We performed a comparison between Ivanti Connect Secure and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway 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."
"The flexibility in their management is great."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"It's quite stable."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"What I like the most about Pulse Connect Secure is that it's user-friendly. It's easy to use. You just need to connect, and that's it."
"The most valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure is its ease of use."
"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."
"I like the host checker, which thoroughly checks the security posture of the machine before allowing access. I also like application-based access and its seamless operations."
"The Azure tool is useful and powerful and availability for clients. The updates are very good and reliable."
"It sends us a lot of detections when we have any anti-virus updates. It provides the extended time needed to update a set of time needs and notifications."
"The solution is very quick to connect."
"The ability to connect old protocols like Border Gateway Protocol is valuable."
"What I like best about Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is that it's a managed VPN, so it's one of the most powerful VPNs I've ever found. It also provides point-to-site VPNs configurable within a few minutes."
"The most valuable feature is the networking. I didn't have a good experience with the networking that Sophos has."
"It is easy to configure."
"It is scalable and depends on your chosen network bandwidth."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The product's price is an area where improvements are required."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve by having better integration with NAC solutions, such as Cisco ClearPass integration with Pulse Connect Secure. Additionally, they need better integration with Microsoft Azure AD and Azure Authenticator."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve the reporting, it is lacking in detail and should take the report automatically."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are the user-friendly connection and interconnecting."
"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."
"At the moment, Pulse Connect Secure is a pretty good solution, and I don't see any issues with it. Currently, I'm not aware of a new or additional feature that's needed in Pulse Connect Secure, but it would be good if the team could look at how the speed of connection could be increased. Though it's quite seamless and I didn't face any problem with the speed, it would be better to improve the speed and keep going forward, especially as the industry's changing and people would love connections to be a lot faster."
"I would like for them to improve the troubleshooting features. We have some problems with traffic and I can't identify where the problem is coming from. I have to open a ticket with support until it gets resolved. Microsoft doesn't offer enough tools to resolve the issue."
"It isn't stabilized on the first day, and you need to set up the channels properly."
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"The connectivity should be faster."
"Microsoft could work on having micro VPNs to integrate with mobile devices."
"The marketing material in the portal is not very user-friendly."
"Documentation and configuration settings can be improved."
"The product must provide a single sign-on."
Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 7th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 25 reviews while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 18 reviews. Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.6, while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway writes "A scalable and reliable solution that enables users to connect to older protocols that other products do not have". Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, OpenVPN Access Server, Ivanti Tunnel, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Check Point Remote Access VPN. See our Ivanti Connect Secure vs. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway report.
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