We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) 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 product 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."
"The solution is very easy to work with. This is its most valuable feature. They also did a good job surrounding how you configure the devices."
"It is a product that is very robust and durable."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN is reasonably priced, and its technology is flexible."
"It helps us access networks from anywhere."
"The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"The multicast feature is useful for us."
"It is the perfect solution when you have high workloads in your IT environment."
"It is a very good, flexible solution. It helps us to catch up on flaws in our partner solutions on top of its load balancing feature."
"Load balancing generally brings high availability and a bigger ability to scale out. In some cases, it brings security, depending on how it is configured."
"iRule feature is useful."
"It offers features Kemp doesn't provide. For example, there are predefined templates for handling Office 365. You can download them for automatic configuration."
"It has so many features. First of all, it has a full proxy architecture, it has multiple modules. The best feature is the WAF, the web application firewall module. It also has cashing type capabilities. It has all kinds of load-balancing algorithms based on your IT requirements."
"The most valuable features are DNS, APM, and ASM. Additionally, it is easy to use and you have a lot of flexibility to use the solution within a network."
"The solution's stability is pretty good."
"The product’s dashboard is not good enough."
"Sometimes the connection drops, and we don't like that. I'm not sure the reason, but sometimes it will take time to connect or it will disconnect fast."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN should improve its pricing."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"It would be helpful if Cisco IOS SSL VPN could help us set up devices on our iPads and phones."
"The system needs to be upgraded to replace the Token Authentication software, which will no longer be supported."
"Cisco IOS SSL VPN doesn't support the configuration of multiple VPNs."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The solution could improve the ease of use, the management could be simplified. Other solutions are easier to use."
"It would be good to have better traffic and better data. It would be nice to have more granularity to see packets in terms of the header details, the analytics, etc. It would be nice if that was also part of it and to have analytics added to the traffic."
"The user experience for dashboards and reports can be improved. They should make dashboards and the reporting system easier for users. They need to add more reports to the dashboard. Currently, for complicated reports, I have to do the customization. It should have more integration with network firewalls to be able to gather all the information required for traffic management."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is expensive. Pricing needs to be improved."
"Internet and cloud support could be improved."
"The synchronization does works fairly well. However, if I were to make changes, I would make it easier to start the sync process."
"The cost of the solution is pretty high. It would be ideal if it was more reasonable."
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Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 1st in SSL VPN with 47 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. 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 F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". 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, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and A10 Networks Thunder ADC. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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