We performed a comparison between Aruba Remote Access Points and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 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."
"Aruba Remote Access Points provide a level of protection for our IPs."
"It provides good Spectrum Analysis and troubleshooting."
"Aruba works well in large spaces, especially for manufacturing. That's when you start seeing the effectiveness of Aruba."
"The platform has the most valuable advanced filtering feature."
"This solution is widely adopted and involves both technology and non-technical devices. It is robust, except in cases of significant power outages."
"The authentication features are valuable."
"It’s very light."
"Once configured and operational, they tend to function reliably, with few reported issues from clients or customers."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is its ease of use and simple interface. It's always available as long as I have a good network connection."
"It is easy to handle, you can have it on Windows, Mac, and Linux."
"The most valuable features are that it is really secure and very easy to use."
"Technical support is always helpful."
"I'd rate Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client at nine out of ten for scalability."
"The solution is very stable."
"The system is reliable, simple and secure."
"AnyConnect SMC's best features are that it's secure and connects seamlessly to clients' networks."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"I use the controller when using Aruba Remote Access Points, particularly during configuration. Hence, room for improvement in Aruba Remote Access Points is for its web UI to be easier to control."
"The remote access point coverage should be bigger than it is now."
"The solution is costly for medium-sized companies."
"The product needs an increased level of security for the end user."
"It would help if the remote APs had some kind of SoHo environment with built-in firewall features. That way it could connect directly in a client-to-site type of environment, or a site-to-site VPN environment. That way users could have a complete office setup without coming to the private cloud."
"Our difficulty with Aruba is that the product and the license are two different items. So, if we are adding an access point, we have to pay for two items. We have to pay to add the access point in the controller and we have to pay for the license."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing. If they can be more competitive."
"The security side of Aruba Remote Access Points could be improved."
"The security of the product has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I have been working with the same interface for the last ten years. I would say that it needs some improvements made."
"In terms of areas for improvement in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, from my point of view, the solution works well and right now I don't see the need to improve it. Probably a better user interface could be created for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, but its core is VPN creation, and that works well, though I'm not a VPN specialist, and I'm not an expert on how to create a VPN, how the VPN gateway works, how it's implemented, and what's the architecture behind it. A two-factor authentication feature was recently added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. In the past, you only needed to log in with your username and password, but now, there's a token, and the user interface for that token isn't that good. That's another area for improvement. Cisco should also make the two-factor authentication better in the solution. What I'd like added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client in its next release is a better two-factor authentication, in particular, the validity of the code being shorter because sometimes when I get the code and I add it to the client, it's invalid, though I'm unsure if it's centrally set up that way or if its a characteristic of the product. Making the interface of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client more user-friendly is also what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."
"In general, it's always a good idea to improve scalability and stability."
"The configuration from the client-side would be useful. Right now, it's not centralized. There should be a lock so that it can only be configured from one place."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is its ease of use and simple interface. It's always available as long as I have a good network connection."
"The cost could always be a bit less."
"There are times the WiFi connectivity has disruptions and you have disconnections. It doesn't work with two connections. I have two switches back and forth sometimes. It doesn't have a failback scenario feature. However, on the gateway side, it does, but on the user device, it doesn't have that kind of option. It would be nice to have this feature."
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Aruba Remote Access Points is ranked 13th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 13 reviews while Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews. Aruba Remote Access Points is rated 7.8, while Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Remote Access Points writes "The solution can be used from home or any remote office to access office resources like printers and servers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". Aruba Remote Access Points is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, OpenVPN Access Server, Zyxel VPN Client and Check Point Remote Access VPN, whereas Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Oracle VPN Connect. See our Aruba Remote Access Points vs. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client report.
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