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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) offers a network-based approach for adaptable, trusted access everywhere, based on context. It gives the user intelligent, integrated protection through intent-based policy and compliance solutions.N/A

    Cvent Event Management

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACvent is a cloud-based enterprise event management company offering software solutions to event planners and marketers for online event registration, venue selection, event management and marketing, onsite solutions, email marketing, and attendee engagement. Cvent's suite of products automate and simplify the planning process to maximize the impact of events. Cvent provides hoteliers with an integrated platform, enabling properties to increase business demand through targeted advertising…N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cvent Event Management
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cvent Event Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cvent Event Management
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Cvent
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    144 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    277 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    128 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    221 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    142 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    273 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    176 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    115 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    184 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cvent Event Management
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cvent Event Management
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Cvent Event Management
    7.3
    84 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.281 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.984 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.879 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cvent Event Management
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Cvent Event Management
    7.9
    76 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.058 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings7.553 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.149 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.744 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings7.836 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings9.278 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cvent Event Management
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Cvent Event Management
    8.2
    66 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.855 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.768 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings8.267 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cvent Event Management
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Cvent Event Management
    7.6
    78 Ratings
    12% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings7.775 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings7.976 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings7.370 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cvent Event Management
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Cvent Event Management
    8.9
    86 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Branding options00 Ratings8.683 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings8.957 Ratings
    Attendee list export00 Ratings9.286 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cvent Event Management
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Cvent Event Management
    8.5
    92 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings9.286 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.990 Ratings
    Livestreaming00 Ratings7.946 Ratings
    Audience engagement00 Ratings8.676 Ratings
    Event recording00 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Virtual booths00 Ratings8.649 Ratings
    Networking00 Ratings8.360 Ratings
    Event analytics00 Ratings9.088 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cvent Event Management
    Small Businesses
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    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    FireMon
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco IOS Security
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cvent Event Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (146 ratings)
    9.5
    (425 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (46 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (90 ratings)
    Availability
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    9.9
    (115 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    7.2
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cvent Event Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Well suited... I've used it for both wired and wireless access, and it's perfect for that. In addition to enforcing security on the port, you can also lock down east-west traffic. When you get to the point where you're configuring secure group tags and things like that, you can keep people from getting to places they shouldn't. Basically, you could turn your entire network into a firewall if you wanted to. You can secure access based on the identity of any given user through role-based authentication. For example, if you have salespeople and you don't want them accessing your financial or PCI environment, they authenticate as a salesperson and you can completely stop them from getting to any of that. That's really important, especially for us. Our payment card infrastructure servers are heavily locked down. Granted, in our situation, we firewall all that off anyway, but you still don't want some random individual to be able to even attempt that sort of thing. That's what it's really good for. I'm trying to think of a weakness. I don't know. We don't really struggle with it. There's nothing that I use it for where I wish it were better, at least not that I can think of offhand. I'm sure there are things, I just can't think of anything off the top of my head.
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    Cvent
    Cvent has been great for our large flagship conferences, roadshows, exec forums, and webinars. From registration and attendee management all the way to post-event engagement and everything in between. Its custom reporting has helped us present business cases when we needed to eliminate certain events and has also helped us navigate challenging recruitment times by calling out patterns and successes.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • manageable scaled administrative access to network devices as needed
    • Great use as a radius server which allows proper authentication and authorization into the network
    • Multiple conditions that can be utilized to grant users access based on their role in the organization
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    Cvent
    • Event registration - manages different registration types for different programming.
    • Audience Segmentation - from sessions to event emails to push notifications, Cvent's audience segmentation saves us so much time.
    • Training - Cvent has a vast library of help articles and community questions and answers to help both new and seasoned users.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Trustsec needs more documentation and configuration best practice examples
    • The licensing model can be difficult to explain and understand for customers
    • Difficult to get an accurate benchmark to know exactly how many Cisco Identity Services Engine nodes and the size of the deployment should be
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    Cvent
    • Growth emphasis seems slanted towards trade shows and events vendor integrations (less so on educational/attendee features)
    • Because of rapid incorporation of new functionality, documentation can lag behind the current platform
    • Complexity is growing, so the platform requires a significant investment of time and coordination to fully leverage
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    We are so very reliant on Cisco Identity Services Engine at this point that finding another solution would be a big hassle for us.
