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Azure Bastion vs. Citrix Gateway

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAzure Bastion

by Microsoft

Citrix Gateway

by Citrix

Overall rating4.54.0
Review count1674
Ease of use8.78.7
Ease of setup8.68.1
Quality of support8.77.9
Meets requirements8.68.8
NPS62.529.411765
Small Business20.0%6.8%
Mid-Market40.0%37.8%
Enterprise40.0%55.4%
Total page views73214
Total LLM citations111303

Azure Bastion

Azure Bastion is a fully managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) that provides secure and seamless Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell (SSH) access to virtual machines (VMs) without exposing them to public IP addresses. By deploying Azure Bastion within your virtual network, you can connect to your VMs directly through the Azure portal or via native RDP/SSH clients, enhancing security and simplifying remote access management.

Pros

  • Time Efficiency
  • Ease of Use
  • Security Focus

Citrix Gateway

Citrix Gateway is a customer-managed solution that can be deployed on premises or on any public cloud, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

Pros

  • Security Focus
  • Easy to Access