Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) vs Speedify VPN

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, management is not terrible if you have a stable network that is not overly complex. If you don't, this product will take considerable time to plan for an effective solution. I will say support is not very helpful, so if you need assistance after the initial sales rep assisted setup, good luck and be prepared to spend hours on the phone.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Speedify VPN is well suited to a variety of scenarios and possible uses. Just as one example, we wanted to increase our speed without upgrading platforms or memory, so we looked into VPNs. We chose Speedify and could not have been happier. It has helped us increase connection speeds and has been rock solid reliable.

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Manage high-privilege access to communications equipment. It allows to be granular in the permissions, to have it integrated with the LDAP users and, most importantly, to audit what tasks each user performed.
Profile users and devices and assign privileges and access levels based on that combination. It greatly improves the user experience, since it does not depend on the network it is in, but on the access levels it has depending on the device. It also allows self-managed guest access with approval flow, which is essential for our business.
It has also allowed us to automate actions based on findings from StealWatch, Umbrella, AMP, etc.

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Sebastián Sarasate

Corp IT Manager

Grupo Logístico AndreaniLogistics and Supply Chain, 5001-10,000 employees

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Combines multiple internet connections
Speeds up our connection
Keeps data safe and secure

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Lot and lots of settings. if they could simplify the process or have a template that would make things easier.
No batch edit. Would be nice to change settings of multiple devices at a time.

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Verified User

Administrator in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Only one is ease of installation

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 7.3

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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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Engineer in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 5.7

Based on 7 answers

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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Simon Watkins

Senior Network Consultant

Sure / Sure InternationalTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I haven't tried any other vendor when it comes to AAA. It seems that ISE was preceded by Cisco ACS. Cisco seems to be the front runner when it comes to this level of security and implementation. Why would you go to another vendor if you know Cisco is the vendor setting the bar?

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Thomas Osborne

Network System Administrator

CentralSquare TechnologiesInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Difficult to say since I chose Speedify and have not yet used any other services. But based on my research, Speedify seemed to offer a better value fr the money, easier to install on various sets, and much better support. Thier support has been second to none and they have been right there when needed

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

It certainly wasted a lot of SE resources.
It was a waste of budget and time of my people to try to get it running.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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More productive end users due to higher speed
Less time spent with our IT dept fixing viruses
Less time with IT dept with speed issues as well

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 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 Identity Services Engine (ISE) Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Speedify VPN Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0¹
Unlmited	49.99²
Teams	39.99³
Dedicated Server	$1,200⁴

1GB per user per month
per user per year
per user (5+) per year
per Server per Year

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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) vs Speedify VPN