We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Perimeter 81 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."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."
"A reliable and stable solution for remote network access."
"The product is great because it is easy and simple."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is reasonably priced, and its technology is flexible."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"Stability-wise, it is a very good solution."
"It is a product that is very robust and durable."
"The solution is very stable."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"Providing access and security allows our company employees to work from home and remotely."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"Distributing the agent was very simple, allowing us to enforce security posture on our devices (i.e. S1, Disk-encryption, etc.)."
"SD-WAN is one of the primary solutions offered by Perimeter 81."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"Perimeter 81 is very pretty."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."
"The configuration is critical and complex."
"The graphical interface is old and needs to improve."
"Sometimes the connection drops, and we don't like that. I'm not sure the reason, but sometimes it will take time to connect or it will disconnect fast."
"The system needs to be upgraded to replace the Token Authentication software, which will no longer be supported."
"I would like for it to have support for the Dutch language. I typically use English in 99% of our communications but for some people, it matters."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should improve its pricing."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"In the future, maybe P81 can improve the network traffic balancing and redundancy."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"I have found that the log-in/out process takes quite some time."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 8th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 22 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. 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 Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure, Fortinet FortiClient and Citrix Gateway, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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