We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) 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 system is reliable, simple and secure."
"I haven’t experienced any issues and the connection is always stable."
"It's a very scalable solution. We are using the maximum licensing they offer, and it's very affordable given the value."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client's most valuable feature is the ability to connect to our enterprise applications, on-premise applications, and cloud any place in the world"
"Easy to deploy and has good NAC integration."
"The most valuable feature is AnyConnect's reliability."
"It does not slow down anything, unlike other solutions."
"The solution provides secure and easy access to corporate network resources."
"The most valuable feature is being able to manipulate the iRules, so you can send traffic to different avenues."
"It is an easy way to build application policies (graphical)."
"The most valuable feature is the proxy."
"The most helpful thing is that it's open-source. It's very easy to program and customize."
"It is the perfect solution when you have high workloads in your IT environment."
"What we like best about this solution is its stability. It is extremely stable."
"The solution's stability is pretty good."
"The setup is pretty easy."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Behavior analytics and other newer technologies should be integrated into the solution."
"Frequency of updates could be reduced."
"The GUI needs to be upgraded."
"Every two weeks there was a new version to install which was annoying for the users."
"The solution's performance and stability are average."
"The support could be more proactive in their recommendations. I noticed that the Cisco support agents tend to leave customers to do what they need to do in many ways, and you can choose how you want to do it. However, it would be great if they could proactively be involved in best practices and let other customers know how most people are doing it."
"This solution doesn't address the seal of trust as a concept for a traditional VPN clients. I think that it is a dying product."
"If they could simplify connections via other machines, like Linux or Mac OS X, it would be helpful."
"Its scalability and deployment should be better. It should be more scalable, and it should be easier to deploy."
"It would possibly help to get more training, even better in local languages."
"I would like there to be more device security. I would like the tool to support SSL links, along with SSL and TLS."
"BIG-IP LTM's sandboxing integration could be improved."
"It reaches a point where scaling is no longer possible."
"The user interface of F5 BIG-IP LTM is old and could improve."
"We would like to have integration into encryption and PKI integration with SafeNet. That is probably the key component in using External PKIs, letting people bring their PKIs with them."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". 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 Aruba Remote Access Points, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and OpenVPN Access Server. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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