We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The tool is user-friendly, robust and easy to use in any environment."
"Configuration policy, posture assessment, and other things can be done in great detail."
"It's easy to handle. You can have it on Windows, Linux or Mac, that's quite useful."
"The solution is quite stable."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the one-click VPN connection. Additionally, the performance is good."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The solution provides seamless connectivity to the VPN without delay."
"What we like best about this solution is its stability. It is extremely stable."
"It is a fast and available solution."
"The detail that you have available when setting up iRules."
"It integrates with AWS WAF, which makes it easy to deploy without changes to your infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is IP Intelligence."
"The stability is excellent."
"Secure and scalable traffic management solution for applications. Good for bigger environments."
"I've worked a little bit with iRules and it is amazing."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The setup could be simplified for solutions engineers with a wizard."
"I'm not noticing any missing features."
"The configuration from the client-side would be useful. Right now, it's not centralized. There should be a lock so that it can only be configured from one place."
"I would like to see improvements in regards to the connectivity speed."
"At times, the login process takes a lot of time."
"I think, in general, most of the applications are slow, but this is everyday stuff. I think this is more related to the link speed — the links, the lossage, etc."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is a stable solution. However, there have been times it has not worked and I needed to call our IT department. It could be more stable."
"The solution could offer tighter integration with endpoint protection to make it easier to use when routing security applications from other vendors."
"There are not very many areas for improvement, but the price is high."
"It is a hardware load balancer, and its installation procedure is more complex than a software load balancer. There are pros and cons of using hardware load balancing. You have to have specific hardware deployed in your data center to activate this load balancer. They never came up with any software-based load balancing solution. It is all hardware-based."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is expensive. Pricing needs to be improved."
"Security and Reporting."
"Technical support is somewhat slow and could be improved."
"The pricing model has caused some frustration. My clients implemented the solution and later wanted to upgrade the features but the pricing structure was complicated. There are other solutions with better pricing models."
"For a future release, I would like to see more features in the cloud."
"If one virtual portion is unavailable, it can cause issues."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Reduces maintenance downtime and has a strong user community". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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