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Ivanti Connect Secure vs Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway comparison

Ivanti and Microsoft are both solutions in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category. Ivanti is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.3, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.7. Ivanti holds a 5.2% mindshare in EIV, compared to Microsoft’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 79% of Ivanti users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.
Ivanti Connect Secure
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79% willing to recommend
Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway
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90% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 6, 2024

Ivanti Connect Secure and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway are two competing VPN solutions. Azure VPN Gateway is often seen as providing more comprehensive features and better value for its price.

Features: Ivanti Connect Secure offers high reliability, strong security measures, and ease of access management. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway provides integration capabilities, scalability, and superior cloud connectivity, making its feature set more robust and flexible.

Room for Improvement: Ivanti Connect Secure needs enhancements in user experience, troubleshooting documentation, and configuration simplicity. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway should improve network speed, responsiveness, and simplify its configuration processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Ivanti Connect Secure is appreciated for its user-friendly deployment and highly responsive support teams. Azure VPN Gateway offers seamless integration with existing Azure services but has a more complex initial setup. Azure's customer service is considered efficient.

Pricing and ROI: Ivanti Connect Secure's pricing is reasonable with a solid ROI due to its effectiveness and support services. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, although more expensive, justifies its cost with extensive features and integration benefits, translating to long-term ROI for users in the Microsoft ecosystem.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Ivanti Connect Secure
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
13th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
SSL VPN (3rd)
Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of Ivanti Connect Secure is 5.2%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is 4.6%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway4.6%
Ivanti Connect Secure5.2%
Other90.2%
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
 

Featured Reviews

Kaushlendra Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Srinivas A - PeerSpot reviewer
Srinivas A
Director- Head of DevOps, security, and Complaince at Rightdata
Secure data links from on-premise sources have enabled private access to client databases
The best feature of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is its sophisticated security mechanism for transmitting data between on-premise to Azure or Azure to Azure. The process of building the VPN gateway is user-friendly, making it easy to configure. Additionally, it supports various options to establish connections between on-premise to Azure or other sources to targets. Using pfSense as a firewall and VPN at our on-premise allows us to establish connections between Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and our on-premise pfSense VPN easily. This streamlined connection process occurs within a few steps. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway has positively impacted our organization because it is core to our system and crucial for establishing private connections to our customer's data sources. Their databases lie in a private network with no communication with the outside world. Our customers trust Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, and by extension, trust us because of this efficient networking establishment process.
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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

"The most valuable features of the solution are reliability and uptime."
"The most robust and reliable feature of Ivanti Connect Secure is the VPN tunneling, using both the Pulse and the Ivanti client."
"This solution enables secure connections for our engineers to work from home or other locations."
"The most valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure is its ease of use."
"It's quite stable."
"Ivanti Connect Secure provides the feature to check and ensure that employee devices are compliant before allowing them to access the VPN."
"The most valuable feature is being able to securely connect and use virtual desktops."
"From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy."
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"The best feature is the ability to connect from anywhere."
"I rate the product ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is its performance. It is very fast."
"It is a stable solution in our company, and we monitor critical health and performance parameters daily and weekly."
"It is easy to configure."
"Security is the first feature in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway because we don't have to go through the public internet to access things."
"The Azure tool is useful and powerful and availability for clients. The updates are very good and reliable."
"All of our offices are using Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. The solution is scalable."
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Cons

"The product could use additional dashboards."
"Zero test FDP (Fraud Protection and Prevention) should be improved."
"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."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"An area for improvement in Pulse Connect Secure is the concurrent connections, particularly needing a license if you want to use Pulse Connect Secure with your Microsoft or Windows machine."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are the user-friendly connection and interconnecting."
"Connection-wise, Pulse Connect Secure could be faster, and this is its area for improvement."
"We want to switch to another solution because there are some challenges with the support from Pulse. The quality of documentation is also not good. It is sometimes very hard to find documentation that provides a solution and describes how all this works."
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"The product must provide a single sign-on."
"Make it completely routable, for example, if I have a gateway, I should be able to connect to whatever network I want on either side of the gateway, and the gateway should figure out which packet goes where."
"The marketing material in the portal is not very user-friendly."
"Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway could improve by providing IPS zero-day threat protection. For example, the IPS zero-day threat protection can monitor the user behavior to protect the infrastructure. The solution can only be used as a VPN, it is lacking features."
"It isn't stabilized on the first day, and you need to set up the channels properly."
"There is a need to improve the paperwork and management approval process, which is currently painful, though not directly related to the VPN Gateway itself."
"Microsoft's support is rated at four due to issues such as speed of response and coordination difficulties."
"Regarding pricing for Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, it could be more cost-effective."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"A license is required for you to use Pulse Connect Secure, but I'm not aware of how much it costs."
"Pulse Connect Secure is relatively cost-effective."
"The price of Pulse Connect Secure is expensive."
"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."
"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."
"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 costs are quite high."
"Payment for licensing the solution is part of the operating model. So, one needs to keep on paying while consuming the solution. In short, the payment is based on the solution's capacity."
"The software has good pricing compared to other vendors."
"The cost could be lower."
"Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is the cheapest way for us to connect to our cloud infrastructure. Other solutions, such as ExpressRoute are very expensive."
"It's saved us money compared to getting a third-party appliance."
"There is a monthly license and the price depends on how many users are using Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. The price could be less expensive."
"The solution is subscription-based and very cheap."
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Top Industries

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

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 Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

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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What is your primary use case for Pulse Connect Secure?
Ivanti Connect Secure is used for both applications and for the RDP of our server.
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What do you like most about Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway?
The solution is user-friendly.
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What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway?
The logging mechanism could use improvement. More detailed logging would help in troubleshooting any failures during connection establishment or monitoring Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. Otherwise, e...
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What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway?
For those considering using Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, read the documentation thoroughly. Create an Excel sheet outlining tasks for both the source and target sides, especially when establishing ...
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Also Known As

Pulse Connect Secure
MS Azure VPN Gateway
 

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

A VPN gateway is a specific type of virtual network gateway that is used to send encrypted traffic between an Azure virtual network and an on-premises location over the public Internet. You can also use a VPN gateway to send encrypted traffic between Azure virtual networks over the Microsoft network. Each virtual network can have only one VPN gateway. However, you can create multiple connections to the same VPN gateway. When you create multiple connections to the same VPN gateway, all VPN tunnels share the available gateway bandwidth.

Microsoft
 

Sample Customers

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