We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks 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."
"I like to work with the CMD command line because it's easy and it doesn't take very long to configure."
"It is a stable solution. In my company, we haven't faced any issues related to the product's stability. I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use, management, and support."
"The solution is pretty fast."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"The product's setup phase was easy."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable, and once we connect, we don't face any issues and can do our work."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to join your network and provide access through the VPN."
"The scalability of the solution is excellent."
"The always-on feature is fantastic for the users. They don't have to think about it. When they go to a coffee shop to do work, there's no need to remember to toggle the VPN on. We'll protect them. URL filtering is the same at home as it is in the office."
"We're now able to go after contracts that require a Zero Trust solution and Prisma's other technology solutions."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it offers stability and scalability while being a very secure product."
"Palo Alto Firewall is one of the best firewalls in the world."
"The product's initial setup phase is simple."
"Prisma Access protects all app traffic, so that users can gain access to all apps and that's very important because we need to be able to access everything. It also allows us to access non-web apps; anything internal that we need access to, we can access."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"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 solution takes some time to log in because of some unavoidable security barriers, but it would be better if that could happen faster."
"It can be difficult to find service and at times we cannot connect with the internet easily."
"The flexibility of configurations could be improved."
"The system needs to be upgraded to replace the Token Authentication software, which will no longer be supported."
"When many people are using the internet at home, which is usually right after dinner, this type of service is a little bit hard to use. The internet becomes quite slow, and sometimes, I have to stop using this application. I am not sure if this issue is because of the application or my internet provider."
"The product’s dashboard is not good enough."
"Their next release should provide solutions for the mobile environment."
"The tools' scalability is subject to some limitations when done on-premise due to the need for additional licenses. However, in other scenarios, increasing scalability involves expanding infrastructure to accommodate more third-party VPN access. It is scalable as long as you pay the money. Also, it needs to improve security."
"There is room for improvement in the multi-environment visibility, especially around containers."
"The user interface could be better. They need to work a little bit on the console. It is similar to their firewalls but not exactly. They need to clean it up a bit."
"The initial support team is not very good. Most of the time, I have found that they are one to three years experienced only. They don't have network expertise. They know about Palo Alto products but don't know how to troubleshoot the issues. We have to guide them most of the time to troubleshoot correctly since their approach is not developed."
"There is some particular traffic that the security team wants to filter out and apply their own policies and they cannot."
"The licensing model isn't flexible enough. It's an all-or-nothing model. Other providers in the market allow you to buy modules or add-ons separately. With Prisma Access, you have to purchase the same module for all users."
"The solution needs to be more compatible with other solutions. This is specifically a problem for us when it comes to healthcare applications. They have proprietary connection types and things of that nature that make compatibility a challenge sometimes."
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Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 5th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 57 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.2. 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 Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks writes "Integration with Palo Alto platforms such as Cortex Data Lake and Autofocus gives us visibility into our attack surface". 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 Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Netskope , Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access and Prisma SD-WAN. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks report.
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