We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Hillstone E-Series 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."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"Cisco certainly has a really strong support team."
"The product is very stable."
"It is very effective and I am satisfied with how it works and with its performance."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is reasonably priced, and its technology is flexible."
"The setup and installation was easy."
"With Cisco IOS SSL VPN, you can access your corporate data safely and securely."
"The solution's technical support is very good."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"Five out of five ROI."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"This solution has two main features that we find very valuable; a threat-intelligence option, and a web/application filtering option. The technical support team are very good and very quick."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"The solution's configuration could be made easier."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."
"The only issue with Cisco IOS SSL VPN is on the price point. Price is an area of the solution where improvements are required."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should improve its pricing."
"I would like for it to have support for the Dutch language. I typically use English in 99% of our communications but for some people, it matters."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while Hillstone E-Series is ranked 8th in SSL VPN with 9 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0. 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 Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". 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 Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, OpenVPN Access Server and Netgate pfSense. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Hillstone E-Series report.
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