Zscaler Client Connector vs GoAnywhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zscaler Client Connector
This application provides secure internet access and private access to corporate resources for mobile devices. It creates a secure tunnel to a cloud security platform, offering consistent security across devices without user intervention. It's designed for enterprise use with an active subscription.
- Zscaler Internet Access
- Zscaler Private Access
- Secure HTTP tunnel
- Cloud security platform connection
- One-step enrollment
- MFA via SAML support
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The Zscaler App for iOS includes both Zscaler Internet Access and Zscaler Private Access modules. Mobility has raised business productivity, but it’s brought its share of issues, as well. One of the biggest challenges is the need to provide complete, consistent security across devices that you may not own. The majority of web traffic from mobile devices comes from apps, not from standard browsers, so threats may not even be visible to traditional security appliances. Note: Zscaler App is used with an active enterprise subscription to Zscaler's Mobile Security service. Please follow instructions from your IT organization to use this app. Zscaler App automatically creates a lightweight HTTP tunnel that connects the user’s endpoint to Zscaler’s cloud security platform with no need for PAC files or authentication cookies. The Zscaler Cloud Service delivers one-step enrollment, with multifactor authentication support via SAML. If you are an end-user and have issues or concerns, please reach out to your organizations support. Client Connector does not collect any personal information about you, or your device, however traffic your device sends to websites and SaaS applications is visible by your company administrators.
GoAnywhere
Access and manage your files from a corporate cloud storage service. Preview, download, and sync documents with your mobile device. Edit files by sending them to other applications.
- File preview and download
- Automatic file syncing
- Send files to other apps for editing
- Secure Mail features
- Corporate server integration
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The GoAnywhere mobile app allows you to work with GoDrive and Secure Mail features. With GoDrive you can preview or download personal or shared files from your GoDrive account to your iPhone or iPad. All downloaded files and folders are automatically updated to the most current version on the corporate servers every time you connect. Edit files by sending them to apps on your device (changes are not saved back to the GoDrive app or server). See the "What's New" section for a full list of supported Secure Mail features. This app requires that GoAnywhere MFT is installed and licensed on your back office server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GoAnywhere at 5.0 against Zscaler Client Connector's 2.4. Zscaler Client Connector's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (142 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GoAnywhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zscaler Client Connector has 142 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zscaler Client Connector ships an update monthly, GoAnywhere every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zscaler Client Connector | GoAnywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (142 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zscaler inc | Fortra, LLC |
Customer experience
Zscaler Client Connector
GoAnywhere
Bugs and requests
Zscaler Client Connector
Reported bugs
47 issues- Blocks regular use items like Amazon Music
- Battery draining too fast
- Fails to connect multiple times
- iPhone behaving erratically after install
- Battery draining very fast and restarting frequently
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- CarPlay crashes
- Conflicts with many other apps
- Drains battery in the background
- VPN always on and consuming lot of battery
- Cannot turn off VPN
- Client connects/disconnects often
- Local servers throttle traffic
- VPN always on
- VPN not turning off despite user action
- Automatically reconnects
- Connection unstable
- Does not maintain connection
- Has to re-authenticate regularly
- Says connected but isn't
- Doesn't work well with Zoom meetings
- Shows no internet access sometimes
- Disconnects Wi-Fi and uses LTE
- Refuses to connect to VPN when offline
- Shows as 'Connected' but no connections allowed
- VPN on demand not communicating with app
- Unable to uninstall
- VPN always shows connected when disconnected
- Takes hours to connect to internet and get authenticated
- Slows down connection to pre-broadband speeds
- SSL inspection issues
- Unable to stream radio services
- Update may break internet completely
- Custom certificate issues
- Takes forever to log out
- Logging out does not work
- Post SSO login redirects to homepage
- App will not connect at all
- Connected once, then never again
- Cannot log back in
- Internet security tab says disabled
- iPad has completely broken down
- Cannot search anything up
- Takes too long to download
- Won't let me login
- Consumes a lot of battery
- Version 1.8.5 cannot connect
- Zscaler over speedtest
Requested features
7 requests- Improve battery optimization
- Simplify VPN on/off controls
- Address backend issues
- Provide clearer error messages
- Improve app stability on iOS
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- Allow disabling VPN without full logout
- Optimize performance for older devices
GoAnywhere
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zscaler Client Connector
No in-app purchases
GoAnywhere
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Zscaler Client Connector free?
Is GoAnywhere free?
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