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."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 solution is very stable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use, management, and support."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"It helps us access networks from anywhere."
"A reliable and stable solution for remote network access."
"The solution is quite transparent."
"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, convenient, and easy. It always works if configured well."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Five out of five ROI."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"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."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"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."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The administration should be improved."
"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."
"I would like Cisco IOS SSL VPN to provide a faster connection."
"The pricing needs to be better."
"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."
"The product costs a lot of money."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
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), Zyxel VPN Client, Fortinet FortiClient, 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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