We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Cisco Secure Network Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"Cisco has always been a premium product. There's a lot of other entry-level solutions. This is more robust."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"The ability to send data flow from other places and have them all in one place is very valuable for us."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"I believe this solution has reduced our incident response time."
"Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job."
"The solution's analytics and thrust detection capabilities are good. We're still adjusting it. It's a little hypersensitive, but it is working right now."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"Lacks training for new features."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"The visualization could be improved, the GUI is not the best."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
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Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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