We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) 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."It helps us access networks from anywhere."
"The product is very stable."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is reasonably priced, and its technology is flexible."
"The solution is very stable."
"The platform provides value and benefits to our organization through efficient and effective communication."
"I have found that Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable."
"Stability-wise, it is a very good solution."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable, and once we connect, we don't face any issues and can do our work."
"F5 has many capabilities for load balancing and web application firewall features."
"The solution has good load balancing capabilities."
"We like is how they integrate nicely with the Oracle PeopleSoft application."
"BIG-IP LTM is completely stable, and its performance is good."
"The most valuable feature is customization."
"It is a fast and available solution."
"Valuable features include Link Controller and Server Load Balancer."
"One of the best features of the solution is the operating system."
"The product's RPA tools need enhancement for simplified business process automation."
"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."
"The solution's graphical user interface is not very user-friendly."
"It would be nice if we could use this not just on mobile, but on laptops and desktops as well."
"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 doesn't support the configuration of multiple VPNs."
"The pricing needs to be better."
"It can be difficult to find service and at times we cannot connect with the internet easily."
"Certificate management needs improvement. I would like automated deployment of new certificates without manual intervention to be in the next release of this product."
"Technical support could be faster. It's something I'd like to see them work on in the future."
"It would possibly help to get more training, even better in local languages."
"F5 has another solution to load balance servers on the cloud, which they got after the purchase of NGINX. It is deployed as Kubernetes or something like that, but the problem now is that they have two solutions for two situations. They should make F5 deployable on the cloud."
"It is a hardware load balancer, and its installation procedure is more complex than a software load balancer. There are pros and cons of using hardware load balancing. You have to have specific hardware deployed in your data center to activate this load balancer. They never came up with any software-based load balancing solution. It is all hardware-based."
"There is a need for a more modular version to concentrate on the current monolithic structure of both the virtual and hardware versions."
"Cloud native integration should be provided."
"A more hybrid approach would be beneficial for users."
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Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. 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 F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and HAProxy. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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