We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and PingID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Forescout and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."The most valuable feature is 801.1x and another very good feature is the TACACS."
"We have seen ROI. It has done its job. It has protected us when we needed it to."
"Among the most valuable features is TACACS."
"One of the advantages is that you can easily find rogue endpoints. For example, if you don't want to allow any endpoints where you don't know the people plugging into what kind of devices, ISE can give you a big, clear picture, e.g., what kind of endpoints are getting connected to your network. That is one of the advantages."
"For customers, it's great. It has a GUI, so the customers themselves can edit ACLs or even modify the policies. It's also an all-in-one solution with RADIUS and TACACS."
"The endpoint profiling feature is among the most valuable because it keeps me from having to manually maintain a MAC address bypass list to track endpoints. I can have ISE profile them for me and then put them in the right bucket."
"The initial setup was easy. It took around one month. We did the installation part within half an hour to two hours but we found a couple of issues so we raised a case and once everything was resolved it was a month in total."
"TACACS and .1X security are the most valuable features. TACACS acts for user control, so no one can authenticate to our network devices, and .1X is to validate that unauthorized devices are plugged into our network."
"It provides ease of connecting all our devices."
"The solution has a smooth and configurable user interface for single sign-on capabilities."
"I like the self-service feature. The 502 and UBP systems are also excellent. PingID's ability to authenticate with SSH, RDP, and Windows login is pretty handy. It covers the entire spectrum of use."
"The mobile biometric authentication option improved user experience. It's always about security because, with two-factor authentication, it's always a separate device verifying the actual user logging in."
"I find the auto-discovery feature the most valuable. It helps us automate a lot of things using a single password across applications."
"The soundness of the solution is its most valuable feature. For example, if you are in our corporate network, you can log on without any traffic interfering."
"We use the product to run different reports."
"The solution is stable. We haven't experienced any bugs or glitches."
"This product doesn't work in isolation."
"The solution can lag somewhat as we have a large database."
"I believe that Cisco can improve the way its policies are built because it's a little complex."
"An issue with the product is it tends to have a lot of bugs whenever they release a new release."
"The solution lacks properly knowledgeable support, especially internationally, and this is why I am exploring other applications."
"Sometimes some of Cisco ISE's graphical interfaces could be a little bit smoother. However, with the different versions, the product is getting better and better."
"There are issues with respect to the posture assessment function. It's been observed that customers are not receiving total access to the network because the assessment agent is glitchy and malfunctions from time-to-time. I would like to see refining of the compliance assessment and adding more detailed compliance of endpoints on the user end."
"There can be a little bit more integration between the controller management and ISE. There are two dashboards, you have the controller dashboards, and you have the ISE dashboard it would is a way to maybe integrate that into one. That would be great. It's not that bad. It would be easier if it could be combined into one dashboard."
"They could use some bio-certification. It's just more user-friendly and more convenient than entering the one time passes. That would be an improvement."
"PingID's device management portal should be more easily accessible via a link. They provide no link to the portal like they do for the service. The passwordless functionality could be more comprehensive. You can't filter based on hardware devices. Having that filtering option would be great. Device authentication would be a great feature."
"PingID would benefit from a better user interface for integration."
"It has a long way to go until it is a cloud-based solution."
"The product is not customizable."
"The management console needs to be improved. PingID should revise it."
"We have encountered instances where it is not easy to do authentication."
"I think that the connection with like Microsoft Word, especially for Office 365, is a weak point that could be improved."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 135 reviews while PingID is ranked 7th in Authentication Systems with 14 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while PingID is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PingID writes " A robust cloud-based multi-factor solution with a good customer support team". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas PingID is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, ForgeRock, PingFederate, SailPoint IdentityIQ and One Identity Manager.
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