We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Cisco IOS SSL VPN 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."
"I like the fact that Remote Access allows the administrator to control and manage things. It makes things smoother, and it has been an excellent experience."
"Scalability is great. We have been able to grow as a corporation due in part to this type of solution."
"One of the most outstanding features is the ability to deliver third-party services and achieve double authenticity with integrated identities."
"Among its most valuable features is how it quickly and easily connects everyone to the VPN service."
"The most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"The clients of the customers have a facility to access the enterprise network."
"Our users find the interface very comfortable to use."
"Access is browser-based only and requires no additional client installation."
"The solution is very easy to work with. This is its most valuable feature. They also did a good job surrounding how you configure the devices."
"The solution is very reliable."
"The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"The product is very stable."
"It's a stable solution."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the management portal."
"The solution's environment is stable and doesn't get disconnected every now and then."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Some configurations, like idle timeout (the requirement came from multiple users), are not possible to configure directly from the Check Point management server."
"The cost of maintenance is high compared to most products in the market."
"In an environment with multiple cluster checkpoints, the global properties common to all clusters in some cases give problems."
"I cannot see the full effect of the endpoint solution because it relies on having access to the DNF queries, which might not go through the Check Point firewall when you're using it for perimeter networks. Check Point will not identify the actual source of the net queries. This may be related to the architecture, however, and not poor product issues. I don't know if it can be improved on the Check Point side or not."
"Improvements for Check Point Remote Access VPN could include enhancing mobile connectivity for a smoother user experience."
"The main area for improvement is pricing. Another area could be integrating MFA authentication directly into the solution instead of using separate benchmark tools for implementation."
"The Compliance software blade is available only for the Windows operating systems family, so no macOS security checks are implemented and performed."
"The fully-featured security module is only supported on Windows and Mac systems, which means that organizations with Linux will face issues providing secure access."
"The solution takes some time to log in because of some unavoidable security barriers, but it would be better if that could happen faster."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN doesn't support the configuration of multiple VPNs."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"The configuration must be improved."
"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."
"They could provide the cloud-based as-a-service model with monthly rental payments."
"I have no notes in terms of areas of improvement."
"The product costs a lot of money."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 6th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 60 reviews while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, 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". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Citrix Gateway. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Cisco IOS SSL VPN report.
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