We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and GoodAccess 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."
"It is very effective and I am satisfied with how it works and with its performance."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"The platform provides value and benefits to our organization through efficient and effective communication."
"It's a stable solution."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"The solution is very easy to work with. This is its most valuable feature. They also did a good job surrounding how you configure the devices."
"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, convenient, and easy. It always works if configured well."
"No extra hardware is needed, and it is very easy to set up"
"The solution has easy-to-use administration and offers an easy implementation."
"The VPN's role in facilitating remote work has improved internal efficiency."
"GoodAccess has significantly improved security in our organization."
"The task of managing security and auditing for unauthorized entries has been substantially diminished."
"Access control allows us to manage permissions efficiently, ensuring secure and tailored access."
"GoodAccess offers a very available professional support service - it can be via chat service, email, or phone."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the static IP and speed."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The administration should be improved."
"Sometimes the connection drops, and we don't like that. I'm not sure the reason, but sometimes it will take time to connect or it will disconnect fast."
"The solution's configuration could be made easier."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution needs to integrate password-less technology so that you don't have to remember passwords each time that you log in, which is otherwise tedious. We should be able to log in as long as our system is connected to the internet."
"I have no notes in terms of areas of improvement."
"The product’s dashboard is not good enough."
"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."
"For small organizations, it works great. However, the larger the organization, the more scalable the pricing model, the better, since gateways can be very expensive if an organization needs multiple gateways."
"The product could improve by extending its chat support beyond 8-5 CET, Monday to Friday, to a 24/7 service for better accessibility and immediate assistance."
"It would be useful to see the weekly usage information within the program itself and a dashboard for all usage data."
"The latest upgrade to the Windows version of the app (unconfirmed on the Mac client) adds some unnecessary stylized animation to the GUI."
"The interface could provide more extensive information regarding the occurrence of threats. Currently, it only displays rudimentary threat data."
"The installable app's occasional bugs have caused disruptions for some users, impacting smooth usage."
"I've found some bugs."
"There could be a better view of which type of communication is going through the system."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while GoodAccess is ranked 10th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 19 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while GoodAccess is rated 9.2. 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 GoodAccess writes "Robust, allows for remote work, and has comprehensive support". 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, whereas GoodAccess is most compared with . See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. GoodAccess report.
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