Grand OLD lady past its Prime
September 13, 2023

Grand OLD lady past its Prime

Peter Mckenzie | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services is used to filter students' access to our Racks of Cisco switches and routers. It ensures that only validated students can access the resources.
  • Provides us with details of users
  • Checks and most importantly blocks malignant, malicious software
  • Allows valid users access to the resources
  • Getting updates
  • Installing updates
  • Annoying ASDM and ASA image have to be updated separately

Do you think Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services go as expected?

No

Would you buy Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services again?

No

  • Great ROI, has been in service many years
  • GUI Bit clunky now compared to single pane products
  • EOL, so updates are now old
  • 4000 series routers
  • 3750 switches
We have been able to isolate the network our Cisco Devices are on from the rest of the network.
It was good but is now getting past its peak and no new updates as it is EOL.
We have never contacted Cisco directly just accessed the IOS repository to download the latest versions.
Different types of devices altogether, so it is no use comparing them.
I think that even though the Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services has done great service, it is time I retired it. Also, it is EOL. I Need to look at the next-gen 2100 series.

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
8
Visualization Tools
5
Content Inspection
5
Policy-based Controls
7
Active Directory and LDAP
Not Rated
Firewall Management Console
5
Reporting and Logging
5
VPN
5
High Availability
5