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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software is the core OS for the ASA suite. It provides firewall functionality, as well as integration with context-specific Cisco security modules. It is scaled for enterprise-level traffic and connections.N/A

    Druva Security Cloud

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AWorkforce mobility and the rise of cloud services is an essential part of any business, but it creates a number of challenges for IT. Data spread across devices and cloud services, unpredictable schedules, and varied network connections all complicate efforts to protect and govern enterprise information. The Druva Cloud Platform (formerly Druva inSync & Druva Phoenix) provides unified data protection, management, and information governance across endpoints and cloud…N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareDruva Security Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareDruva Security Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareDruva Security Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Druva
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    271 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    42 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    262 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    272 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    234 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    249 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareDruva Security Cloud
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Druva Security Cloud
    Feature
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    8.9
    50 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Druva Security Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Identification Technologies7.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.446 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console9.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.949 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN10.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability9.649 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection10.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Druva Security Cloud
    Feature
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    -
    Ratings
    Druva Security Cloud
    9.3
    152 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings9.3116 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings9.5117 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.5114 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings9.495 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.0110 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.4138 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.5151 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.1143 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.3115 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.5119 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings8.9143 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.4123 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.4143 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.2128 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Druva Security Cloud
    Feature
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    -
    Ratings
    Druva Security Cloud
    9.4
    129 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings9.7123 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings9.3106 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings9.3125 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings9.3102 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings9.3112 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings9.576 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareDruva Security Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (88 ratings)
    9.4
    (357 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.4
    (29 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (76 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    9.6
    (76 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.7
    (164 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    1.5
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (133 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareDruva Security Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Cisco ASA's are great for internal network connected access between a firewall and the central management server. And, for complex networks where high security requirements with overly strict compliance are necessary. For networks with limited connectivity to the core or for poor network connectivity these are not the best solution. There are other more stand-alone firewall's that do this better. These firewall's are a little more complex to set up to start with so significant knowledge of these devices is required to set them up and ensure they are best practice installed.
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    Druva
    100% cloud backup solution that was implemented well and easy to use. Great communication from our AE through the process and whenever needed. There is a robust admin web management portal that offers a fairly granular user privilege setup and the ability to add different regions in backup. Druva Security Cloud doesn't require a lot of bandwidth or additional resources for either backups or restores. Users can independently recover their data. We are able to back the files up both individually and at a group level. The support team is 24/7 and easily accessible. Biggest con, in this day and age, is that it would be great to have an admin smartphone application. More details when the backup is running would be nice as well as more customizable reports. Also some cosmetic bugs related to the UX, but nothing huge.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • ASA is our VPN concentrator. The client and server are very stable and very easy to use
    • ASA also offers Intrusion Prevention, to an extent. This is also very useful for an improved security posture for a small company
    • ASA allowed us to scale very quickly. We could onboard clients, partners, and consultants and give them a great onboarding experience as well
    • Administrative costs with ASA are low. It's very easy to administer.
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    Druva
    • We like the option of downloading backed up files both individually and as a group.
    • The ransomware protection is a security feature that puts our minds at ease when it comes to the safety of our data.
    • The Customer Success team does frequent reach outs and technical health checks.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The ASDM software is at times a nightmare to install because of different java versions[.]
    • [The firewall] could do with a power button, just to be able to do a hard reboot when needed[.]
    • It would be nice to manage the firewall via the web on port 443[.]
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    Druva
    • They have more ways to improve in Analytics section and UX.
    • I recommend to have to integrate with the cloud storages cheaper option to store backups which would be tremendous for customers to save snapshots costs.
