We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and ForgeRock based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Fortinet and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."The features that do work, work well, and we use it on a daily basis."
"It is stable and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the ASDM - the user interface makes it very easy to configure the firewall."
"They have recently made a lot of improvements. My clients don't have much to complain about."
"The most valuable feature is AnyConnect Posture because it scans all the programs on the workstation and checks if the antivirus is up to date, as well as the cryptographic keys on our SSD."
"We were originally a Cisco shop and Cisco ISE integrated well with our other Cisco switches and networks."
"The live logs and live sessions for troubleshooting are the most valuable features because they provide a detailed report of any issues."
"In terms of features, I think they've done a lot of improvement on the graphical user interface — it looks really good right now."
"Easy to customize and adaptable to any environment."
"This is a stable solution. When you do experience any issues, you will see it in your DB logs or audit logs so you can easily reach a conclusion of might be causing it."
"The support is good and prompt."
"The solution integrates well and it is important for them to keep up with the current trends in the market quickly enough, and they have been doing a good job at it."
"ForgeRock has CIAM, which other products didn't have, and they have DevOps ready."
"We have found the identity and access management tools in the solution to be particularly useful for our organization."
"Installation and configuration are pretty easy for ForgeRock OpenIDM."
"The most valuable features of ForgeRock are social login and data protection."
"I'd like to see an easier way to upgrade to larger versions, as well as more best practices that are easier to locate on their support page."
"ISE is a little clunky. The front-end feels like it is from the 1980s."
"They should improve the upgrades. It's not easy to upgrade the solution."
"There are still some bugs in ISE that need to be worked out."
"The solution can lag somewhat as we have a large database."
"If Cisco could grant more control, the features could be more focused on network and security administration, reducing the need for integration with other components."
"The one main thing that it can improve on is the GUI. As the newest addition to the team, I struggle a little bit to get around it just because it has so many features."
"I think some areas where ISE could be better are perhaps in the number of integrations that they offer from a virtual standpoint, as well as having a better and more comprehensive pathway for the customer to go from a physical environment to a virtual one."
"The user interface could be improved as it is cumbersome and outdated. It doesn't have a responsive UI."
"We would like this solution to be developed for use with mobile applications."
"I find that it's quite expensive for just an open-source system. Support is quite expensive."
"Automatic Deployment needs improvement. it could be made easier."
"I think the upgrade process is sometimes a little complicated and there are failures that occur."
"The solution requires more simplified customization. However, part of the problem is my clients determining their own preferences. Technology can help and do many things, but you have to define your own policies to ensure that the solution or service works within those parameters. Helping customers understand their business and different processes is another issue not relating to the functionality of this solution."
"The identity management model needs a bit of improvement."
"The only problem with ForgeRock is that it is derived from an open-source product, so sometimes it's a bit unstable."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 135 reviews while ForgeRock is ranked 4th in Access Management with 27 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while ForgeRock is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ForgeRock writes "Governance and access management solution used for multi-factor authentication that is outdated with an unresponsive UI". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas ForgeRock is most compared with SailPoint IdentityIQ, PingID, Microsoft Entra ID, Auth0 and Symantec Siteminder.
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