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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco AnyConnect

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco offers an SSL VPN solution via AnyConnect.N/A

    Nmap

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANmap is a free, open source network discovery, mapper, and security auditing software. Its core features include port scanning identifying unknown devices, testing for security vulnerabilities, and identifying network issues.

    $49,980

    one-time fee

    Pricing
    Cisco AnyConnectNmap
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Nmap OEM Small/Startup Company Redistribution License - Quarterly Term Maintenance Fee
    $7,980
    Every Three Months per license
    Nmap OEM Mid-Sized Company Redistribution License - Quarterly Term Maintenance Fee
    $11,980
    Every Three Months per license
    Nmap OEM Enterprise Redistribution License - Quarterly Term Maintenance Fee
    $13,980
    Every Three Months per license
    Nmap OEM Small/Startup Company Redistribution License - Annual Maintenance Fee
    $14,980
    per year per license
    Nmap OEM Mid-Sized Company Redistribution License - Annual Maintenance Fee
    $19,980
    per year per license
    Nmap OEM Enterprise Redistribution License - Annual Maintenance Fee
    $23,980
    per year per license
    Nmap OEM Small/Startup Company Redistribution License - Perpetual License
    $49,980
    one-time fee per license
    Nmap OEM Small/Startup Company Redistribution License - 5 year prepay Maintenance Fee
    $59,920
    Every Five Years per license
    Nmap OEM Mid-Sized Company Redistribution License - 5 year prepay Maintenance Fee
    $79,920
    Every Five Years per license
    Nmap OEM Mid-Sized Company Redistribution License - Perpetual License
    $79,980
    one-time fee per license
    Nmap OEM Enterprise Redistribution License - 5 year prepay Maintenance Fee
    $95,920
    Every Five Years per license
    Nmap OEM Enterprise Redistribution License - Perpetual License
    $98,980
    one-time fee per license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco AnyConnectNmap
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All perpetual licenses include a six-month trial period during which you can cancel for any reason and receive a full refund of all money paid (including maintenance). The term license is only a 3-month commitment and cal also be terminated with full refund during the first 30 days of the initial quarter.
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    Features
    Cisco AnyConnectNmap
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Cisco AnyConnect and Nmap
    Feature
    Cisco AnyConnect
    9.2
    29 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Nmap
    -
    Ratings
    AES 256-bit Encryption9.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Kill Switch9.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split Tunneling9.126 Ratings00 Ratings
    IP Address Masking9.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy9.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations9.123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection9.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections9.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Cisco AnyConnect and Nmap
    Feature
    Cisco AnyConnect
    -
    Ratings
    Nmap
    5.3
    17 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings5.011 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings2.07 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings2.08 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco AnyConnectNmap
    Small Businesses
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    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco AnyConnectNmap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (118 ratings)
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (97 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (95 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco AnyConnectNmap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Open Source
    If you're a sysadmin, or anyone who's had to deploy network services, you've almost certainly had to use Nmap at some point or other. Need to see what devices are on your LAN? Nmap can tell you that. Want to check which ports your web server has open to the internet? Nmap is your friend.
    Nmap is a powerful command-line tool and has many options that require some reading of documentation to get the best out of (although generally straightforward). If the thought of working at the command-line scares you (presumably not if you're reading this review), then you may want a much simpler tool, or at least check out Zenmap GUI.
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    Pros
    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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    Open Source
    • NMap provides a very fast and a very thorough network "sweep" that allows you to quickly map out exactly what's on your network.
    • NMap is highly configurable. The "canned" choices are very good in most instances, but using various switches and options, you can create a very specific scan and get exactly the results you're looking for.
    • NMap is easy to use. Even a new administrator will be able to use the graphical version (Zenmap) with efficiency right away.
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    Cons
    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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    Open Source
    • The GUI version on Nmap could use some improvement with the options that are available to do scans. For example, they could make it easier to select options for the different types of scanning for people who are beginners
    • There are no abilities to schedule a scan in the Nmap tool.
    • An intensive scan sometimes takes too much time to complete.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Open Source
    Nmap uses are very practical and I don't think there is a better tools for what Nmap does. It is open-sources that therefore there is no cost to use it. It offers a number of benefits, including but not limited to network mapping, port scanning and more. It is very reliable as a network scanning tool.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Open Source
    There is a very large support community and a robust selection of add-ons and scripts. Once you get the use down this is one of the most powerful tools and you can find anything you are looking for as far as examples on the web. While not having official support its not lacking by any means.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Open Source
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Open Source
    Alternatives to Nmap (other IP scanners) are often much more limited in what they can do; They often only allow you to scan a specific subset of ports or a limited number of IP addresses in one command. Nmap is unrestricted in that regard. What makes Nmap stand out above the rest, is the complete network analysis package you get with it. It allows IP scanner, network deep-dives, hardware analysis, vulnerability analysis, encryption detailing, and so much more, in one free application
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    Scalability
    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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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Open Source
    • Nmap with Wireshark is free, so it's been a great combo team to gather info and test.
    • It's allowed us to avoid fines from false positives and to fix actual issues ourselves.
    • Great for finding hosts, helps keep the network secure.
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