We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenVPN, Fortinet, Cisco and others in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN."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."
"The system is reliable, simple and secure."
"The solution provides seamless connectivity to the VPN without delay."
"The solution works very well. You just click and it's working."
"Technical support is always helpful."
"The solution is secure and has a lot of benefits."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is very stable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is reliable and easy to configure, and the Cisco Firewall can last for many years."
"I like the web filtering capabilities."
"The ZPA is a unique feature which offers VPN along with all the additional security needed."
"The most valuable features are the File Type Control and SSL bypass policies. We"
"The most valuable feature is its ability to establish connectivity for remote users and remote endpoints. It offers a high level of granularity compared to typical VPNs, which also encapsulate a lot of I/O."
"The scalability is pretty good."
"The scalability of the solution is great."
"It is easy to use."
"Yes, it is very stable. I have never seen it go down, not once."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"One improvement could be ensuring better backward compatibility."
"The notifications need to be improved. If the VPN is disconnected for a long period of time, they should push out notifications. We need to manually check if the VPN is connected or not. Sometimes it automatically disconnects, but the user doesn't get notifications, and we need to troubleshoot or open the client to manually reconnect. Auto-reconnection would be an improvement."
"We don't have the correct visibility to see the quantity of licenses we are consuming or not consuming."
"In general, it's always a good idea to improve scalability and stability."
"The security could be improved."
"I haven't found there are any shortcomings in the product. For how I use it, it works well."
"The logout should be automized and it should have a reminder that you have logged in into a private network."
"You do need technical expertise to set up the product."
"To enhance their offering, it is advisable for them to focus on strengthening the foundation of their architecture. Additionally, they should consider integrating a broader range of services that go beyond what managed service providers typically offer independently."
"An area for improvement would be the ease of configuration."
"SCMP support would be one of the biggest improvements in my opinion. More speed improvements are also required."
"We often face performance and latency issues with Zscaler SASE."
"It has a limitation, if you are creating a rule or something for a web application or something, you could only add five users, not more than that. Five or four users are only included in a rule. If you want to create a rule for more than five or four users, you have to go through other methods, not particularly with the application. Working within the application with this method would be quite easy as compared to listing a URL or a normal IP address."
"The pricing for Private Access seems to be on the expensive side, and I believe they should consider making it more competitive with other solutions."
"Sometimes applications crash on some machines, and we’d like Zscaler to give us some information as to why that may have happened. We’d like more detailed reports."
"What could be improved in Zscaler Private Access is its notification. For example, if there's a speed issue, there should be a pop-up that alerts the user about it. If there is a network quality issue, for example, it isn't good enough to connect to, or the network quality is bad, there should be a notification from the solution. Zscaler Private Access also needs improvement in terms of its interface and security."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is ranked 1st in ZTNA as a Service with 34 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is rated 8.4. 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 Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange writes "Allows for strict access control, granting access to specific applications at a URL level rather than at the physical IP level". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiClient, whereas Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Axis Security, Cloudflare Access and Perimeter 81.
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