We performed a comparison between Aruba Remote Access Points and Cisco IOS SSL VPN 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."
"Once configured and operational, they tend to function reliably, with few reported issues from clients or customers."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is experienced by those working at home since they get a secure Wi-Fi connection."
"It provides good Spectrum Analysis and troubleshooting."
"It is a very stable tool."
"The product is very flexible. So far the stability of the solution has been good."
"I can use the solution from my home or any remote office to access printers, servers, etc."
"The authentication features are valuable."
"Aruba works well in large spaces, especially for manufacturing. That's when you start seeing the effectiveness of Aruba."
"The solution is very easy to work with. This is its most valuable feature. They also did a good job surrounding how you configure the devices."
"The multicast feature is useful for us."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is reasonably priced, and its technology is flexible."
"Stability-wise, it is a very good solution."
"It is stable."
"With Cisco IOS SSL VPN, you can access your corporate data safely and securely."
"I like to work with the CMD command line because it's easy and it doesn't take very long to configure."
"The solution's technical support is very good."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Our difficulty with Aruba is that the product and the license are two different items. So, if we are adding an access point, we have to pay for two items. We have to pay to add the access point in the controller and we have to pay for the license."
"The solution is costly for medium-sized companies."
"The remote access point coverage should be bigger than it is now."
"It would help if the remote APs had some kind of SoHo environment with built-in firewall features. That way it could connect directly in a client-to-site type of environment, or a site-to-site VPN environment. That way users could have a complete office setup without coming to the private cloud."
"There are some issues, like the VLAN capabilities and support for routing between two VMs."
"I use the controller when using Aruba Remote Access Points, particularly during configuration. Hence, room for improvement in Aruba Remote Access Points is for its web UI to be easier to control."
"It could have better monitoring features."
"Its scalability capabilities should be improved."
"The performance could be improved."
"It would be helpful if Cisco IOS SSL VPN could help us set up devices on our iPads and phones."
"In addition to Cisco, we work with other solutions on behalf of our customers, such as Fortinet for FortiGate, but this latter solution can achieve the same results at a lower price."
"The company sets the policies for the default location, and destination, which the VPN connects. If there is a problem with one of those locations, which happens sometimes when I travel I need to have an option to select a different available location. Currently, I am unable to see that from a user's point of view."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"The solution's graphical user interface is not very user-friendly."
"The administration should be improved."
"The flexibility of configurations could be improved."
Aruba Remote Access Points is ranked 13th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 13 reviews while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews. Aruba Remote Access Points is rated 7.8, while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Remote Access Points writes "The solution can be used from home or any remote office to access office resources like printers and servers". On the other hand, 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". Aruba Remote Access Points is most compared with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, OpenVPN Access Server and Check Point Remote Access VPN, whereas Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Zyxel VPN Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Ivanti Connect Secure and Citrix Gateway. See our Aruba Remote Access Points vs. Cisco IOS SSL VPN report.
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