We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two SSL VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"It's a stable solution."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"The platform provides value and benefits to our organization through efficient and effective communication."
"The product is great because it is easy and simple."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"The multicast feature is useful for us."
"The solution is very stable."
"I like to work with the CMD command line because it's easy and it doesn't take very long to configure."
"This solution has many options for remote desktop and access."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"I am very satisfied with the technical support."
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"The performance is good."
"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."
"It is faster than other security options when using remote connections."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution's configuration could be made easier."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should add a sensor that can authenticate with a fingerprint instead of having to type the username and password every time."
"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."
"The system needs to be upgraded to replace the Token Authentication software, which will no longer be supported."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"The solution's graphical user interface is not very user-friendly."
"The product costs a lot of money."
"The solution takes some time to log in because of some unavoidable security barriers, but it would be better if that could happen faster."
"The product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
"The product's technical support services could be improved."
"The problem is that when combined with what the client already has, there are two different logins and two different management systems, and these should be consolidated into a single interface."
"SonicWall SMA is difficult to use and it does not provide easy access to different parts of the network."
"SonicWall's reporting isn't good. Reports should be part of a data plan. The login mechanism should be improved. It would be helpful if the client could use an agent to log in. An agent-server model would improve the performance of the RDB, which consumes a lot of bandwidth."
"User interface could be improved."
"I'd like to see the product maybe polish keyboards in Bookmark."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 5th in SSL VPN with 14 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while SonicWall SMA 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 SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". 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 SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Ivanti Connect Secure and Peplink SpeedFusion. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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