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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS VPN

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAWS Virtual Private Network solutions establish secure connections between on-premises networks, remote offices, client devices, and the AWS global network. AWS VPN is comprised of two services: AWS Site-to-Site VPN and AWS Client VPN. Together, they deliver what the vendor describes as a highly-available, managed, and elastic cloud VPN solution to protect network traffic.N/A

    Cisco AnyConnect

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco offers an SSL VPN solution via AnyConnect.N/A
    Pricing
    AWS VPNCisco AnyConnect
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS VPNCisco AnyConnect
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    AWS VPNCisco AnyConnect
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco AnyConnect
    Currently, my org is using this default VPN, and we are using the same, but still, we noticed many features are good as compared with other VPN tools. Overall speed is pretty good and hence performance is good. There are other issues, like many times the login is not working …
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    Chose Cisco AnyConnect
    While other VPN products functionally work, we kept Cisco AnyConnect due to its stability and our ability to control how our users use it. Since we have a Cisco Network it was an obvious choice that we stand behind. While we have other options as backup the primary VPN will …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    92 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    92 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    Features
    AWS VPNCisco AnyConnect
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of AWS VPN and Cisco AnyConnect
    Feature
    AWS VPN
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Cisco AnyConnect
    9.2
    29 Ratings
    3% above category average
    AES 256-bit Encryption10.01 Ratings9.429 Ratings
    Kill Switch10.01 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support8.01 Ratings8.828 Ratings
    Split Tunneling10.01 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    IP Address Masking10.01 Ratings9.426 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations10.01 Ratings9.123 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection10.01 Ratings9.524 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections8.01 Ratings9.424 Ratings
    Customer Support Services10.01 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy00 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AWS VPNCisco AnyConnect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (118 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (97 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (95 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AWS VPNCisco AnyConnect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    AWS VPN are most suited when we have some of our workload in AWS Network. If have so and want to have connectivity to on-prem this is the best in the field.
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    Cisco
    Providing secure remote access with a robust VPN, creating an encrypted tunnel so employees can safely access internal company resources like file servers and private apps from anywhere. It also allows enforcing device compliance: depending on policies, checks whether a device has an active antivirus and the latest OS updates before allowing it to connect. When there is not much need for remote access, the cost is too high.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    • All Cisco AnyConnect data transfer processes are secure to enhance security.
    • It can connect multiple terminals across various sites directly.
    • Centralized management of the workstations connected to the network became easier than ever for managers with multiple locations in the organization's workforce.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    • Cisco AnyConnect can use the system resources as long as the program is being run.
    • Account activation may be very difficult when connecting from areas requiring captive portal login, if certain settings are not allowed.
    • By default, it is possible to request the user to authenticate again at specific intervals.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    It is perhaps the second most functional tool we have, it will definitely be renewed every year. Our network is stable, which ensures that there is less for our technicians to troubleshoot, which frees them up to ensure other parts of the company are maintained. This keeps our costs low and our downtime at a minimum.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    We have used it with many diffeewrent networks and we never faced any issue configuring it also the performance of AWS VPN is already great with stable bandwidth the egress data transfer charges from on prem to cloud is also NIL makes it best for me.
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    Cisco
    It is very useful tool for companies having hybrid work culture. It will allow their employees to work seamlessly from home, office, other branches. This tool will increase your productivity as it will facilitates your employees to access corporate applications 24x7. Overall it is easy to use, deploy and integrate.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    I have been using Cisco AnyConnect for past two years and thus I can say very firmly that I have never seen the outage from the Cisco AnyConnect services either It is VPN, System Scans or the Network Connectivity. Talking about the errors likewise major errors I have faced throughout my period of use.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Absolutely no speed issues, and I see no evidence of slowdowns across any of the multiple platforms I use daily. It's operation is completely invisible most of the time, except where there is a loss of connection due to server issues or a loss of power. Everything loads quickly and accurately.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    I don't know but nobody provides proper support for us as end user. They should have people to check whether end user is facing issues or not. Cisco AnyConnect having very high charges and still there is no proper support! Many requests and many tickets have opened, but the working speed is very low for the support team! They should have it to optimize.
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Our Managed Services vendor helped us with the implementation. When we initially setup our AnyConnect using MFA for remote connectivity, the setup was easy and straight forward and worked just fine. After a year, we decided to change to an "always on" feature and use machine and user based security certificates instead of MFA. We had to open a ticket with Cisco support and have their assistance getting this feature to work. Turned out they had a small bug in the code for that version of AnyConnect and it has since been corrected. We have had no issues with the upgrades since that time. The deployment of the software to the user machines was done with SCCM and was straight forward. The user machine upgrades are easy - when the user machine connects and sees a new version available, it upgrades itself! What could be easier?
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    We have most of our setup in AWS, we selected AWS VPN because it easliy gets integrate with our setup and provide seamless connectivity with our on-prem ecosystem. Compared to the alternative such Azure VPN Gateway and OpenVPN, AWS VPN offers simpler deployement and high availability and native integratioin with other AWS service like CloudWatch, Transit Gateway and other services
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    Cisco
    Cisco is one of our core partners besides Microsoft and SAP. And so yes, we are utilizing very many projects from Cisco. I would mention the whole networking equipment, the routing equipment, the wireless LAN, and also when it comes to infrastructure to compute infrastructure, we are utilizing Cisco servers within our converged infrastructure Flex spot. So we have been running a flex bot from Cisco, NetApp, and VMware for 12 years, and we are still very satisfied with the product. We are looking forward to upgrading to the newest blades and fabric interconnect to continue this journey.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Cisco AnyConnect has been a speedy, reliable, and efficient tool for the creation of your own VPN whatever location that you've brought your laptop. Customer support is consistently top-notch, coming up with quick fixes to whatever difficulties are thrown your way. I would not hesitate to reccommend Cisco AnyConnect to any business that needs connected employees throught the world.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    • We are able to seamlessly work on multiple clients daily, and it allows us to quickly handle more projects at the same time.
    • Cisco AnyConnect has allowed our own company's coworkers to remotely connect back to the corporate network, easily assisting work schedules and processes, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being forced to work remotely, meant our processes still happened quickly and efficiently, by being able to leverage and use Cisco AnyConnect VPN.
    • Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have worked 100% remotely for a few years now. This was always due to the reliable connectivity and ease of use with Cisco AnyConnect VPN. I live 2+ hours from our nearest corporate office, and even further from some of my client locations, and I have always been able to connect to any of my multiple Cisco AnyConnect VPN connections, within seconds.
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