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Ivanti Connect Secure vs Microsoft Intune vs Workspace ONE UEM comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Mindshare comparison

SSL VPN Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Ivanti Connect Secure16.9%
Cisco Secure Client (including AnyConnect)13.3%
Citrix Gateway11.2%
Other58.6%
SSL VPN
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Intune28.2%
Workspace ONE UEM11.8%
ManageEngine Endpoint Central9.6%
Other50.4%
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Workspace ONE UEM11.8%
Microsoft Intune28.2%
ManageEngine Endpoint Central9.6%
Other50.4%
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Kaushlendra Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - IT Infrastructure and Network at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Provides secure and simple remote access but needs improved reporting capabilities
Ivanti Connect Secure is simple and secure, making it valuable for our organization. Ivanti Connect Secure's access control feature provides global protect, which allows country-wise blocking. There are many access controls available, and policies can be created on a host basis and on the MAC address of assets that will connect. Firewall versions and OS versions can be defined, and only devices meeting these criteria can connect to the VPN. These features are effective, along with MFA. Ivanti Connect Secure is a client-based, agent-based solution, so if the agent is installed, users are able to connect to the network. Ivanti Connect Secure utilizes identity-based LDAP authentication. Ivanti Connect Secure is very effective for remote access for remote workers.
AkashKamble - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr MacOS specialist engineer at Cyber24
Enables management of multiple operating systems with a single license
The best feature is that it's a Microsoft product, so if anything goes wrong, we get quick support for anything required. Remote system functionality allows us to sit anywhere and take control of any device via remote management. We can enhance security for clients' laptops with built-in Microsoft Defender, which is available with the Microsoft Intune license. We use it for reporting purposes through endpoint analytics. When pushing scripting, there are two types available: remediation script and reservation script. Through endpoint analytics, you can push defender policies to clients. It helps with reporting, inventory updates, and monitoring tenant status health.
Vishal Bhatia - PeerSpot reviewer
Trainer/Consultant at Koenig Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Effective product tracking and monitoring enhances daily operations despite needing documentation improvement
The documentation part of Workspace ONE UEM can be confusing. The documentation is not comprehensive compared to other VMware solutions or Microsoft documentation. Most people struggle to connect the dots when looking at the documentation. Even the training material and PowerPoint slide decks that trainers use are sometimes too confusing or overwhelming, with too much content but not enough clarity. The support side has recently become weaker compared to what it used to be with VMware. This is another area that needs improvement. Since working with Workspace ONE UEM from when it was AirWatch, it has improved significantly over the last five years. However, there are still some gray areas and scope for improvement, especially in documentation and workflow between different aspects of the solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a very convenient and user-friendly application."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"VPN tunneling is a very valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure. I also like that it is straightforward to use, and you can see traffic logs on it."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Ivanti Connect Secure is simple and secure, making it valuable for our organization."
"It's quite stable."
"The solution helps with principal decisions. It also helps with the security and configuration of many technologies."
"The tool's most valuable feature is remote access."
"The best feature of Microsoft Intune is that it managed the endpoints."
"We were able to deploy about 65 computers in under two weeks to a completely remote user base without touching any of the machines."
"The most important thing for me is the autopilot feature."
"...Intune itself integrates with that entire Microsoft ecosystem. As an individual product itself, it's okay. It holds up. But when you start saying "I've bought this as part of a wider solution, as a company we are going Microsoft throughout," then it makes more sense to have Microsoft Intune... so you have that single dashboard."
"The synchronization of Intune with other Microsoft solutions is a valuable feature."
"I would rate the overall solution as a 10."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune."
"Intune makes our organization more secure and flexible."
"The most valuable features are the ones that control the leaking."
"App delivery and management platform that's user-friendly, with a good interface. Easy to scale, easy to set up, with good stability."
"We can impose cybersecurity requirements."
"The solution was easy to deploy."
"The product enables us to access our internal applications from anywhere in the world."
"Sometimes, we face an issue and raise a ticket. The technical support team is fantastic and resolves the issue."
"The Identity component of this solution is its most valuable feature."
"VMware Workspace ONE has been stable so far."
 

