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Appgate SDP vs. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Appgate SDP

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAppGate SDP (software-defined perimeter) from Cyxtera Technologies headquartered in Addison is a zero trust network security product.N/A

    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) offers a network-based approach for adaptable, trusted access everywhere, based on context. It gives the user intelligent, integrated protection through intent-based policy and compliance solutions.N/A
    Pricing
    Appgate SDPCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
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    Pricing Offerings
    Appgate SDPCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Appgate SDPCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
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    Appgate
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    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    84%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Appgate SDPCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (146 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Appgate SDPCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Appgate
    It is best suited for larger companies with lots of remote workers that need complex access management. We've barely scratched the surface on what Appgate can do via its API.
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    Cisco
    Well suited... I've used it for both wired and wireless access, and it's perfect for that. In addition to enforcing security on the port, you can also lock down east-west traffic. When you get to the point where you're configuring secure group tags and things like that, you can keep people from getting to places they shouldn't. Basically, you could turn your entire network into a firewall if you wanted to. You can secure access based on the identity of any given user through role-based authentication. For example, if you have salespeople and you don't want them accessing your financial or PCI environment, they authenticate as a salesperson and you can completely stop them from getting to any of that. That's really important, especially for us. Our payment card infrastructure servers are heavily locked down. Granted, in our situation, we firewall all that off anyway, but you still don't want some random individual to be able to even attempt that sort of thing. That's what it's really good for. I'm trying to think of a weakness. I don't know. We don't really struggle with it. There's nothing that I use it for where I wish it were better, at least not that I can think of offhand. I'm sure there are things, I just can't think of anything off the top of my head.
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    Pros
    Appgate
    • Software-Defined perimeter
    • Hide resources to non-authorized/authenticated users.
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    Cisco
    • manageable scaled administrative access to network devices as needed
    • Great use as a radius server which allows proper authentication and authorization into the network
    • Multiple conditions that can be utilized to grant users access based on their role in the organization
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    Cons
    Appgate
    • Live logging in the client. Currently you have to "download" the logs into a zip file and then open that zipfile to look at the logs. There's no logfile to tail or watch.
    • Load balancing between controllers could be better. Currently relies on round robin DNS and sometimes a browser will pick a different IP than previous and you'll get a big "LOST CONNECTION TO CONTROLLER" message.
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    Cisco
    • Trustsec needs more documentation and configuration best practice examples
    • The licensing model can be difficult to explain and understand for customers
    • Difficult to get an accurate benchmark to know exactly how many Cisco Identity Services Engine nodes and the size of the deployment should be
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    We are so very reliant on Cisco Identity Services Engine at this point that finding another solution would be a big hassle for us.
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    Usability
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    For us the solution is very easily useable on its own. Perhaps that has to do because we started using ISE in the 1.2 days and have seen it grow during the years. Policy creation, etc. is all very visible and thus easy to use. Deployment of multiple nodes is also incredibly easy and flexible. You can easily add or remove nodes as you wish.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    We do have to occasionally reboot the servers when they get low on memory, but we're also a few versions behind. Availability has generally been pretty good though with no major outages in the time that we've had it implemented.
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    Performance
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    yes it does. depending on where you coming from. Logs are pretty busy same as report. it also depending on devices count and design.
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    Support Rating
    Appgate
    The company has been supportive overall of our needs and desired features. I have not personally called the support services, but I've heard no direct complaints either.
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    Cisco
    Cisco support is second to none, both in terms of how you access support but also the knowledge of the individual support teams. If you focus on one technology and provide "manufacturer support" then you can rest assured that you are accessing Cisco's top individuals. I feel like this is a USP for Cisco support.
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    Online Training
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Training can only cover certain areas, there are a lot of areas training just can't cover. You have to learn by doing it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    I think our system integrators lacks some competencies and this has led to an implementation that is still perfectible. (i.e. dedicating an interface for intra-cluster communication)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Appgate
    The existing system was FortiGate. The management of the system was a hassle. Because IT personnel had to manually create VPN accounts, user passwords were known to who created them and the end user did not have a way to change them. This created a security issue in the event an IT engineer left the company.
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    Cisco
    I think all give some visibility of device monitoring and management, but Cisco Identity Services Engine gives a good way to manage more details about the device in a centralized way that gives a wider range of monitoring and control than the other softwares individually. I don't think Cisco Identity Services Engine eliminates the need for these other software as of now, but there is potential for Cisco Identity Services Engine to be able to take over more of these roles.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Cisco ISE was competitively priced and Cisco was able to leverage some of our existing contracts to help ease the purchase.
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    Scalability
    Appgate
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    It's fully customised and comprehensive. only thing is you need to know what you want. Proper research and planning would save lots of time and effort .
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    Return on Investment
    Appgate
    • We are achieving our goals with this tool by hiding resources behind it.
    • It is a new model that requires a different thought process for many in network operations.
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    Cisco
    • I don't know about negatives because we haven't seen it right now, but positive impact is one is the roadmap we have. And now since we are going ahead with doing the deployment of Cisco ISE, we see that we are getting closure to, so at the end of the day, we have to make sure that operationally we stay excellent. So that's where operational excellence comes in. Cisco ISE is basically addressing that for us. Right now we are in a situation if there is a WIFI issue or if there is an authentication issue, it gets really difficult to isolate the problem. But with Cisco ISE , this functionality is going to come in. So we believe that it would be a good ROI.
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