We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cisco Security Portfolio solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is easy."
"The solution is quite stable."
"We have plans to increase the usage of this solution, it can scale well."
"The solution is secure and has a lot of benefits."
"The solution works very well. You just click and it's working."
"The solution provides secure and easy access to corporate network resources."
"It is an easy system to set up."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is very stable."
"The solution cuts down on the repercussions of getting malware or ransomware."
"The live logs and live sessions for troubleshooting are the most valuable features because they provide a detailed report of any issues."
"Not having to trust devices and being able to set those levels of trust and more finely control our network is a benefit."
"The ability to allow or deny hosts onto the network is valuable. It provides great security to the network environment."
"It provides client provisions and profiling as well as guest access."
"It has allowed us to pull in multiple authentication databases, then centralize them into a captive portal system."
"The feature that I found most valuable is profiling. We use that to profile certain types of devices, and then depending on the manufacturer, drop them into the appropriate VLAN without us having to go in and manually add the devices."
"The most valuable feature is the visibility element, the ability for customers to be able to see what devices are actually on their network. Without a solution like ISE, they would have no idea what devices are connected to their network. It offers them the ability to authenticate devices via mobile."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by adding faster connectivity."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client would be perfect if it weren't for the fingerprint feature."
"If the Internet connection is not stable, it will create a disturbance when using the resources."
"It would be useful to have an automatic install process where if you connect and you don't have the latest version, it should be automatically done."
"I haven't found there are any shortcomings in the product. For how I use it, it works well."
"There is nothing they need to improve at this moment."
"The security could be improved."
"There is a speed limit for VPNs because of the encryption."
"The installation is not straightforward, it took us approximately one month."
"The policies could be adjusted to make them more easily implementable."
"Segmentation can be improved."
"The interface could be more user-friendly and the ability to apply rules to MAC addresses, for example, if I wanted to allow a certain MAC address access at a particular time I cannot make this adjustment."
"In an upcoming release, the solution needs to be more agentless and more independent. Additionally, there could be improved integration with other next-generation solutions, such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Check Point."
"There is room for improvement in CLI. Most things are done through the GUI, and there aren't many commands or troubleshooting options available compared to other Cisco products like switches and routers."
"In an upcoming release, it would be nice to have NAC already standard in the solution."
"Profiling is a really good feature. However, it sometimes is a challenge for customers when there are issues with the remediation part. I would add a built-in remediation solution. That would be a very nice feature."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 6th in Cisco Security Portfolio with 69 reviews while Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Cisco Security Portfolio with 136 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2. 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 Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". 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 F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and One Identity Manager. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) report.
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