Cons

"Pulse Connect Secure could improve by having better integration with NAC solutions, such as Cisco ClearPass integration with Pulse Connect Secure. Additionally, they need better integration with Microsoft Azure AD and Azure Authenticator."
"There is room for improvement. I'm concerned about the frequent vulnerabilities identified. As a security product, the number of vulnerabilities is concerning."
"The security mechanisms of Ivanti Connect Secure are very slow to update."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"The support team of the product needs improvement. Sometimes we have issues with multiple authentications, but there is no help from the support team."
"The stability could be better. There are sometimes bugs in the system."
"The product could use additional dashboards."
"Connection-wise, Pulse Connect Secure could be faster, and this is its area for improvement."
"It could offer more attributes for authentication."
"One issue that Inutune can improve is password integration with the BitLocker key option. Another issue is assigning licenses. We can assign the licenses for some users on the BPM side, and our BPS users work on Outlook 365 but cannot access it there. A BPS person can go to the company portal and download Outlook 2016. They could improve the NDIS part to assign a license directly to the BPS person that allows them to install the Intune device manager directly on our system."
"What would make this product better is adding more security policies and features in the next upgrade."
"Microsoft support was not very responsive, and it took approximately one and a half months to get on a call to clear what the problem was."
"It would be great to see on-premises mailboxes and for the solution to have geofencing capabilities."
"There are a lot of small use cases where we realized that some technical solution was missing in Microsoft in comparison to other products. For example, it lacks something similar to sensing or location-based rules and configurations."
"I think that there is room for improvement with the reporting. If this is done, it will be a better product."
"More integration with monitoring tools is needed."
"VMware Workspace ONE should allow certain common settings and restrictions across multiple operating systems."
"The bigger vendors like VMware, Insight, and MobileIron can assign engineers to customers. You can work with them to develop the right competency to use the product."
"I would like better integration for deploying programs with binary files."
"vIDM could be improved with the multi-tenant capabilities that VMware tends to offer—features like customization branding and the integration of the app catalog based on the branding. Since the integration has been at top-level OGs, you were not able to then do rebranding if you were required to use specific user groups to highlight specific applications. At the time, I was personally opening feature requests for these things. I haven't worked with the latest release, so I don't know if these features were already deployed or not."
"The license could be better."
"I'd like to see expanded device support, particularly for IoT things like SCADA devices."
"The product's stability for certain instances needs improvement."
"The solution is too complicated. A lot of end customers don't know how to start when they go into the console."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for Pulse Connect Secure is not low and not high, so it's good. It's a six out of ten for me, price-wise."
"The cost of the product is high, but worth it because of the utility and great product support."
"The pricing is quite nominal. We pay on a yearly basis."
"Pulse Connect Secure is relatively cost-effective."
"A license is required for you to use Pulse Connect Secure, but I'm not aware of how much it costs."
"The price of Pulse Connect Secure is expensive."
"I rate the product price a six to seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"The clients pay for a license and each can have a different type of license, such as an E3 or E5."
"We spend a lot of money on Intune licensing, and some of our users have to be double licensed just because of how our dev and corporate environments are segmented."
"If you're ever going to buy an Office 365 environment, then pricing is reasonable given all that it does, but if you're not, then you might find the pricing expensive."
"It is reasonable for the features it has."
"The pricing for Microsoft Intune is reasonable. Our clients are satisfied."
"The licensing is on a yearly basis."
"For organizations that are a Microsoft shop, the pricing is compelling."
"It's monthly for us, but it's built into the license cost that we pay our IT each month. It's maybe 129 Kroner per head, which translates to £10. There are some additional costs. Our IT had to set up and configure their own server, so there is an extra cost for that, but I'm not sure what that costs."
"The solution is about $45 per device for a 12 month subscription. The price is standard across the world."
"My guess is that its licensing was yearly. There was probably no fee in addition to the standard licensing fee."
"VMware Workspace ONE can fit any organization because if you need more devices there are only additional fees."
"We are paying about $145,000 a year on a three-year subscription with no ability to scale up or scale down within that class model."
"VMware Workspace ONE licensing price is good with their supportability. The price of VMware Workspace ONE is reasonable. We are using an enterprise license."
"The pricing and licensing are affordable. They are not too high."
"If you have a host of custom requirements (including licensing), make sure to set aside enough time for the initial setup because it can take up to a few weeks depending on how complex your environment is."
"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business121
Midsize Enterprise47
Large Enterprise154
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise58
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pulse Connect Secure?
From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pulse Connect Secure?
Ivanti has always been known to be pricey, making it a rather high-cost solution.
What needs improvement with Pulse Connect Secure?
The reporting capabilities of Ivanti Connect Secure are not strong; the format is simple, and obtaining a detailed re...
How does Microsoft Intune compare with VMware Workspace One?
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What are the pros and cons of Microsoft Intune?
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VMware Workspace One has a powerful set of helpful features. The solution offers very good documentation, the initial...
What do you like most about VMware Workspace ONE?
The platform provides a stable environment for operations and quickly creates new environments. Additionally, it offe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Workspace ONE?
I would rate the pricing a three out of ten. It's a highly affordable solution. If a customer knows the value of the ...
 

Also Known As

Pulse Connect Secure
Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager
VMware Workspace ONE, VMware AirWatch, Workspace ONE Assist, VMware Identity Manager, Workspace ONE Access, VMware Horizon Air
 

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