Ivanti Connect Secure vs Ivanti Tunnel comparison

Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Tunnel are both solutions in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category. Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked #8 with an average rating of 6.8, while Ivanti Tunnel is ranked #36. Ivanti Connect Secure holds a 5.4% mindshare in EIV, compared to Ivanti Tunnel’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 79% of Ivanti Connect Secure users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Ivanti Tunnel users who would recommend it.

Ivanti Connect Secure

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79% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Ivanti Connect Secure

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SSL VPN (1st)

Ivanti Tunnel

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

36th

Average Rating

10.0

Reviews Sentiment

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of Ivanti Connect Secure is 5.4%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ivanti Tunnel is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Ivanti Connect Secure	5.4%
Ivanti Tunnel	0.8%
Other	93.8%

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Kaushlendra Singh

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.

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AbhimanyuKumar

Cyber Security Engineer at Mudra Electronics limited

Provides efficient data security and good technical support services

We use Ivanti Tunnel to provide and publish access to on-premise applications The product's interface needs improvement. I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten. One of our Ivanti Tunnel's customers manages 300 end users, and another customer manages 200 end users. I rate its…

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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 solution enables secure connections for our engineers to work from home or other locations."

"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are multi-factor authentications, and VPNs and SSL VPNs we are using."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The most valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure is its ease of use."

"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."

"The tool's most valuable feature is remote access."

"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."

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"The technical support team provides good services and faster response times."

Cons

"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."

"The stability could be better. There are sometimes bugs in the system."

"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."

"The product's price is an area where improvements are required."

"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."

"The security mechanisms of Ivanti Connect Secure are very slow to update."

"There is room for improvement. I'm concerned about the frequent vulnerabilities identified. As a security product, the number of vulnerabilities is concerning."

"We need to know how many live active users there are and we can't. We even updated the server, however, we still can't see the proper level of live connections. Right now, it's showing as 300 users and my customer does not have that many users in his organization."

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"The product's interface needs improvement."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 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 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 price of Pulse Connect Secure is expensive."

"The product has average pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	19

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pulse Connect Secure?

From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy.

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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.

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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 report is difficult and requires manual work. Regarding points for improvement, th...

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

Pulse Connect Secure

MobileIron Tunnel

Overview

Ivanti Connect Secure provides a seamless, cost-effective SSL VPN solution for remote and mobile users from any web-enabled device to corporate resources— anytime, anywhere.

Ivanti

Maintaining user privacy is critical to the success of any mobile enterprise. But user privacy isn’t just limited to personal apps and content on the device; it extends to the network as well. That means IT must be able to secure traffic from enterprise apps without capturing personal traffic, such as a user posting a family photo on Facebook. As a result, protecting employee privacy requires IT to move beyond device-wide VPNs to more secure, intelligent, and granular app VPNs.

Ivanti

Sample Customers

Axcient, Baloise Group, Cygate, Catholic University of America, Datec Inc, Revlon, Santa Monica Networks, 7-Eleven

Nasdaq, FlixBUS, USDA, The Blackstone Group, J.B Hunt

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