We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Ivanti Connect Secure 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 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 customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"It is a stable solution. In my company, we haven't faced any issues related to the product's stability. I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is an easy-to-use and straightforward solution."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"The product is great because it is easy and simple."
"The solution is very reliable."
"The solution is pretty fast."
"The new UI that they are providing right now is very good."
"The solution helps with principal decisions. It also helps with the security and configuration of many technologies."
"From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"It is customer-friendly. It is quite easy for our users to connect. There is also the flexibility of the features."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"The tool's most valuable feature is remote access."
"VPN tunneling is a very valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure. I also like that it is straightforward to use, and you can see traffic logs on it."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution's configuration could be made easier."
"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 should add a sensor that can authenticate with a fingerprint instead of having to type the username and password every time."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"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 product’s dashboard is not good enough."
"The performance could be improved."
"They could provide the cloud-based as-a-service model with monthly rental payments."
"An area for improvement in Pulse Connect Secure is the concurrent connections, particularly needing a license if you want to use Pulse Connect Secure with your Microsoft or Windows machine."
"The support team of the product needs improvement. Sometimes we have issues with multiple authentications, but there is no help from the support team."
"User experience and after-sales support could be better. For example, over the last couple of years, when this COVID scenario was going on, there were multiple attacks on these types of solutions. SQL has been attacked numerous times, and there were a lot of vulnerabilities, and our customers had to update and upgrade the devices every two weeks or every month. This was a headache. It could also be more scalable."
"The product's price is an area where improvements are required."
"The stability could be better. There are sometimes bugs in the system."
"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."
"This solution normally works but at times, we have had trouble with connectivity."
"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 3rd in SSL VPN with 25 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.6. 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 Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Citrix Gateway and SonicWall Netextender, whereas Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, OpenVPN Access Server, Ivanti Tunnel, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Ivanti Connect Secure report.
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