's an excellent feature. We can detect, quarantine, and address any issues in the handset itself."
"The use and management of our portal is easy."
"The simple navigation offered by the graphical user interface is excellent."
"Harmony Mobile's most valuable feature is the variety of capabilities in the platform, including allowing you to track device status."
"As a security solution for devices, it can benefit us in many ways, including providing us with data security, access control, network security, and more."
"It is very easy for my company to get information from the product's support team."
"It monitors all the URLs that a user goes to on their phone and so we can see what they're looking at and we can limit that. Certain topics are not allowed to be accessed. They're monitoring their apps and they rate them based upon how big of a security risk that individual app is based on their ratings. And so we're able to limit those as well and allow people to have some that may be a low risk, but still a risk, but we may allow that for our users whereas we block medium and high risk."
"The solution was easy to deploy and provided a useful security enhancement for mobile devices."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"I didn't have any hiccups or issues with it."
"The product is straightforward."
"The solution has very flexible configuration."
"The solution is scalable and can go from a very small deployment to handling 10,000 transactions a second."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"We have users in a remote environment that might require to access the service."
 

Cons

"Some configuration options inside the management console are a little confusing because the interface is not always user-friendly."
"We had some issues with loopback VPN DNS filtering stopping working periodically, however, this is something that we could probably iron out with support."
"There are certain shortcomings in the integration capabilities that a product offers."
"It would be super helpful if there were more details around the risks that were found on our mobile devices."
"The admin portal is slightly clunky and sometimes shows a different status than what the device is actually doing."
"It does the process in the background and it does a wonderful job but the methodologies don't pop up. They should make it more interactive."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the web interface should be simplified. It should be more user-friendly. It's too technical."
"If possible, it would be better if they can include vulnerability management for applications. When a user installs many applications, if there is a way to manage a pack of applications, it would be helpful."
"As Citrix Gateway is a third party solution, we wish to have one which is more integrated and involves less administration."
"There could be a faster connection, increased user-friendliness, and more comprehensive dashboards for the platform."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"As an organization, our initiative is to move to the cloud, Citrix Gateway needs to improve its cloud capabilities and make the cloud solution more robust."
"The product should be more secure."
"Sometimes the input-output has issues."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is not so high. I would rate the pricing a three or four out of ten."
"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."
"This is a very expensive product."
"The cost is huge compared to other products, and it seems this solution is only for companies with a large budget."
"The price is okay. Per user, it should be something like five or ten dollars. But, we usually get discounts that drive the cost down."
"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."
"Check Point Harmony Mobile's pricing is good."
"We pay between 300 and 600 Rupees per year, around seven dollars per month."
"I believe the pricing is comparable to SaaS"
"There are two or three different models, but you can actually have a CapEx where you purchase the unit outright and then there's a yearly maintenance cost on top for years two and three, and four, or you can actually do a subscription purchase through Citrix cloud and you pay on a monthly basis, or you can have a three-year subscription contract as well. I give the solution a six out of ten for its cost."
"Usually with Citrix the issue is the pricing, especially for the African region. We believe it's really expensive."
"There is a license to use Citrix Gateway and it is less expensive to use when compared to other solutions."
"The solution has a yearly licensing fee."
"It is expensive and requires proper planning with strategy."
"Citrix is quite expensive."
"The price could be lower."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
25%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Educational Organization
47%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Harmony Mobile?
The most valuable features of the solution are threat emulation, threat extraction, URL detection, antimalware, antivirus, and IPS.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Harmony Mobile?
It is very cheap. It costs around one point eight dollars per user.
What needs improvement with Check Point Harmony Mobile?
Harmony Mobile has some limitations. For instance, you can only access it via Check Point's platform. After installation, two profiles may be created: a business profile and a personal profile.
What do you like most about Citrix Gateway?
We can maintain our systems using the solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Citrix Gateway?
In the past, the pricing was a good point, but at this moment, the pricing is a bit high because the price has increased a lot. In many cases, companies don't want to renew their Citrix Gateway sol...
What needs improvement with Citrix Gateway?
The pricing could be better. In many cases, our customers are thinking of migrating to other products in the market, like F5 BIG-IP. In many cases, companies are looking to migrate their entire sol...
 

Also Known As

Check Point Mobile Access, Check Point SandBlast Mobile
Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway
 

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Sample Customers

Samsung Research America, Mississippi Office of the Secretary of State
Aeronamic, Avianca, Bechtel Corporation, Betfair UK, Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Centene Corporation, Cerner, Charityshare, City of High Point, Clark Builders
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