Cisco AnyConnect vs Cloudflare

Likelihood to Recommend

In our scenario, we help employees to work from anywhere, both on company laptops and personal mobile devices, at any time. AnyConnect simplifies secure terminal access and provides the security you need to keep your business safe and secure. If you already have Firepower or ASA firewalls, Cisco can provide you with AnyConnect licenses for user VPNs. If your firewalls are Firepower, the licenses can be uploaded to your Smart account.

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Diego Gamez

Analista de Proyectos

Cyberline SRLTelecommunications, 51-200 employees

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Excellent for managing server loads and site speed for our clients. Most would have to buy bigger hosting packages to handle their busy days, but CloudFlare picks up the traffic and reduces the burden on the server. Most clients can rely on smaller hosting accounts to keep their sites up.

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Darcy Knapp, MBA

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

SEO Web MechanicsMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pros

Autoconnections are seamless for the users. There's nothing for them to do once it's all setup.
It recognizes security certificates for the PC and user, so you can easily lock down the connectivity to the specific users and/or machines you need for your environment.
Unless the WIFI is extremely poor, the software can make the connection and allow your users to function on the VPN.

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Debbie Johnson

Technology Systems Manager

Gentry Locke Rakes & MooreLaw Practice, 51-200 employees

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Security: Cloudflare keeps our website safe from DDoS attacks and other malicious traffic.
CDN: Cloudflare caches our website content, increasing our website's reliability and reducing server load. This saves on bandwidth costs from web servers.
Registrar: We can migrate domains to Cloudflare, though they don't currently allow the purchase of new domain names. The benefit of this is cheaper renewal fees and fewer systems involved in managing our domains.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Restaurants Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Next generation features are lacking.
Split handling scenarios are limited.
Sensitive to timeouts.
Auto reconnect features does not work as expected.
Auto mtu discovery does not work on some cases.
Not a full featured solution on the client side.
Detailed reporting is missing.
Lack of multi device management.
Application, url based dashboards needs to be enhanced.

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Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Multiple Users - It would be great to be able to have multiple users on one account.
Itemized Cache - Would love to see a list of files that have been cached by CloudFlare's CDN and when they will expire. Also nice to optionally remove one or more files from the cache.

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Joey Yax

Web Developer

Grady BrittonMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco AnyConnect 9.1

Based on 1 answer

We are most likely to renew, in the case that our contract expires, as this application made us able to continue our day-to-day operations.

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Verified User

Employee in Customer Service

Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cloudflare 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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Usability

Cisco AnyConnect 8.7

Based on 29 answers

Deployment was easy. On the end user side, it is also easy to use. They just install an app on their mobile device or computer, fill the VPN address and their credentials, and they can work remotely as they are located in company premises.

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Nikola Marks

Cyber Security Analyst

Nation FarmChemicals, 51-200 employees

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No score

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Support Rating

Cisco AnyConnect 8.7

Based on 57 answers

Only needed most when onboarding users. That too was streamlined with a detailed documentation on setting up VPN connections. Next use came when the implementation team needed to set up auto updating software when teams who didn't connect to VPNs while working remotely had repeated reminders about software licenses expiring. Connecting to VPN seamlessly updated all software, performed security checks and re-established trusted user relationship.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cloudflare 8.0

Based on 14 answers

We've been using a free plan, so we know that we aren't a priority on their list, but we had a severe issue in just one project, and they weren't able to help us with that.
We had to remove that website from Cloudflare and use another service since they couldn't help us, and they took a long time to respond to our inquiries.

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Carlos Eduardo de Souza

Co-founder & Manager

Coopers Digital ProductionInternet, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We selected Cisco AnyConnect because we needed a quick solution when we took our company remote and we'd already used Cisco AnyConnect in a limited manner for on call tooling. It was an excellent solution for taking our company fully remote. We also use OpenVPN for one specific team that is VPN'ing directly to our cloud infrastructure, again, specifically for on call tooling.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Human Resources Company, 51-200 employees

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We selected them at the time based on the service offered and the need to distribute website content in different various locations. But in the end our in house solutions have worked out much better and using simple replication our data is sent out from seven geographical locations and works BETTER than anything CF had offered or currently does.

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Robert Winkelmann

Program Director

Megarock RadioBroadcast Media, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

AnyConnect has allowed business operations to continue uninterrupted during the pandemic, which has been key to maintaining business continuity with customers and stakeholders.
AnyConnect has played a part in allowing for downsizing of some physical office sites. At least 4 office buildings within the organization have now been sold as employees haven proven the ability to work effectively remotely indefinitely.
AnyConnect has also facilitated globalization within the wider organization. Productive meetings with colleagues around the world at various times of day are possible with continuous access to company virtual resources.

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Verified User

Analyst in Quality Assurance

Medical Device Company, 10,001+ employees

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Our business has online presences to reassure our customers, not to gain new ones, so the actual ROI is smaller than for most other people.
CloudFlare is super easy to use so I can make adjustments on the fly.
Safety and security is important and I don't have to worry about a lot of things due to CloudFlare.

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Chris Widner

VP of Technology & Human Resources

Quality Ironworks, Inc.Construction, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco AnyConnect Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cloudflare Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	Free
Pro	$20²
Business	$200²
Enterprise	Contact sales team

per month

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