We performed a comparison between Aruba Remote Access Points and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 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."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."
"Aruba Remote Access Points provide a level of protection for our IPs."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is experienced by those working at home since they get a secure Wi-Fi connection."
"The platform has the most valuable advanced filtering feature."
"Once configured and operational, they tend to function reliably, with few reported issues from clients or customers."
"Aruba works well in large spaces, especially for manufacturing. That's when you start seeing the effectiveness of Aruba."
"What I like best about Aruba Remote Access Points is that it's pretty easy to set up."
"I can use the solution from my home or any remote office to access printers, servers, etc."
"It is a very stable tool."
"For our company's needs, AnyConnect is sufficient and very easy to use."
"The setup is quick and easy on the client-side."
"Especially during the COVID pandemic, this solution has allowed us to work from home without security concerns."
"Advanced malware protection helps us to prevent any virus from contaminating computers. We also have DLP for prevention. And AnyConnect has a feature that lets us do some sandboxing to evaluate files that arrive from the outside. So before opening them, we can check them with the sandbox."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is very stable."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it works all of the time."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing. If they can be more competitive."
"Our difficulty with Aruba is that the product and the license are two different items. So, if we are adding an access point, we have to pay for two items. We have to pay to add the access point in the controller and we have to pay for the license."
"It would help if the remote APs had some kind of SoHo environment with built-in firewall features. That way it could connect directly in a client-to-site type of environment, or a site-to-site VPN environment. That way users could have a complete office setup without coming to the private cloud."
"It could have better monitoring features."
"There are some issues, like the VLAN capabilities and support for routing between two VMs."
"Its scalability capabilities should be improved."
"I use the controller when using Aruba Remote Access Points, particularly during configuration. Hence, room for improvement in Aruba Remote Access Points is for its web UI to be easier to control."
"The solution's technical support has some shortcomings that need improvement."
"I think, in general, most of the applications are slow, but this is everyday stuff. I think this is more related to the link speed — the links, the lossage, etc."
"One improvement could be ensuring better backward compatibility."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by making a feature to set it apart from other competitors."
"The price could be reduced."
"Complicated scenarios are difficult to deploy. On a scale from one to ten, with one being the most difficult, I'd give a rating of between two and three for the initial setup."
"The security could be improved."
"It would be useful to have an automatic install process where if you connect and you don't have the latest version, it should be automatically done."
"The solution could improve the setup, it is complex."
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Aruba Remote Access Points is ranked 13th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 12 reviews while Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews. Aruba Remote Access Points is rated 7.8, while Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Remote Access Points writes "The solution can be used from home or any remote office to access office resources like printers and servers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". Aruba Remote Access Points is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, OpenVPN Access Server, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Zyxel VPN Client, whereas Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Check Point Remote Access VPN and SonicWall Netextender. See our Aruba Remote Access Points vs. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client report.
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