We performed a comparison between AWS Direct Connect and Ivanti Connect Secure 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."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."
"AWS Direct Connect provides a secure and encrypted connection over the internet."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"AWS Direct Connect is highly secure and much faster compared to normal network infrastructure."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution helps with principal decisions. It also helps with the security and configuration of many technologies."
"It's a very convenient and user-friendly application."
"It is customer-friendly. It is quite easy for our users to connect. There is also the flexibility of the features."
"Pulse Connect Secure is a stable solution."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"I like the host checker, which thoroughly checks the security posture of the machine before allowing access. I also like application-based access and its seamless operations."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It would be good if we could connect AWS Direct Connect from different networks."
"Its terminologies are challenging to interpret."
"It is complicated to do additional BGP configuration for the product."
"It can be difficult to configure compared to cloud-based GUIs."
"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."
"We need to know how many live active users there are and we can't. We even updated the server, however, we still can't see the proper level of live connections. Right now, it's showing as 300 users and my customer does not have that many users in his organization."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"User experience and after-sales support could be better. For example, over the last couple of years, when this COVID scenario was going on, there were multiple attacks on these types of solutions. SQL has been attacked numerous times, and there were a lot of vulnerabilities, and our customers had to update and upgrade the devices every two weeks or every month. This was a headache. It could also be more scalable."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are the user-friendly connection and interconnecting."
"Connection-wise, Pulse Connect Secure could be faster, and this is its area for improvement."
"I would like the solution to be more secure and compatible. It also needs to improve integration with other systems."
"Zero test FDP (Fraud Protection and Prevention) should be improved."
AWS Direct Connect is ranked 12th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews while Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 7th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 25 reviews. AWS Direct Connect is rated 8.8, while Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of AWS Direct Connect writes "Has low latency and provides good stability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". AWS Direct Connect is most compared with AWS PrivateLink, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Lumen MPLS IP VPN, Fortinet FortiClient and Google Cloud VPN, whereas Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Ivanti Tunnel and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks. See our AWS Direct Connect vs. Ivanti Connect Secure report.
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