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What’s Changing in Citrix Licensing?

Citrix is making a major shift—from perpetual licenses to subscription-first, cloud-aligned models. These changes introduce higher pricing tiers, minimum license quantities, and bundled features that many customers don’t fully use—or even know they have.

If you’re not actively managing your renewal strategy, you could face:

  • Automatic cost increases of up to 20–30%
  • Paying for unused licenses or entitlements
  • Missed opportunities to optimize for hybrid or cloud environments

This isn’t just a contract update. It’s a strategic turning point.

Ferroque Systems simplifies the often-complex renewal and deployment process for Citrix customers. If you want to understand new options for license flexibility, right-sizing, and multi-year commitments, watch our on-demand webinar, Get More for Your Citrix Investment. You’ll get practical tips for preparing for your Citrix renewal to ensure you minimize cost, avoid common pitfalls, and position your environment for future success.

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Uncover What You Might Be Missing

Underutilization of Citrix license agreements are common:

  • Some organizations pay for licenses they don’t use
  • Many overlook powerful included tools like:
    • NetScaler (the world’s most powerful ADC, running much of the Internet)
    • Workspace Environment Management (WEM)
    • deviceTRUST contextual security controls
    • App Protection (anti-keylogging and anti-screen scraping)
    • eLux Thin Client OS
    • XenServer hypervisor
    • Windows 365 entitlements
    • Autoscaling and power management
    • uberAgent Monitoring
  • Without visibility, you may miss out on performance & security enhancements and total cost of ownership (TCO) savings of 30–40% or more
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Ready to Optimize Your Citrix Renewal?

Let’s reduce cost, increase security & flexibility, and align your Citrix investment with your business goals. Contact us today to schedule your free, exclusive Citrix License Assessment.

Take the Right Path Forward

At Ferroque Systems, we guide you through a strategic renewal process to ensure:

  • Your licensing matches your actual usage
  • You plan for hybrid or cloud migrations
  • You unlock hidden value in your current entitlements to drastically reduce TCO
  • You get the best possible terms by benchmarking past pricing

We’ll help you compare and select from Citrix’s updated offerings:

  • Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud
  • Citrix Platform License (CPL) for Enterprise Accounts
  • Citrix for Private Cloud
  • NetScaler Fixed Capacity
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Why Work with Ferroque Systems?

Ferroque is one of the world’s top Citrix and NetScaler consultancies and managed services providers, with a long track record of solving the most complex challenges drawing from our decades of diverse experiences.

We have designed, engineered, and advised on many of the world’s largest Citrix deployments in public and private sectors. With much of our delivery team having spent years delivering projects on Citrix’s own consulting bench, we’re trusted by Citrix itself for customer escalations and project outsourcing.

What sets us apart?

  • Services-centric organization and lead with deep technology expertise
  • Over 30,000 consulting hours delivered annually
  • Citrix Platinum Fusion and Service Provider Partner
  • Member of Citrix’s Partner Advisory Board and aligned with Product Management
  • Citrix authority and author of official Citrix documentation and leading practices
  • Citrix Preferred Services Partner
  • 500+ successful Citrix and NetScaler projects across all major industries
  • 150+ IT certifications and 70+ hybrid and multi-cloud deployments

When leveraging the right features and optimal configuration, Citrix continues to provide the lowest platform TCO in the market for most customers. Whether you need collaborative guidance or a fully managed transition, we’re your strategic Citrix partner and can assist you in making the most out of your investment