We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The main difference between the two products is that Cisco AnyConnect users don’t have issues with the solution’s stability like Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway users do. In addition, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway’s users say it is expensive and difficult to deploy.
"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."
"I haven’t experienced any issues and the connection is always stable."
"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 solution provides seamless connectivity to the VPN without delay."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is good for securing our connection. It is very easy to use, I click to use it and it works."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the consistency, I have not had any issues with the performance."
"The ability to add multiple two-factor authentication options for the user to choose from when they log in has helped increase the security of our network, especially with so many people working remotely."
"This solution is stable. There have been no technical issues."
"It is stable. We haven't had issues so far."
"It is easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is the networking. I didn't have a good experience with the networking that Sophos has."
"The point-to-site is pretty good for the B2C stuff. It's fairly straightforward to set up."
"It is a stable solution in our company, and we monitor critical health and performance parameters daily and weekly."
"The ability to connect old protocols like Border Gateway Protocol is valuable."
"All of our offices are using Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. The solution is scalable."
"It works perfectly for me. It is very user-friendly in terms of the configuration and the setup process."
"It is scalable and depends on your chosen network bandwidth."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"All I care about is being connected and I know that we've run into versioning issues in the past."
"The price could be reduced."
"When using Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client when my laptop goes into sleep mode the VPN wants me to enter the password again. I should not have to enter the information again. If the laptop is on and it is not switched off, the password should be in the VPN saved and secured."
"I think, in general, most of the applications are slow, but this is everyday stuff. I think this is more related to the link speed — the links, the lossage, etc."
"It should autodetect or monitor it, when I am in the office it goes to the network in the office, or when I'm not at the office, it automatically activates my VPN connection."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by making a feature to set it apart from other competitors."
"In the next release, Cisco should add a chat feature."
"More frequent updates would be ideal."
"The marketing material in the portal is not very user-friendly."
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"Documentation and configuration settings can be improved."
"Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway could improve by providing IPS zero-day threat protection. For example, the IPS zero-day threat protection can monitor the user behavior to protect the infrastructure. The solution can only be used as a VPN, it is lacking features."
"Make it completely routable, for example, if I have a gateway, I should be able to connect to whatever network I want on either side of the gateway, and the gateway should figure out which packet goes where."
"They should release a less expensive version of the solution."
"The solution must provide metrics to monitor the inbound and outbound traffic easily."
"More configuration options could be included in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 19 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is rated 8.2. 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 Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway writes "A scalable and reliable solution that enables users to connect to older protocols that other products do not have". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiClient, whereas Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti Connect Secure and AWS PrivateLink. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway report.
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