Google Cloud VPN vs Ivanti Connect Secure comparison

Google and Ivanti are both solutions in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category. Google is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.8, while Ivanti is ranked #14 with an average rating of 6.7. Google holds a 0.9% mindshare in EIV, compared to Ivanti’s 6.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 78% of Ivanti users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

Ivanti Connect Secure

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78% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Google Cloud VPN and Ivanti Connect Secure 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.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud VPN

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

17th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Ivanti Connect Secure

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

14th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SSL VPN (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of Google Cloud VPN is 0.9%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ivanti Connect Secure is 6.4%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Prashast Tripathi

Data Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

Customizes networks with flexible configurations and high reliability

Google Cloud VPN offers a lot of flexibility to customize, supporting dual track IPv4 and IPv6, and v6-only configurations. It supports dynamic routing, and the SLA is a key factor with a 99.999% reliability. The Cloud VPN tunnel supports up to 250,000 packets per second for both ingress and egress traffic.

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Johan Derycke

Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Reliable remote access and tunneling enhance work efficiency, but upgrade processes need improvement

Ivanti needs improvement in its seamless upgrade and migration procedures, particularly with the browser components, which are fragile and sometimes cause issues depending on the Windows version, the browser version, and the different modules being used. On the client side, browser-initiated sessions are complex and require a more robust approach for non-admin users.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Google Cloud VPN is a reliable and easy-to-use solution."

"The most valuable feature of the product is its compatibility with almost every network."

"The most valuable features of Google Cloud VPN are its speed, connectivity, and reliability."

"Google Cloud VPN offers a lot of flexibility to customize, supporting dual track IPv4 and IPv6, and v6-only configurations."

"The most valuable features of Google Cloud VPN are its speed, connectivity, and reliability."

"Any time we had an issue with connecting the OpenVPN to a user, we just to them on the group's VPN and connected our VPN."

"The most valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure is its ease of use."

"Pulse Connect Secure is a stable solution."

"The stability of the product is its most valuable feature."

"The product is easy to use."

"It's a very convenient and user-friendly application."

"Ivanti Connect Secure provides the feature to check and ensure that employee devices are compliant before allowing them to access the VPN."

"I like the host checker, which thoroughly checks the security posture of the machine before allowing access. I also like application-based access and its seamless operations."

"The most valuable feature is being able to securely connect and use virtual desktops."

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Cons

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"The customer service and support from Google are not top-notch yet are available."

"The logging needs improvement."

"The platform's pricing needs improvement. Additionally, cost-efficiency enhancements or service integrations could add further value."

"The price for Google solutions could be cheaper. In general, I would rate it a seven."

"The customer service and support from Google are not top-notch yet are available. I would rate them around 7.5 to eight out of ten."

"From our side, there is an issue when Windows updates. The security mechanisms of Ivanti Connect Secure are very slow to update."

"The stability could be better. There are sometimes bugs in the system."

"Ivanti needs improvement in its seamless upgrade and migration procedures, particularly with the browser components, which are fragile and sometimes cause issues depending on the Windows version, the browser version, and the different modules being used."

"We need to know how many live active users there are and we can't. We even updated the server, however, we still can't see the proper level of live connections. Right now, it's showing as 300 users and my customer does not have that many users in his organization."

"The security mechanisms of Ivanti Connect Secure are very slow to update."

"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are the user-friendly connection and interconnecting."

"The product could use additional dashboards."

"An area for improvement in Pulse Connect Secure is the concurrent connections, particularly needing a license if you want to use Pulse Connect Secure with your Microsoft or Windows machine."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's not super cheap, but it's also not unrealistically priced."

"The product pricing is high."

"It is fairly priced."

"The pricing for Pulse Connect Secure is not low and not high, so it's good. It's a six out of ten for me, price-wise."

"Pulse Connect Secure is relatively cost-effective."

"The pricing is quite nominal. We pay on a yearly basis."

"I rate the product price a six to seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"A license is required for you to use Pulse Connect Secure, but I'm not aware of how much it costs."

"The price of Pulse Connect Secure is expensive."

"The cost of the product is high, but worth it because of the utility and great product support."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud VPN?

Any time we had an issue with connecting the OpenVPN to a user, we just to them on the group's VPN and connected our VPN.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud VPN?

The price for Google solutions could be cheaper. In general, I would rate it a seven.

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud VPN?

The troubleshooting guides need to be updated. We see errors but there's no proper documentation for resolving them. If Google can improve their resources on common problems and solutions, it would...

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What do you like most about Pulse Connect Secure?

From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pulse Connect Secure?

Ivanti has always been known to be pricey, making it a rather high-cost solution.

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What needs improvement with Pulse Connect Secure?

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Pulse Connect Secure

Overview

Cloud VPN securely connects your peer network to your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network through an IPsec VPN connection. Traffic traveling between the two networks is encrypted by one VPN gateway, and then decrypted by the other VPN gateway. This protects your data as it travels over the internet. You can also connect two instances of Cloud VPN to each other.

Google

Ivanti Connect Secure provides a seamless, cost-effective SSL VPN solution for remote and mobile users from any web-enabled device to corporate resources— anytime, anywhere.

Ivanti

Sample Customers

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Axcient, Baloise Group, Cygate, Catholic University of America, Datec Inc, Revlon, Santa Monica Networks, 7-Eleven

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