    • Love to see Druva Data Resiliency Cloud have a better rbac policy on who can trigger the DR engine.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    To be honest there has been now great products out in the market compared to Cisco ASA. I beleieve Cisco has to do a lot of improvement in this area. The other defeiniete factors is the cost when it comes to renewals which is always a premium on Cisco products
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    Druva
    This is the second company I've brought to Druva. Just today, I was tasked with recovering a file from a user that last saw it 6 months ago. I was able to restore it in under 5 minutes of getting the request. It's really that easy.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Druva
    The product is easy to navigate and manage. Setup and configuration is also easy. We did not need to pay for any additional professional services. Our account team worked with use on the integration. It was not complex or difficult to learn how to setup and use. End users also have the ability to log in and manage their own files and emails
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    I generally have not noticed the outages, however since it's a machine it can malfunction, we need to implement the firewall infrastructure in such a way that it is highly available with device failure, region failure etc. Else any solution will be having the issues if they are not build with resiliency.
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    Druva
    Like any service, there are scheduled maintenance periods and unscheduled outages, however outages have been very limited and fortunately have not had any impact on our environment.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Druva
    Page response in the admin center is acceptable- rarely are we waiting for data to load. Backup speeds seem fine, and restore speeds are OK considering it's likely pulling data from cold storage. It often takes 30-60 seconds for the restore to begin transferring files, but speeds are acceptable thereafter
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    The support is usually very good and gets back to you very quickly. However I had some instances of when two engineers will give me wildly different answers to what I thought was a simple question. Overall however I do rate the support highly and they are generally always very good.
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    Druva
    We had an issue in my first year that took a long time to fix. The support guy was awesome, took screen shots, filled me in, was professional, but it just took so long. I do think that was an anomaly, but it certainly sticks out nonetheless. Beyond that, we've had pretty good support "relationships" with the reps. They're usually pretty prompt at getting back and quite knowledgeable. Just make sure you have your proxies updated, because that's always step 1!
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Druva
    They are very well knowledgeable. They conducted a two day training session and they explained each and everything.
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Druva
    As an administrator, if I had a user who needed additional training, it was available. As an Administrator, the product was so easy I didn't need it
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    It was quite a good one, how ever requires an expertise to deploy hence the SMB segment would be finding it difficult to implement this product. The one good reason is that there are lot of ASA certified engineers in compared to the other certified engineers. Hence this resembles positively on the deployment as you have quite a lot of experienced engineer on your deployment
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    Druva
    Implementation from cloud ranger to Druva Data Resiliency Cloud platform was a seamless integration experience to upgrade the policies and license for continual backup/recovery support. This may be one of the best "set it and forget it" apps for backup solutions, that also allow notifications for failures etc...
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    We were using [pfSense] before in our environment but we regularly facing difficulties over it due to software bugs & downtime. After implementing Cisco ASA, it resolved our availability issue & provides us a reliable solution with the best security features & easy to understand GUI.
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    Druva
    We evaluated VMWare as a provider and found their dependence on IaaS or on-premises setup was a deal breaker. Being all-cloud really required that we have a cloud-native SaaS backup solution. VMWare and other IaaS and on-prem providers really could not match Druva Data Resiliency Cloud's abilities, at least not that we were able to determine.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Druva
    As the product is cloud based within AWS, scaleability is unlimited. The on-premise units of scale are predictable and allow administrators to scale up / down as needed. In my experience, the flexibility around these appliances, allow organisations to vertically or horizontally scale the environment with confidence and ease. Conversely, it is possible to set thresholds to ensure that organisations do not over commit and manage budgets effectively.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Most network engineers have worked with ASA, so there is no need for re-training when adding or turning over staff
    • Current configs from older devices plug in easily, and are operational on larger devices if an upgrade is required
    • Many support options available
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    Druva
    • Using Druva has simplified greatly the backup process. Once fully configured to your business needs, Druva provides a fast amount of backups.
    • Druva has saved a lot of time for the IT team. Usually time is wasted by staff members searching for a missing email. Now, they reach out to us or use their own Druva account to locate a missing email quickly and easily.
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    ScreenShots

    Druva Security Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of Druva™ delivers unified data protection, management, and information governance for cloud applications. Delivered as-a-service, Druva inSync for SaaS applications simplifies backup, archival, and compliance to reduce the cost and complexity of protecting online data, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve data visibility.Screenshot of Druva inSync delivers automated multi-cloud backup, recovery, and compliance for SaaS applications such as Microsoft, Google Workspace, and Salesforce to protect against SaaS outages and attacks in a secure, centralized cloud platform.Screenshot of A Cloud-native Design for User Data Protection and Management
Scalability is provided by the dynamic scaling of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Druva's global source level deduplication works with Amazon DynamoDB to store its hash table completing over a million looks-up every second.Screenshot of Druva offers an end-user data protection and governance platform that protects end-user workloadsa and offers value-add capabilities above and beyond core backup and recovery.