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Business Consultant. at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Scalable, easy to deploy, and reasonable enterprise-level pricing
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution was very easy to deploy."
  • "We have issues with the certificates. All authorization processes need certificates, however, every three months we needed to change certificates. This process iss complicated for us because Citrix does not have a not user-friendly interface and does not off user-friendly services. This needs a lot of improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution as a device for connections from our mobile corporate devices to our infrastructure.

How has it helped my organization?

provided a secure connection to critical information

What is most valuable?

Authorization from mobile diverse for end-users to our infrastructure is a valuable feature. 

What needs improvement?

We have issues with the certificates. All authorization processes need certificates, however, every three months we needed to change certificates. This process is complicated for us because Citrix does not have a not user-friendly interface and does not off user-friendly services. This needs a lot of improvement.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No

How was the initial setup?

The solution was very easy to deploy.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was handled internally by our team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

For enterprise-level pricing, the cost isn't too high.

What other advice do I have?

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's pretty good, but the issues surrounding the certificates make it a difficult system for us.

In terms of advice, I would give to others, I'd say that they should read the manual before implementing the solution. Also, be sure to have someone on your team who knows Citrix very well. If you do not understand all processes when you deploy this solution, you will have issues.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

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Technical Support Engineer at Greenware Technologies LLC
Real User
Top 5
Delivery and load balancing that is stable and secure
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are the VDA Delivery, Gateway Fort, and the load balancing."
  • "The security is okay, but the monitoring and reporting need improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We are using this Citrix ADC with Windows Applications and desktop delivery.

How has it helped my organization?

They need to improve the ADC report

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the VDA Delivery, Gateway Fort, and the load balancing.

What needs improvement?

The security is okay, but the monitoring and reporting need improvement.

The price can be reduced. Our customers have compared the pricing and have indicated that there is a big difference compared to others, so it should be more competitive.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for the last three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

They have both the VPX and the MPX hardware, and with the ADC, it's a stable product.

How are customer service and technical support?

With a subscription, they will give you immediate support.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward

What about the implementation team?

In-house Team

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

When compared to other solutions, the cost is high.

There are subscriptions for technical support available for an additional fee.

What other advice do I have?

This solution can be deployed on-premises, public cloud, and private cloud. It's hybrid.

It's a good product and I recommend it.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Citrix / Virtualization Pre-Sales and Implementation Engg. at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
Content Redirection Works With Most Of The Web Application And Has Good Logics Behind It To Configure It
Pros and Cons
  • "Content Redirection and SSO integration with Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop. The GUI was wonderful."
  • "Scripting and writing expressions need to be improved by putting logic behind the rules and improve policies involving some of the scripting part, which is a tedious task to do."

What is most valuable?

Content Redirection and SSO integration with Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop. The GUI was wonderful. Content Redirection based on application data is a wonderful feature which works absolutely fine with most of the web application, and it has good logics behind it to configure it, and secondly, Single sign-on with Citrix's own applications, like XenApp and XenDesktop.

How has it helped my organization?

I have given this solution to many customers of NetScaler. It helped many businesses to gain high availability for their particular web application tiers.

What needs improvement?

Scripting and writing expressions need to be improved by putting logic behind the rules and improve policies involving some of the scripting part, which is a tedious task to do.

For how long have I used the solution?

Almost two to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Not as such, their Support Team and R&D Team were not able to give a solution in one case.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

An eight out of 10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I worked with KEMP and NetScaler.

How was the initial setup?

No, it is complicated and there is limited expertise in market for deployment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Costly product and complicated licensing.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I tried KEMP.

What other advice do I have?

Check the solution provided by Citrix twice and get a PoC done.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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