We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and Ivanti Connect Secure 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's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is integrated with domain controller, SSO and MFA."
"IOS is user-friendly and simple. You connect to a particular VPN, and that's it. You become seamless after that."
"The product's setup phase was easy."
"The platform provides value and benefits to our organization through efficient and effective communication."
"Cisco VPN is easy to connect."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"A reliable and stable solution for remote network access."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN provides fast connectivity and the option to connect through multiple servers."
"It's quite stable."
"VPN tunneling is a very valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure. I also like that it is straightforward to use, and you can see traffic logs on it."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"The most valuable features of the solution are reliability and uptime."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are multi-factor authentications, and VPNs and SSL VPNs we are using."
"From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy."
"I can safely say this is one of the best solutions I have seen for VPN access. It can achieve what other vendors may not be able to. This product will train you about exactly what an SSL should be. You can leverage it to do whatever you wish, the way you wish to do it. This is the solution if you want a perfectly scalable product for your enterprise that can help your mobile users and integrate with the latest technologies."
"It is customer-friendly. It is quite easy for our users to connect. There is also the flexibility of the features."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The product's RPA tools need enhancement for simplified business process automation."
"The pricing needs to be better."
"I have no notes in terms of areas of improvement."
"In terms of what needs improvement, it should have better integration. Although, it might have already been taken care of."
"It would be nice if we could use this not just on mobile, but on laptops and desktops as well."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should add a sensor that can authenticate with a fingerprint instead of having to type the username and password every time."
"I would like for it to have support for the Dutch language. I typically use English in 99% of our communications but for some people, it matters."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve the reporting, it is lacking in detail and should take the report automatically."
"I would like the solution to be more secure and compatible. It also needs to improve integration with other systems."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"We want to switch to another solution because there are some challenges with the support from Pulse. The quality of documentation is also not good. It is sometimes very hard to find documentation that provides a solution and describes how all this works."
"The solution must be more user-friendly."
"The product's price is an area where improvements are required."
"I don't have any downsides to report about the product at this time."
"At the moment, Pulse Connect Secure is a pretty good solution, and I don't see any issues with it. Currently, I'm not aware of a new or additional feature that's needed in Pulse Connect Secure, but it would be good if the team could look at how the speed of connection could be increased. Though it's quite seamless and I didn't face any problem with the speed, it would be better to improve the speed and keep going forward, especially as the industry's changing and people would love connections to be a lot faster."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 3rd in SSL VPN with 25 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.6. 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 Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Citrix Gateway and SonicWall Netextender, whereas Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, OpenVPN Access Server, Ivanti Tunnel, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. Ivanti Connect Secure report.
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