We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Citrix, Ivanti and others in SSL VPN."The solution's technical support is very good."
"The product's setup phase was easy."
"The product's most valuable features are security, stability, and troubleshooting capabilities."
"The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"I have found that Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"It is stable."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"It is easy to use."
"Other than it provides us with remote access, so it's fairly easy to install, fairly easy to set up, and provides us the ability to get into our corporate environment."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"The VPN we are using is good and working quite well."
"It's a good tool. It's pretty straightforward."
"In this version 9.1, lots of changes are done for the dashboard, User Store etc."
"The only issue with Cisco IOS SSL VPN is on the price point. Price is an area of the solution where improvements are required."
"The solution's configuration could be made easier."
"I would like Cisco IOS SSL VPN to provide a faster connection."
"I would like for it to have support for the Dutch language. I typically use English in 99% of our communications but for some people, it matters."
"The product's RPA tools need enhancement for simplified business process automation."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN doesn't support the configuration of multiple VPNs."
"The Secure Plus Connect product could be improved with many enhancements in any price license, especially for licensing. Cisco could simplify the licensing; it could make it easier to order and use the features."
"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 gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"Geofencing needs improvement."
"If they had dashboards or a report for managers or executives, then it would allow them to see the status and have it make sense to them."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 15th in Authentication Systems with 15 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 8.4. 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 Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Sangfor SSL VPN, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID and SAP Customer Data Cloud.
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