We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-Series 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."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."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"This solution has two main features that we find very valuable; a threat-intelligence option, and a web/application filtering option. The technical support team are very good and very quick."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"Five out of five ROI."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"It's a very convenient and user-friendly application."
"The most valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure is its ease of use."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is being able to securely connect and use virtual desktops."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"The new UI that they are providing right now is very good."
"The product is easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are multi-factor authentications, and VPNs and SSL VPNs we are using."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"The product could use additional dashboards."
"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."
"I don't have any downsides to report about the product at this time."
"User experience and after-sales support could be better. For example, over the last couple of years, when this COVID scenario was going on, there were multiple attacks on these types of solutions. SQL has been attacked numerous times, and there were a lot of vulnerabilities, and our customers had to update and upgrade the devices every two weeks or every month. This was a headache. It could also be more scalable."
"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."
"The support team of the product needs improvement. Sometimes we have issues with multiple authentications, but there is no help from the support team."
"Zero test FDP (Fraud Protection and Prevention) should be improved."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve the reporting, it is lacking in detail and should take the report automatically."
Hillstone E-Series is ranked 8th in SSL VPN with 9 reviews while Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 3rd in SSL VPN with 25 reviews. Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, OpenVPN Access Server and Netgate pfSense, whereas Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Ivanti Tunnel and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM). See our Hillstone E-Series vs. Ivanti Connect Secure report.
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