We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two SSL VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"Cisco VPN is easy to connect."
"The product's most valuable features are security, stability, and troubleshooting capabilities."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"It is highly scalable, speedy, and reliable."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the management portal."
"It is very simple to use, and it allows me to get into the university's network from my home, which is very useful for me."
"We enjoy its overall ease of use."
"The combination of ADC and WAN is the most valuable feature."
"We are fond of the load balancing feature for DNS and servers."
"The product is quite flexible."
"F5 Big-IP Local Traffic Manager has better modular features especially LTM, which according to the clients, is very beneficial. Most of the users opt for a combination of big IP LTM and WAF which helps them to leverage application load balancing and enhance application security many-fold."
"Initial setup was straightforward. We were up and running in three hours."
"The configuration and integration into the AWS environment was pretty easy."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."
"Enhancing the client certificate deployment process could be a valuable improvement, ensuring smoother and more reliable certificate renewal experiences in the future."
"The product costs a lot of money."
"It would be helpful if Cisco IOS SSL VPN could help us set up devices on our iPads and phones."
"Sometimes the connection drops, and we don't like that. I'm not sure the reason, but sometimes it will take time to connect or it will disconnect fast."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN doesn't support the configuration of multiple VPNs."
"When many people are using the internet at home, which is usually right after dinner, this type of service is a little bit hard to use. The internet becomes quite slow, and sometimes, I have to stop using this application. I am not sure if this issue is because of the application or my internet provider."
"I would like to see F-5 implement a regular routing like in other Linux-based devices. When we try and integrate in some complex networks, we have to use some additional routing scenarios from a Layer 3 perspective, then we have some problems. It would be great if this were fixed somehow."
"Bugs are the part of program and they are fixed with every release, as with any vendor."
"F5 BIG-IP LTM can improve on the SSL loading which includes the authentication of certificates. Although, most of these issues have been solved there are still some issue that persists."
"To improve the product, they could add more load balancing solutions in Kubernetes."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface."
"A more hybrid approach would be beneficial for users."
"Reporting could be improved and configuration made easier."
"I would like to see better integration."
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Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". 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, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and HAProxy. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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