We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Perimeter 81 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."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"It is very simple to use, and it allows me to get into the university's network from my home, which is very useful for me."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the management portal."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"The solution's environment is stable and doesn't get disconnected every now and then."
"The solution is pretty fast."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"Scaling Perimeter 81 was easy to do."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"The benefits are really built into the underlying protocol, however, Perimeter81 makes these available in a user-friendly way."
"It connects quickly and stays connected. The user interface is pretty neat too. The app has in-house support with user guides that give you step-by-step walkthroughs on navigating the app. In addition, there is a live chat feature that offers prompt assistance on the go."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"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 have no notes in terms of areas of improvement."
"The product costs a lot of money."
"The solution's graphical user interface is not very user-friendly."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"If I were to be nitpicky, I would ask that Perimeter 81 offer the option for us to change the color of the graphical user interface, like maybe pink or green or so on."
"One of the more negative experiences using Perimeter 81 is the fact that I am logged off after a pre-determined amount of time which cuts off access to some of my company's resources."
"One of our challenges is ensuring the security of our cloud-based operations."
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
"Offering in-app explanations detailing what each feature does, its benefits and potential use cases can help users better understand and utilize the tool to its full potential."
"In order to have to bypass the login using the website, a good feature for Perimeter 81 to have is a login instance in the Perimeter 81 application. I'm using a Mac and we don't have that functionality."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"A Google Chrome extension would be handy instead of logging into the app."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 8th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 22 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. 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 Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Citrix Gateway, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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