We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway 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."
"The setup and installation was easy."
"The solution is very easy to work with. This is its most valuable feature. They also did a good job surrounding how you configure the devices."
"It is stable."
"The solution is very stable."
"It's a stable solution."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the management portal."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"The solution is very stable."
"The best feature is the ability to connect from anywhere."
"The ability to connect old protocols like Border Gateway Protocol is valuable."
"The point-to-site is pretty good for the B2C stuff. It's fairly straightforward to set up."
"The most valuable feature is the networking. I didn't have a good experience with the networking that Sophos has."
"The Azure tool is useful and powerful and availability for clients. The updates are very good and reliable."
"It sends us a lot of detections when we have any anti-virus updates. It provides the extended time needed to update a set of time needs and notifications."
"The side-to-side connections are valuable."
"What I like best about Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is that it's a managed VPN, so it's one of the most powerful VPNs I've ever found. It also provides point-to-site VPNs configurable within a few minutes."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The performance could be improved."
"The product's RPA tools need enhancement for simplified business process automation."
"The configuration must be improved."
"They could provide the cloud-based as-a-service model with monthly rental payments."
"Enhancing the client certificate deployment process could be a valuable improvement, ensuring smoother and more reliable certificate renewal experiences in the future."
"It would be helpful if Cisco IOS SSL VPN could help us set up devices on our iPads and phones."
"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."
"Cisco has a history of problems with the area of web filtering, because of which my company sometimes had to change the vendor and the appliance."
"Connectivity could be improved in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway because it's not as stable, particularly when connecting a device tunnel."
"Microsoft could work on having micro VPNs to integrate with mobile devices."
"Considering my past interactions with Microsoft's support team, it is difficult to get the right support unless you find the right person to speak with from the customer support team."
"Documentation and configuration settings can be improved."
"The product must provide a single sign-on."
"In future releases, I would like to see the ability to inject BGP routes."
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"The connectivity should be faster."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 19 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway 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 Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway writes "A scalable and reliable solution that enables users to connect to older protocols that other products do not have". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Zyxel VPN Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Ivanti Connect Secure and Citrix Gateway, whereas Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Ivanti Connect Secure. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway report.
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