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Cisco Secure Client (including AnyConnect) vs Cisco Secure Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Secure Client (includ...
Ranking in Cisco Security Portfolio
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
SSL VPN (3rd), Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (3rd), ZTNA as a Service (7th)
Cisco Secure Endpoint
Ranking in Cisco Security Portfolio
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (13th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

Akos Szirmai - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 15, 2023
Versatile and accessible across different devices
Cisco AnyConnect is valuable for our organization as it secures remote access to resources, enabling colleagues to work from anywhere. Its importance grew during the shift to more remote work, like during COVID As an end user, what I like most about Cisco AnyConnect VPN is its reliability and…
ES
Apr 9, 2023
Provides behavioral analytics and works on all types of devices and endpoints
Most of the customers don't even know that they are more secure. It's like they expect to be secure, but the moment we have a big threat from the outside, they will see and they will know that we are far faster and better able to protect them and react to threats from the outside. Cisco Secure has saved us time, especially the SecureX platform has helped us to automate certain processes and do analytics. That prevents us from taking each individual part of the logging. They have the intelligence in there to do the first check for us, and that saves a lot of time. There is a reduction in operating expenditures but not only from the Secure perspective. Our full stack is based on Cisco, so we leverage the full integration part of that. We have our compute, we have our networking, and we have our security, and that makes it easier because you have less interfaces with different products. From a technical perspective, I would rate it quite high for securing our infrastructure from end to end. From a behavioral perspective, in terms of the end customers leveraging it, there's still a little bit of work to do because we need to help the end customers to be more aware of what they're doing. On the endpoint for a user, they don't exactly see what is happening. From a visual perspective, you also want to have a feeling that you're safe or you get some tips or tricks to be safer, but for the most important part, which is the technical part, I would rate it very high. We really trust Cisco.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is easy to scale."
"I'd rate Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client at nine out of ten for scalability."
"The solution provides secure and easy access to corporate network resources."
"The product is easy to use."
"The security AnyConnect offers is excellent. It disconnects automatically if someone isn't using it on a private network and doesn't allow you to work, ensuring the data within the system is secure."
"Especially during the COVID pandemic, this solution has allowed us to work from home without security concerns."
"It is easy to handle, you can have it on Windows, Mac, and Linux."
"For our company's needs, AnyConnect is sufficient and very easy to use."
"It is extensive in terms of providing visibility and insights into threats. It allows for research into a threat, and you can chart your progress on how you're resolving it."
"The best feature that we found most valuable, is actually the security product for the endpoint, formerly known as AMP. It has behavioral analytics, so you can be more proactive toward zero-day threats. I found that quite good."
"It provides real-time visibility and control over endpoints, allowing its users to promptly respond to any security incidents and remediate any vulnerabilities."
"The integration with other Cisco products seemed to be really effective. We had Umbrella in place and we were using AnyConnect as well as Firepower. Once a threat was detected, being able to do the threat lookups and the live tracking was really useful."
"Any alert that we get is an actionable alert. Immediately, there is information that we can just click through, see the point in time, what happened, what caused it, and what automatic actions were taken. We can then choose to take any manual actions, if we want, or start our investigation. We're no longer looking at digging into information or wading through hundreds of incidents. There's a list which says where the status is assigned, e.g., under investigation or investigation finished. That is all in the console. It has taken away a lot of the administration, which we would normally be doing, and integrated it into the console for us."
"Cisco has definitely improved our organization a lot. In terms of business, our company feels safer. We actually switched from legacy signature-based solutions to threat intelligence-based and machine learning-based solutions, which is Cisco Secure. This has improved our security significantly, from 10% of signature-based technology security to 99.9% of the current one which we are running. We were happy."
"It used to take us a month to find out that something is infected, we now know that same day, as soon it is infected."
"I am told that we get over 100 million emails a month. This filters them down and allows only somewhere about three million emails, which is a great help."
 

Cons

"Sometimes when you disconnect or switch from one wireless network to another, it's necessary to re-login."
"We don't have the correct visibility to see the quantity of licenses we are consuming or not consuming."
"If they could simplify connections via other machines, like Linux or Mac OS X, it would be helpful."
"This solution doesn't address the seal of trust as a concept for a traditional VPN clients. I think that it is a dying product."
"The setup is a bit difficult to handle on the server-side."
"In the next release, Cisco should add a chat feature."
"There is nothing they need to improve at this moment."
"There is a speed limit for VPNs because of the encryption."
"Logging could be better in terms of sending more logs to Cisco Firepower or Cisco ASA. That's an area where it could be made better."
"The initial setup of Cisco Secure Endpoint is complex."
"The GUI needs improvement, it's not good."
"...the greatest value of all, would be to make the security into a single pane of glass. Whilst these products are largely integrated from a Talos perspective, they're not integrated from a portal perspective. For example, we have to look at an Umbrella portal and a separate AMP portal. We also have to look at a separate portal for the firewalls. If I could wave a magic wand and have one thing, I would put all the Cisco products into one, simple management portal."
"In the next release, I would for it to have back up abilities. I would like the ability to go back to a point in time to when my PC was uninfected and to the moment of when the infection happened."
"Cisco Secure Endpoint is an expensive solution."
"Cisco Meraki could benefit from AI assistance or intelligent assistance features. Compared to competitors like Juniper, Cisco Meraki currently lacks a digital network assistant, which is an area Cisco is reportedly working on."
"It's pretty good as it is, but its cost could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing for the license of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client around four to five out of ten. It's not the cheapest option, but it's also not overly expensive."
"It is not a free solution and the user needs to buy license."
"We are in the North African region, and Cisco products are expensive for us. On a scale from one to ten with one being very affordable and ten being expensive, I'd rate the price at eight."
"Sometimes there is a problem with the number of licenses for the end-user. The number of concurrent users is limited due to a valid license."
"The solution is based on an annual licensing model and is expensive."
"The licensing costs are reasonable."
"We pay for an annual subscription. Additionally to the subscription, we thought in order to connect this solution to the Active Directory we had to purchase a Cisco ACS, Access Control System. It turns out we did not actually need it."
"My company has a three-year or a four-year license. In scenarios attached to a solution where the product may be reaching an end-of-support or end-of-life phase, Cisco provides OS support in such environments."
"In our case, it is a straightforward annual payment through our Enterprise Agreement."
"There are a couple of different consumption models: Pay up front, or if you have an enterprise agreement, you can do a monthly thing. Check your licensing possibilities and see what's best for your organization."
"We can know if something bad is potentially happening instantaneously and prevent it from happening. We can go to a device and isolate it before it infects other devices. In our environment, that's millions of dollars saved in a matter of seconds."
"The price is very good."
"It is quite cost-effective. I would rate it ten out of ten."
"The solution is highly affordable; I believe we pay $2 or $3 per endpoint. It's significantly cheaper than the competitors on the market."
"Its price is fair for us."
"Our company was very happy with the price of Cisco AMP. It was about a third of what we were paying for System Center Endpoint Protection."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
45%
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client?
The tool is user-friendly, robust and easy to use in any environment.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client?
My company has a three-year or a four-year license. In scenarios attached to a solution where the product may be reaching an end-of-support or end-of-life phase, Cisco provides OS support in such e...
What needs improvement with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client?
The security of the product has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required.
What do you like most about Cisco Secure Endpoint?
The product's initial setup phase was very simple.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Secure Endpoint?
The solution's price is about the same as that of Palo Alto solutions.
What needs improvement with Cisco Secure Endpoint?
Cisco Secure Endpoint is an expensive solution.
 

Also Known As

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
Cisco AMP for Endpoints
 

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