We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and SonicWall Netextender based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure 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."
"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 integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"The platform provides value and benefits to our organization through efficient and effective communication."
"With Cisco IOS SSL VPN, you can access your corporate data safely and securely."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"Cisco certainly has a really strong support team."
"The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN provides fast connectivity and the option to connect through multiple servers."
"The solution provides high availability."
"One of the most valuable features of SonicWall Netextender is the integration of VPN accounts with Microsoft Identity Management, which enables us to enforce secure access through Microsoft Intune and conditional access policies. This helps ensure that only authorized individuals are able to access the VPN, rather than anyone with knowledge of a password."
"NetExtender works very well. I never had an issue with it, and it has been working well for me. In terms of management, you have good control over the destination. You can use NetExtender to set the policy and the static route for a client. You can modify it based on what your client needs or can access. You have good control over routing."
"It allows us to work remotely."
"I found nothing of value in this solution."
"The product has two-factor authentication."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution needs to integrate password-less technology so that you don't have to remember passwords each time that you log in, which is otherwise tedious. We should be able to log in as long as our system is connected to the internet."
"The system needs to be upgraded to replace the Token Authentication software, which will no longer be supported."
"The solution takes some time to log in because of some unavoidable security barriers, but it would be better if that could happen faster."
"The product's RPA tools need enhancement for simplified business process automation."
"In terms of what needs improvement, it should have better integration. Although, it might have already been taken care of."
"The flexibility of configurations could be improved."
"The configuration is critical and complex."
"It would be helpful if Cisco IOS SSL VPN could help us set up devices on our iPads and phones."
"There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender."
"They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."
"The UI could be a little better."
"The only concern I do have is with the zero trust, and the solution is not coping with the newer technologies as much as it needs to do on that particular factor."
"The Netextender application itself doesn't really look pretty, however, we can still use it. We don't care what it looks like. That said, if they did a cosmetic update, that would be fine."
"The product does not work well."
"The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth."
"Right now, you have to load each license on to an appliance. You can't pool across multiple appliances. So, you end up having to do a lot of administrative work to recover if an internet provider goes down, and you cannot leverage it as easily into a DR solution."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while SonicWall Netextender is ranked 15th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 11 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while SonicWall Netextender is rated 6.0. 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 SonicWall Netextender writes "An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Appgate SDP, whereas SonicWall Netextender is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, SonicWall Mobile Connect, SonicWall Connect Tunnel, Fortinet FortiClient and NetMotion Mobility. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. SonicWall Netextender report.
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