We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway 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."
"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 user interface is user-friendly."
"It's a stable solution."
"The product's most valuable features are security, stability, and troubleshooting capabilities."
"A reliable and stable solution for remote network access."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable, and once we connect, we don't face any issues and can do our work."
"Cisco certainly has a really strong support team."
"It's a very stable solution and I'd say it works perfectly."
"The ability to connect old protocols like Border Gateway Protocol is valuable."
"It is a stable solution in our company, and we monitor critical health and performance parameters daily and weekly."
"The best feature is the ability to connect from anywhere."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is its performance. It is very fast."
"It works perfectly for me. It is very user-friendly in terms of the configuration and the setup process."
"It is easy to configure."
"The solution is very quick to connect."
"The point-to-site is pretty good for the B2C stuff. It's fairly straightforward to set up."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It can be difficult to find service and at times we cannot connect with the internet easily."
"The solution does not give us options if the connectivity to one server is not available."
"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."
"The configuration must be improved."
"The system needs to be upgraded to replace the Token Authentication software, which will no longer be supported."
"The product costs a lot of money."
"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."
"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."
"Connectivity could be improved in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway because it's not as stable, particularly when connecting a device tunnel."
"Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway could improve by providing IPS zero-day threat protection. For example, the IPS zero-day threat protection can monitor the user behavior to protect the infrastructure. The solution can only be used as a VPN, it is lacking features."
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"The marketing material in the portal is not very user-friendly."
"In the next release, Microsoft should add an option to schedule upgrades."
"More configuration options could be included in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway."
"I would like for them to improve the troubleshooting features. We have some problems with traffic and I can't identify where the problem is coming from. I have to open a ticket with support until it gets resolved. Microsoft doesn't offer enough tools to resolve the issue."
"In future releases, I would like to see the ability to inject BGP routes."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 18 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway 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 Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway writes "A scalable and reliable solution that enables users to connect to older protocols that other products do not have". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client and Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and AWS PrivateLink. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway report.
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