We performed a comparison between AWS Direct Connect and Cisco IOS SSL VPN 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."
"AWS Direct Connect is highly secure and much faster compared to normal network infrastructure."
"AWS Direct Connect provides a secure and encrypted connection over the internet."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, convenient, and easy. It always works if configured well."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"With Cisco IOS SSL VPN, you can access your corporate data safely and securely."
"Stability-wise, it is a very good solution."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"The product is very stable."
"The product's most valuable features are security, stability, and troubleshooting capabilities."
"I have found that Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Its terminologies are challenging to interpret."
"It can be difficult to configure compared to cloud-based GUIs."
"It is complicated to do additional BGP configuration for the product."
"It would be good if we could connect AWS Direct Connect from different networks."
"The company sets the policies for the default location, and destination, which the VPN connects. If there is a problem with one of those locations, which happens sometimes when I travel I need to have an option to select a different available location. Currently, I am unable to see that from a user's point of view."
"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."
"Cisco has a history of problems with the area of web filtering, because of which my company sometimes had to change the vendor and the appliance."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should improve its pricing."
"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 for it to have support for the Dutch language. I typically use English in 99% of our communications but for some people, it matters."
"In addition to Cisco, we work with other solutions on behalf of our customers, such as Fortinet for FortiGate, but this latter solution can achieve the same results at a lower price."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
AWS Direct Connect is ranked 12th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews. AWS Direct Connect is rated 8.8, while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS Direct Connect writes "Has low latency and provides good stability ". On the other hand, 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". AWS Direct Connect is most compared with AWS PrivateLink, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Lumen MPLS IP VPN, Fortinet FortiClient and IBM Secure Gateway Service, whereas Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Citrix Gateway. See our AWS Direct Connect vs. Cisco IOS SSL VPN report.
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