We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and OpenVPN Access Server 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."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"The split panel functionality is much better in the Cisco IOS SSL VPN than in the Aruba VPN."
"The customer service and support are the best. When it comes to support, Cisco is the best vendor ever."
"The platform provides value and benefits to our organization through efficient and effective communication."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"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 product's most valuable features are security, stability, and troubleshooting capabilities."
"The solution's environment is stable and doesn't get disconnected every now and then."
"With Cisco IOS SSL VPN, you can access your corporate data safely and securely."
"Provides privacy and cryptography for my network communication."
"The initial setup was easy."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"I have found the stability to be good."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
"The product has strong encryption and scalability features. It provides security for private network connections."
"I like that it's easy to use, easy to download, and not hard to manage."
"It is much easier to scale and troubleshoot compared to regular Windows-based VPN solutions or PPTP daemon."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"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."
"The solution takes some time to log in because of some unavoidable security barriers, but it would be better if that could happen faster."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I have no notes in terms of areas of improvement."
"The solution needs to integrate password-less technology so that you don't have to remember passwords each time that you log in, which is otherwise tedious. We should be able to log in as long as our system is connected to the internet."
"The configuration is critical and complex."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"The product costs a lot of money."
"It would be nice with all these features, if they could send some examples of each one; just small sample scripts to look at and say, "Oh okay, I could expand on this." That would help us a lot."
"You do need expertise in implementation if you do the initial setup yourself."
"The solution can be more compatible with different operating systems."
"It could include a configuration wizard so that users who do not follow instructions well can configure a connection."
"If we had to create something for someone who was not necessarily tech savvy, I had to set that up on their computer, I had to write "read me's" and other things so that they could install their client and then connect to the VPN by themselves. So it was hard to set up for people who are not tech savvy."
"There could be an easier way to set up the solution. However, if you use the provided information that comes with the solution there should not be a problem."
"The upgrade path from older versions was more difficult than we wanted to tackle, so we ran an older version of the software for longer than I wanted. Patching, updating, and migrating to newer versions was a problem for us. That said, we were on a rather old version that I inherited yet it worked rock solid."
"They should make the solution more secure by adding some firewall functionalities."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. 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 OpenVPN Access Server writes "An easy-to-use tool with which its users can access networks from home or external locations". 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 OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and SonicWall Netextender. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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