Remote secure.
March 05, 2026

Remote secure.

Filipe Machado | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco AnyConnect

Pros

  • Provide confidentiality to communications.
  • Seamless secure connections.
  • Productivity.

Cons

  • Cost, as it's overpriced for smaller organizations.
  • Performance Issues as some user report slow speed on VPN.
  • IT Maintenance allows for IT teams to use Management VPN Tunnels to connect to off-site laptops as soon as they power on (before a user even logs in). This is ideal for pushing critical security patches and software updates.
  • Network visibility and analytics with administrators seeing which applications are being used and monitor for unusual behavior that might indicate a data breach.
End-user ease of use increases productivity, always backed by robust technologies and top support services. Integration with other security platforms enables better management, providing direct insights into the traffic and security posture of endpoints and users. Cisco remains a solid name with a good reputation at the board level, for approval.
With a geographically dispersed company, end-user ease of use enabled a productivity increase, always backed by robust technologies and top support services. Integration with other security platforms allows for a better management with direct insights on the traffic and security posture of endpoints and users, benefiting greatly our company.
Cisco AnyConnect is a more robust, more reliable, and more stable solution for daily VPN access in enterprise environments. Support and community are very strong, with highly responsive technical support and a massive peer community for troubleshooting. Advanced analytics provides deeper insights into endpoint activity and threat detection than FortiClient.

Do you think Cisco AnyConnect delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco AnyConnect's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco AnyConnect live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco AnyConnect go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco AnyConnect again?

Yes

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.

Cisco AnyConnect Feature Ratings

AES 256-bit Encryption
9
Kill Switch
9
Multi-Platform Support
9
Split Tunneling
9
IP Address Masking
9
No-Logs Policy
9
Multiple Server Locations
9
Automatic Wi-Fi Protection
9
Simultaneous Connections
9
Customer Support Services
9

Cisco Security

When most of our employees connect with us remotely, some from abroad. It's important that we have reliable connectivity to office resources. Productivity increased with remote work, even after their devices slowed down after running the client, but most were happy with the AnyConnect solution.
Regarding Board approval, Cisco is well known and a very reliable brand that is used across many top organizations. This fact, and the fact that it has different products that are backed by recognized customer support, allowed for fast approval and swift implementation, with user-friendly products and a vast community for help with debugging.
It is a highly scalable application; the more users in an organization, the more it continues to work in a stable and efficient manner. It is fast, stable, and reliable.
Integration with our full Cisco security stack facilitated the choice, and since it is a highly scalable application, the more users in an organization, the more it continues to work in a stable and efficient manner. It is fast, stable, and safe, and provides world-class encryption and seamless integration for an uninterrupted work experience.
AI has its disadvantages and advantages, but when combined with knowledge within Cisco, the impact of AI on cybersecurity would be very big because AI uses neural and deep learning technology to enhance a vast number of new and improved capabilities, without taking hours or days, but seconds to do the needed work.
Although not completely confident in the outcome, it is used to some extent to help with daily work.
Improve response time.

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