We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Sangfor SSL VPN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two SSL VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"It helps us access networks from anywhere."
"With Cisco IOS SSL VPN, you can access your corporate data safely and securely."
"It is very effective and I am satisfied with how it works and with its performance."
"The solution is very stable."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is reasonably priced, and its technology is flexible."
"I like to work with the CMD command line because it's easy and it doesn't take very long to configure."
"The solution is quite transparent."
"The solution is pretty fast."
"Sangfor SSL VPN is a secure and user-friendly solution."
"The platform is easy to use."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of the product is very easy."
"Sangfor SSL VPN provides secure encryption for communication."
"The most valuable feature is our ability to limit access by user, IP address, or MAC address."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The performance could be improved."
"The configuration must be improved."
"In terms of what needs improvement, it should have better integration. Although, it might have already been taken care of."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should add a sensor that can authenticate with a fingerprint instead of having to type the username and password every time."
"The solution needs to integrate password-less technology so that you don't have to remember passwords each time that you log in, which is otherwise tedious. We should be able to log in as long as our system is connected to the internet."
"The Secure Plus Connect product could be improved with many enhancements in any price license, especially for licensing. Cisco could simplify the licensing; it could make it easier to order and use the features."
"The product's RPA tools need enhancement for simplified business process automation."
"I think Sangfor can provide a web-based SSL VPN version."
"Sangfor SSL VPN should provide advanced protection against ransomware and better data analysis."
"No solution is perfect, so there is room for improvement."
"In redundancy mode, when the firewall goes off, the VPN should be able to connect to the secondary firewall automatically."
"The technical support team takes around two months to respond to queries. It is very time-consuming."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while Sangfor SSL VPN is ranked 6th in SSL VPN with 5 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Sangfor SSL VPN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS SSL VPN writes "The solution is very stable and scalable, but it is expensive, and the configuration is complicated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor SSL VPN writes "A secure and user-friendly solution that is simple to implement and configure". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Zyxel VPN Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Ivanti Connect Secure and Appgate SDP, whereas Sangfor SSL VPN is most compared with Sangfor EasyConnect, Peplink SpeedFusion, AWS Direct Connect, Hillstone E-Series and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Sangfor SSL VPN report.
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