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    Cvent
    We are very pleased with the features that Cvent gives us. The ease of use and the immediate support when something does stump us. Cvent provides us with everything that we need to run a successful event. The only reason I did not Rate Cvent as a 10 is the cost
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    Usability
    Cisco
    For us the solution is very easily useable on its own. Perhaps that has to do because we started using ISE in the 1.2 days and have seen it grow during the years. Policy creation, etc. is all very visible and thus easy to use. Deployment of multiple nodes is also incredibly easy and flexible. You can easily add or remove nodes as you wish.
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    Cvent
    Super simple to use once configured. The solutions guide you through the process and the training resources and community fill in anything you can't figure out. Technical and non-technical users alike will be able to figure out how to successfully use the system.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    We do have to occasionally reboot the servers when they get low on memory, but we're also a few versions behind. Availability has generally been pretty good though with no major outages in the time that we've had it implemented.
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    Cvent
    There have been a few times when the system has gone down in the midst of registration. It can be frustrating but know that it does happen at times
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    Performance
    Cisco
    yes it does. depending on where you coming from. Logs are pretty busy same as report. it also depending on devices count and design.
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    Cvent
    When pulling reports and it can sometimes lag a bit and that can be frustrating when you are trying to get things done on a timeline
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco support is second to none, both in terms of how you access support but also the knowledge of the individual support teams. If you focus on one technology and provide "manufacturer support" then you can rest assured that you are accessing Cisco's top individuals. I feel like this is a USP for Cisco support.
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    Cvent
    The company offers 24/7 customer support, including phone, email, and chat support, to ensure that we can get help when we need it. Additionally, the platform has a comprehensive help center and knowledge base, including user guides, tutorials, and FAQs, which help us troubleshoot issues on our own. Cvent also provides training and support resources, including onboarding assistance, live training sessions, and webinars, which help us get the most out of the platform. Overall, Cvent appears to be committed to providing excellent customer support and resources to its users, which can help ensure a positive user experience and successful events.
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cvent
    Our on-site trainer was very knowledgeable in the product and gave us very important pointers on best practices and how to perform tasks in the simplest manner
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    Training can only cover certain areas, there are a lot of areas training just can't cover. You have to learn by doing it.
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    Cvent
    It was all self-driven and I had to do a lot of searching around in the community to get answers.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    I think our system integrators lacks some competencies and this has led to an implementation that is still perfectible. (i.e. dedicating an interface for intra-cluster communication)
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    Cvent
    It would have been nice during implementation if we had received more pointers on how to organize our parked report folders, libraries, etc. to avoid the mess we find ourselves in today. If we had known ahead of time the limitations we could have planned better.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    I think all give some visibility of device monitoring and management, but Cisco Identity Services Engine gives a good way to manage more details about the device in a centralized way that gives a wider range of monitoring and control than the other softwares individually. I don't think Cisco Identity Services Engine eliminates the need for these other software as of now, but there is potential for Cisco Identity Services Engine to be able to take over more of these roles.
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    Cvent
    There is no other tool that offers the same range of solutions as Cvent, all under one umbrella. With minimal reliance on APIs, client and associate data are more secure, making all stakeholders more comfortable with the software. All other solutions I looked at only solved one piece of the puzzle I was dealing with.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    Cisco ISE was competitively priced and Cisco was able to leverage some of our existing contracts to help ease the purchase.
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    Cvent
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Cisco
    It's fully customised and comprehensive. only thing is you need to know what you want. Proper research and planning would save lots of time and effort .
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    Cvent
    I can see how this can help small AND large companies as they continue to grow
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • I don't know about negatives because we haven't seen it right now, but positive impact is one is the roadmap we have. And now since we are going ahead with doing the deployment of Cisco ISE, we see that we are getting closure to, so at the end of the day, we have to make sure that operationally we stay excellent. So that's where operational excellence comes in. Cisco ISE is basically addressing that for us. Right now we are in a situation if there is a WIFI issue or if there is an authentication issue, it gets really difficult to isolate the problem. But with Cisco ISE , this functionality is going to come in. So we believe that it would be a good ROI.
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    Cvent
    • Cvent Event Management has definitely provided great value with our exhibitors. It's a well organized system that they all trust and utilize each year now.
    • Cvent Event Management has also provided positive ROI on the app front. Our clients rely on the app to share information and it's saved us a lot of money in paper printing costs!
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