We performed a comparison between Cisco ASx500 and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Citrix, SonicWall, Cisco and others in Universal Access Gateways."It works well for any environment that wants to use a VPN."
"One of the most valuable features is keeping our data secure."
"The performance is good."
"I like the load balancing capability."
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"The solution is reliable and has good overall performance."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."
"Blocklisting and allowlisting are the most beneficial features for network security."
"This solution has many options for remote desktop and access."
"There is no security, such as an antivirus and URL filtering mechanism, which is something that should be improved."
"The technical support from Cisco is not very good."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
"This is an expensive solution and I think that the price could be improved."
"The product's technical support services could be improved."
"The product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."
"The only thing that they could try to improve is the support for enterprise customers. Normally enterprises and SMBs can create a ticket, but for enterprises, SonicWall SMA needs to provide a global view, and this is what's currently missing. It's not even a question of timing. It's a question of the global vision because currently, it's lacking. They concentrate on the topic, but not on the means and not on the global picture. In most cases, there's something wrong with the integration of SonicWall SMA with other products, so that could also be improved."
"The solution has 2FA, it will generate a token and send it to an email, but multifactor authentication is not available. I would suggest that there should be MFA integration and provided with the appliance."
"The solution could integrate better with other platforms."
"User interface could be improved."
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Cisco ASx500 is ranked 3rd in Universal Access Gateways while SonicWall SMA is ranked 2nd in Universal Access Gateways with 14 reviews. Cisco ASx500 is rated 8.0, while SonicWall SMA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco ASx500 writes "Secure, scalable, and straightforward installation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". Cisco ASx500 is most compared with , whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Peplink SpeedFusion and Ivanti Connect Secure.
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