We performed a comparison between Ivanti Connect Secure 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 flexibility in their management is great."
"It's a very convenient and user-friendly application."
"The most valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure is its ease of use."
"From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"The solution helps with principal decisions. It also helps with the security and configuration of many technologies."
"The tool's most valuable feature is remote access."
"The ability to connect old protocols like Border Gateway Protocol is valuable."
"The product has valuable virtual machines, viability options, and enhanced VPN services, enabling the option to use it in different zones."
"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 Azure tool is useful and powerful and availability for clients. The updates are very good and reliable."
"It works perfectly for me. It is very user-friendly in terms of the configuration and the setup process."
"The solution is very quick to connect."
"The side-to-side connections are valuable."
"The interoperability with various firewall and access gateway vendors is one of this solution's most valuable features"
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."
"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."
"There is room for improvement. I'm concerned about the frequent vulnerabilities identified. As a security product, the number of vulnerabilities is concerning."
"An area for improvement in Pulse Connect Secure is the concurrent connections, particularly needing a license if you want to use Pulse Connect Secure with your Microsoft or Windows machine."
"The product could use additional dashboards."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"Connection-wise, Pulse Connect Secure could be faster, and this is its area for improvement."
"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"In future releases, I would like to see the ability to inject BGP routes."
"More configuration options could be included in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway."
"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."
"The connectivity should be faster."
"I would like for them to improve the troubleshooting features. We have some problems with traffic and I can't identify where the problem is coming from. I have to open a ticket with support until it gets resolved. Microsoft doesn't offer enough tools to resolve the issue."
"Microsoft could work on having micro VPNs to integrate with mobile devices."
"The solution must provide metrics to monitor the inbound and outbound traffic easily."
Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 7th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 26 reviews while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 19 reviews. Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.8, while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". 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". Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, OpenVPN Access Server, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks 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 AWS PrivateLink. See our Ivanti Connect Secure vs. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway report.
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