Cisco IOS Security Pricing
The challenge often comes down to pricing for SMB customers or those below enterprise level. It's tough for them to invest in Cisco Security products, not because the products lack quality—on the contrary, they recognize the products' are good.
As consultants, we do convince customers of the product's value. However, it's crucial to consider the customer's budget. The cost is a significant factor for them. So, the pricing structure should be improved. It is expensive.
You can get a better price if you commit to a longer-term license. Three years, five years, or even seven or ten years will be cheaper than a three-month or one-year term. So, a longer term, like three or five years, is definitely recommended for cost savings.
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reviewer1063173
Managing Director at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The solution's costs are quite high. It's a turn-off in terms of actually using it. It's more of an enterprise-level solution. It's not ideal for smaller organizations as the cost to run it would be out of their budgeting capabilities.
View full review »The cost of the license, to the best of my knowledge, is approximately two thousand dollars.
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Cisco IOS Security
April 2024
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The product is expensive. We pay a yearly licensing fee for it.
View full review »We need to pay for the license and it is expensive.
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Bill Sangiwa
Information Technology Specialist at twigalpha
I rate IOS Security six out of 10 for pricing
View full review »Cisco comes with a premium reputation, and while it's certainly not the cheapest option. Compared to other products like Huawei, Netgear, or even Fortinet, which are cheaper than Cisco.
We pay yearly for the license.
View full review »We can purchase the solution's licenses as per specific business requirements.
View full review »The tool could be priced lower. If you want advanced services, then you need to purchase them.
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Gopinath Chennupati
Senior Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The solution's pricing is very good.
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Networkadmn678
Network Administrator at MP Tech
I rate Cisco IOS Security's pricing a ten out of ten.
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Hassan-Ayoub
Business Development Manager at Odxs
The pricing is average and includes all features with support. I rate pricing a six out of ten.
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Turbat Sangidorj
Director at Cros Elements LLC
The cost may be around $5,000 to $10,000 a year. If you want support you have to pay at least this price.
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Pete Fotopoulos
Vice President - Network and Infrastructure at NJA LLC
The pricing for IOS Security is okay. It is competitive. It costs more when you have got the need to pay for more features. You have to buy more boxes and tie them together to upgrade to the next level.
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CHIMEZIE EMECHEBE
Solution Architect at Bilicha Technology
Our licensing costs for the solution are on an annual basis. It should be every five years.
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Ralph Howard
Director Network Engineer at Therap Services
We have to renew our license every three years.
View full review »Cisco IOS Security requires a license.
With Cisco, we have a variety of licenses. They have smart licenses that can be provided for one year, two years, three years, five years, and seven years. Alternatively, they have perpetual licenses available. I am working with a perpetual license, but not a smart license.
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reviewer1972419
Pre-Sales at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
The pricing for Cisco IOS Security is reasonable compared to other Cisco products.
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MINBALEYENEW
Works at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Cisco IOS Security is not very expensive, and pricing depends on where you live. It's affordable for both individuals and institutions.
On a scale from one to five, I would give Cisco's pricing a four.
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SeniorEn2e68
Senior Engineer Data Center at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The licenses for this solution are expensive.
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Dmitriy Ronkin
Network Engineer at Transportation
No licenses but what comes with the features of IOS.
View full review »Cisco IOS Security is for medium and large enterprises. When we talk about the price as well, it's more suitable for medium and large enterprises, but recently they included a few good SMB options. They have introduced a cheaper version of it in the last year with SMB option, which can be looked into for small enterprises, but it's more suited towards the large enterprises and medium enterprises.
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reviewer1296726
Field Solutions Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Price is certainly something that the IOS technology has fallen behind the competition on.
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Khalil AbdulrahmanAlasbahi
Commercial Manager at Natco Information technology
The price of the solution should be cheaper, and the license is purchase annually.
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reviewer1256787
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I don't know the exact licensing costs. It's not something I deal with directly, and therefore I don't have any access to the information in regards to pricing and payments.
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Song Phan Minh
Director at Nam Truong Son
Cisco IOS Security price could be reduced, it is more expensive than many of the other solutions, such as Sophos and Fortinet FortiGate.
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reviewer1540473
Sr. Security and Enterprise Architect at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Palo Alto networks are more expensive than this solution and this is why you will see more products like this one in Mexico.
I have been working with the next-generation firewalls by Palo Alto and the license tends to be better. For example, Palo Alto Wildfire, the licensing is more dynamic than Cisco products.
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Salim Almusalhi
Network Engineer at PART
The licensing is on a subscription basis, and it is fairly costly. I would prefer a one-time payment.
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reviewer1540473
Sr. Security and Enterprise Architect at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Cisco is not a cost-effective brand, however, in the end, you get what you pay for. Regarding licensing, some customers will not use automation/orchestration environments and do not like to pay a subscription for something they will never use.
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Fadil Kadrat
Network Engineer at Banque des Mascareignes
The pricing is very expensive. Normally I do a yearly contract; I don't know the exact pricing, but it's around $75,000 USD per year. That's the standard licensing.
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Manish Nalawade
Owner at it logic
It is necessary to pay for a license in order to use the solution. It is on a yearly basis and the price is high.
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reviewer2286675
System Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The pricing is expensive.
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FadilKadrat
Network Engineer at Banque des Mascareignes
The solution is a one-off fee once, it's just a matter of whether we are using IOS security you want to use the IT functionality, you need to have the security licenses.
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reviewer1491402
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech company
We pay a yearly subscription for signatures and stuff for the filtering, debugging inspection.
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Cisco IOS Security
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Cisco IOS Security. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.