We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Cisco IOS SSL VPN 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."
"Advanced malware protection helps us to prevent any virus from contaminating computers. We also have DLP for prevention. And AnyConnect has a feature that lets us do some sandboxing to evaluate files that arrive from the outside. So before opening them, we can check them with the sandbox."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"I like that it is really easy to use, it's a simple product. It can connect remotely with a secure network."
"The solution works very well. You just click and it's working."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the reliability and scalability."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the consistency, I have not had any issues with the performance."
"The solution is a super product that works as designed."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution is very stable."
"It is a stable solution. In my company, we haven't faced any issues related to the product's stability. I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten."
"It is stable."
"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, convenient, and easy. It always works if configured well."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable, and once we connect, we don't face any issues and can do our work."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is an easy-to-use and straightforward solution."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"The product's setup phase was easy."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution should not rely on tokens from the mobile application for logins."
"There are times the WiFi connectivity has disruptions and you have disconnections. It doesn't work with two connections. I have two switches back and forth sometimes. It doesn't have a failback scenario feature. However, on the gateway side, it does, but on the user device, it doesn't have that kind of option. It would be nice to have this feature."
"The hotspots give me connectivity issues occasionally. It could be easier to use if it allowed me to choose the hotspot."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is its ease of use and simple interface. It's always available as long as I have a good network connection."
"More frequent updates would be ideal."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by adding faster connectivity."
"If they could simplify connections via other machines, like Linux or Mac OS X, it would be helpful."
"This solution doesn't address the seal of trust as a concept for a traditional VPN clients. I think that it is a dying product."
"The Secure Plus Connect product could be improved with many enhancements in any price license, especially for licensing. Cisco could simplify the licensing; it could make it easier to order and use the features."
"I think the administration can be improved to include web interfaces."
"The administration should be improved."
"Cisco device management is quite difficult. They should work to simplify this."
"The solution's configuration could be made easier."
"The configuration must be improved."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN doesn't support the configuration of multiple VPNs."
"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."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". On the other hand, 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". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Citrix Gateway. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. Cisco IOS SSL VPN report.
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