We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Ivanti Connect Secure 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."F5 BIG-IP APM is relatively easy to use."
"The portal access was very good."
"The performance of the solution is valuable."
"The load balancing features are valuable."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The product allows us to create customized portals for your users."
"The tool is reliable and easy to configure."
"In my opinion, the GUI is perfect with the configuration options provided. F5 BIG-IP has given customization options and policy configuration tools in the GUI. It's good and good enough to work."
"It is customer-friendly. It is quite easy for our users to connect. There is also the flexibility of the features."
"From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy."
"The solution helps with principal decisions. It also helps with the security and configuration of many technologies."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are multi-factor authentications, and VPNs and SSL VPNs we are using."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"Pulse Connect Secure is a stable solution."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"Ivanti secures access to the corporate network from various devices and locations."
"I'd suggest improved documentation integration directly within the GUI. Right now, finding comprehensive documentation often requires going to external websites like the community portal."
"Cloud services are something that F5 Access Policy Manager could do better"
"The operational deployment is not great."
"Integrating identity providers and single sign-on solutions can simplify user authentication and access control."
"The technical support’s response time must be improved."
"F5 BIG-IP APM disconnects when you leave it for long enough, but that is natural for IT solutions to do. That's a little bit frustrating."
"In my opinion, the GUI side needs some improvement based on my usage. Sometimes, it doesn't work as efficiently as the CLI side."
"The solution is quite costly."
"The stability could be better. There are sometimes bugs in the system."
"We need to know how many live active users there are and we can't. We even updated the server, however, we still can't see the proper level of live connections. Right now, it's showing as 300 users and my customer does not have that many users in his organization."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve by having better integration with NAC solutions, such as Cisco ClearPass integration with Pulse Connect Secure. Additionally, they need better integration with Microsoft Azure AD and Azure Authenticator."
"I don't have any downsides to report about the product at this time."
"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."
"We want to switch to another solution because there are some challenges with the support from Pulse. The quality of documentation is also not good. It is sometimes very hard to find documentation that provides a solution and describes how all this works."
"The user experience has room for improvement."
"The solution must be more user-friendly."
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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is ranked 4th in SSL VPN with 13 reviews while Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 3rd in SSL VPN with 26 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is rated 8.2, while Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) writes " Facilitates packet inspection, modification, and offloading and offers visibility and troubleshooting capabilities, allowing for pre-production server testing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is most compared with Citrix Gateway, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID and Aruba ClearPass, whereas Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, OpenVPN Access Server, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. Ivanti Connect Secure report.
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