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Citrix Workspace vs. Symantec Web Security Service

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

MetricCitrix Workspace

by Citrix

Symantec Web Security Service

by Broadcom

Overall rating4.44.4
Review count70120
Ease of use9.09.1
Ease of setup9.39.0
Quality of support8.88.6
Meets requirements9.18.9
NPS55.22388159.633028
Small Business5.7%28.3%
Mid-Market32.9%24.2%
Enterprise61.4%47.5%
Total page views294187
Total LLM citations588367

Citrix Workspace

Citrix Workspace Essentials provides a comprehensive, zero-trust approach to deliver secure and contextual access to corporate internal web apps, SaaS, and virtual applications. With Citrix Workspace Essentials, IT can consolidate traditional security products such as VPN, single-sign on, multi-factor authentication, and provide usage analytics for Web and SaaS apps. Citrix Workspace Essentials provides end-users with simplified, secure, and VPN-less access to Web apps, SaaS, virtualized apps, and data.

Pros

  • Security
  • Ease of Use
  • Secure Access
  • Remote Work
  • Internet Security
  • Protection

Symantec Web Security Service

Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) provides the same proactive web protection capabilities delivered by the market’s leading on-premises Secure Web Gateway, Symantec ProxySG, but delivered as a resilient and performant cloud security service. Sitting between employees, wherever they are located, and the Internet, the service protects the enterprise from cyber threats, controls and protects corporate use of cloud applications and the web, prevents data leaks, and ensures compliance with all company information and web/cloud access policies.

Pros

  • Security Protection
  • Ease of Use
  • Simple
  • Easy Access
  • Implementation Ease
  • Affordable