We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 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."
"The solution works very well. You just click and it's working."
"AnyConnect SMC's best features are that it's secure and connects seamlessly to clients' networks."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution provides seamless connectivity to the VPN without delay."
"Advanced malware protection helps us to prevent any virus from contaminating computers. We also have DLP for prevention. And AnyConnect has a feature that lets us do some sandboxing to evaluate files that arrive from the outside. So before opening them, we can check them with the sandbox."
"What I like most about Cisco AnyConnect VPN is its reliability and stability."
"The installation process is not difficult."
"The ability to connect to the VPN remotely."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the management portal."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"It's a stable solution."
"It is very effective and I am satisfied with how it works and with its performance."
"I like to work with the CMD command line because it's easy and it doesn't take very long to configure."
"It is a product that is very robust and durable."
"Cisco VPN is easy to connect."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN provides fast connectivity and the option to connect through multiple servers."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"You do need technical expertise to set up the product."
"There is nothing they need to improve at this moment."
"The support could be more proactive in their recommendations. I noticed that the Cisco support agents tend to leave customers to do what they need to do in many ways, and you can choose how you want to do it. However, it would be great if they could proactively be involved in best practices and let other customers know how most people are doing it."
"Whenever there's a drop in internet or a connection fluctuation, it gets disconnected automatically."
"The security of the product has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"If you're just turning on your laptop, it should connect automatically without keying in the credentials."
"In terms of areas for improvement in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, from my point of view, the solution works well and right now I don't see the need to improve it. Probably a better user interface could be created for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, but its core is VPN creation, and that works well, though I'm not a VPN specialist, and I'm not an expert on how to create a VPN, how the VPN gateway works, how it's implemented, and what's the architecture behind it. A two-factor authentication feature was recently added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. In the past, you only needed to log in with your username and password, but now, there's a token, and the user interface for that token isn't that good. That's another area for improvement. Cisco should also make the two-factor authentication better in the solution. What I'd like added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client in its next release is a better two-factor authentication, in particular, the validity of the code being shorter because sometimes when I get the code and I add it to the client, it's invalid, though I'm unsure if it's centrally set up that way or if its a characteristic of the product. Making the interface of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client more user-friendly is also what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."
"The solution's performance and stability are average."
"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."
"In terms of what needs improvement, it should have better integration. Although, it might have already been taken care of."
"The administration should be improved."
"Cisco has a history of problems with the area of web filtering, because of which my company sometimes had to change the vendor and the appliance."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"The only issue with Cisco IOS SSL VPN is on the price point. Price is an area of the solution where improvements are required."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"The configuration must be improved."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". 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". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Fortinet FortiClient, 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 Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. Cisco IOS SSL VPN report.
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