We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Cisco Secure Network Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cisco Security Portfolio solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The access policies, and all of the policies in Cisco ISE, are important to us."
"They have recently made a lot of improvements. My clients don't have much to complain about."
"The most valuable feature is the ASDM - the user interface makes it very easy to configure the firewall."
"Our clients like Cisco ISE because they already use various Cisco solutions. It's easy for them to use this solution because they have an engineer with Cisco certifications."
"The most valuable feature is the visibility element, the ability for customers to be able to see what devices are actually on their network. Without a solution like ISE, they would have no idea what devices are connected to their network. It offers them the ability to authenticate devices via mobile."
"Cisco ISE's integration with other external identity servers like Duende is very simple and easy."
"The most valuable features are the NAC and the bundles that are available with Cisco ISE, such as Cisco ACS being integrated."
"The features that do work, work well, and we use it on a daily basis."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"It should be virtualized because many people have begun migrating to the cloud. They should offer a hybrid version."
"The one main thing that it can improve on is the GUI. As the newest addition to the team, I struggle a little bit to get around it just because it has so many features."
"The UI and UX could be more seamless and easier to use."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex. It's not that simple because it requires a lot of prerequisites for the solution to get a hold on."
"The licensing documentation needs to be better."
"I would like the product to include support for OSVS version three."
"If I was going to improve anything, it would be the ease of migration. It's really difficult at the moment if you're looking to upgrade ISE 2.1 and you want to go to ISE 3.1 or 3.2, that whole upgrade path and, particularly, the licensing is quite a minefield to sort out."
"The area where things could be improved is education. It's complicated to deploy initially because you have to know what you're getting into."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"The overall visibility into the actual device itself would be helpful. I don't just want support-specific data, but also to be able to see information such as CPU and other internal components or usage of the devices."
"The initial setup was complex."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"We haven't seen ROI."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Cisco Security Portfolio with 138 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 3rd in Cisco Security Portfolio with 58 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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