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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Secure Access

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AA cloud-delivered security service edge (SSE) solution, grounded in zero trust, designed to give users an exceptional user experience and protected access from any device to anywhere.N/A

    Cisco Secure Client

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Client is an endpoint agent that provides remote-access VPN, zero trust access, network access control, and endpoint security modules in one client for Windows, macOS, and Linux devices. IT and security administrators deploy and manage it, and Cisco describes it as unifying several endpoint security agents in one view. It is the successor to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.N/A
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    Cisco Secure AccessCisco Secure Client
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Secure AccessCisco Secure Client
    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
    Cisco Secure AccessCisco Secure Client
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Secure Access
    We decided to go with Cisco Secure Access because we are more familiar with Cisco products
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    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Secure Client
    Cisco has a larger and established user base than FortiClient. It also provides stronger security validation and solid web control features than FortiClient.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    92 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    92 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    30 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Secure AccessCisco Secure Client
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Cisco Secure Access and Cisco Secure Client (formerly AnyConnect)
    Feature
    Cisco Secure Access
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    Ratings
    Cisco Secure Client (formerly AnyConnect)
    9.2
    29 Ratings
    3% above category average
    AES 256-bit Encryption00 Ratings9.429 Ratings
    Kill Switch00 Ratings9.222 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support00 Ratings8.828 Ratings
    Split Tunneling00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    IP Address Masking00 Ratings9.426 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy00 Ratings9.222 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection00 Ratings9.524 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections00 Ratings9.524 Ratings
    Customer Support Services00 Ratings9.025 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Secure AccessCisco Secure Client
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (33 ratings)
    9.3
    (118 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (97 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (95 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Secure AccessCisco Secure Client
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Cisco as a whole solution, Cisco Secure Access as a solution is very well suited. If you want to simplify the operations and the way that you provide access to certain things, rollout and deployment are fairly straightforward and fairly fast if you know how to configure it properly. Regarding private access, there's still some things that need to be addressed to mitigate certain connections that aren't working correctly through the VPN, or maybe create some kind of exception. The most famous ones are things with Microsoft or other vendors, where, when you send that information through the VPN, split tunnels aren't necessarily the only configurations you have to consider. Things like IPS, decryption, you also have to look at those things as well. It might be good to try to enhance those types of configurations and maybe also document those things so that the users are aware.
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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.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • In my experience, zta (zero trust access) is done well in Cisco Secure Access
    • In my opinion, segmentation is done well in Cisco Secure Access
    • I think traffic security is done well in Cisco Secure Access
    • In my experience, enterprise security is done well in Cisco Secure Access
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    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
    Cisco
    • The integration into the Meraki dashboard is not yet complete, you have to use several interfaces to complete the configuration, the services should be fully integrated to provide better handling
    • Integration of firewall rules onprem and cloud should be standardized
    • Better user management / import
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    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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    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.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    It's simpler to identify or find things within the platform. Obviously, there are always things to improve, maybe in the GUI or in certain things coming over from Umbrella, because this platform is actually adopting a lot of the Umbrella solutions. And it's just a matter of trying to navigate through it. I really like the way it's simplified in how you categorize your internal policies and your private access policies. It's just a different mindset and a different way of creating policies in this case, compared to how Umbrella did in the past with rule sets and those kinds of things. But the actual solution itself works pretty well when you understand it.
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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.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
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    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.
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    Performance
    Cisco
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    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.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
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    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
    Cisco
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    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
    Cisco
    We selected Cisco Secure Access due to the intuitive GUI and ease of use. The agent deployment was simple and easy to maintain. Any additional updates or changes were quickly deployed, and users found the customized block messages useful. From analytics and management, the Secure Access Product has been simple to manage and provides a robust level of security and flexibility that we haven't found in any other product yet.
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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.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
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    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.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • The impact Cisco Secure Access has on our organization's overall business objectives is that we Replaced Bomgar
    • Another impact Cisco Secure Access has on our organization's overall business objectives is that it Eliminated giving vendors AD accounts
    • A third impact Cisco Secure Access has on our organization's overall business objectives is that Cisco Secure Access is Quick to deploy
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    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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