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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco AnyConnect

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ACisco offers an SSL VPN solution via AnyConnect.N/A

    Cloudflare Zero Trust Services

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ACloudflare's Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) technologies create secure boundaries around applications. When resources are protected with ZTNA, users are only allowed to access resources after verifying the identity, context, and policy adherence of each specific request. Cloudflare's Zero-Trust-as-a-Service model enables users to deploy access controls on the company's instant-on cloud platform, backed by Cloudflare's global network.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco AnyConnectCloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco AnyConnectCloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco AnyConnectCloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Cloudflare
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    74 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    63 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    49 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Cisco AnyConnectCloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Cisco AnyConnect and Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Feature
    Cisco AnyConnect
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    -
    Ratings
    AES 256-bit Encryption9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Kill Switch8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support9.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split Tunneling9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    IP Address Masking8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of Cisco AnyConnect and Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Feature
    Cisco AnyConnect
    -
    Ratings
    Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Cisco AnyConnect and Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Feature
    Cisco AnyConnect
    -
    Ratings
    Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Cisco AnyConnect and Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Feature
    Cisco AnyConnect
    -
    Ratings
    Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Zero Trust Security
    Comparison of Zero Trust Security features of Cisco AnyConnect and Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Feature
    Cisco AnyConnect
    -
    Ratings
    Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Continuous Verification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Secure Web Gateways00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Network Flow Control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Network Traffic Analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Segmentation Leveraging00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Admin Access Control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Network Data Encryption00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Network Topology Mapping00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Zscaler Internet Access
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco AnyConnectCloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (98 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (76 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (80 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 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
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco AnyConnectCloudflare Zero Trust Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Cisco AnyConnect has allowed me to connect to the network when I am not at the office. For example, in an international digital campaign, it was possible to access readily important files and work on other collaborative working spaces without any violation of security measures. I noticed that there was a slight lag whenever several members of the team logged in at the same time during the weekend.
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    Cloudflare
    I wanted to securely connect to my servers without getting tracked by malicious attackers, even though I was on public Wi-Fi. Security was my top priority, and I also wanted a setup that was easy and quick to start and provided great network performance. Cloudflare's Zero trust matches my criteria for becoming my first choice.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • It provides you an exceptional hybrid work experience. It enables your employees to work seamlessly from home, office, and other branches.
    • It enables your employees to access corporate applications anytime, even after office hours.
    • It helps your team to maintain a healthy work-life balance and boosts your productivity.
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    Cloudflare
    • Block access to known bad, risky, or unwanted destinations at the DNS or HTTP level.
    • Excellent protection for remote users.
    • Best in class browser isolation techniques.
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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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    Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare still need to improve CASB direction to complete set of SASE tools.
    • More integrations with the third-party agents to check device posture in the Zero Trust framework.
    • More granularity in firewall rules for full replacement of on-premise solutions.
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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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    Cloudflare
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Cisco
    It has many advantages and uses other than other common VPNs but it's very important to understand the problems and issues which till not solved yet. The major issue is there is no support system or no body is doing hypercare for clients or client organizations. Speed is good, but making a connection is worse, and nobody cares about it.
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    Cloudflare
    Within a few hours, new engineers are trained in basic tasks and are quite happy they are able to resolve issues independently. After SSO is configured, onboarding is as simple as signing into m365 via a web browser popup.
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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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    Cloudflare
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    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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    Cloudflare
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Because whenever I log the case with Cisco support, yes they have come back with valid technical data. So this is what has happened and we could fix it in this way. That support will detail what happened and how to get it overcome very quickly. That's what I like. The support level we get is really good for the product
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    Cloudflare
    Good chat support from the portal for basic questions and minor issues. The enterprise support line is provided as well.
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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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    Cloudflare
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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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    Cloudflare
    Cloudflare was both the most feature-rich and cost-effective of comparisons. Presales engagement understood our challenges and was keen to solve them.
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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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    Cloudflare
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    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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    Cloudflare
    • The cost of Cloudflare Zero trust is much lower, hence reducing spending on infrastructure security.
    • The Network performance is improved thanks to Warp protocol.
    • Requires less maintenance and hence saves time.
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