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Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Virtual - PAYG with 30-Day Free Trial

Cisco Systems, Inc. | 9.22.1.1

Linux/Unix, Other 9.22.1.1 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Reviews from AWS Marketplace

17 AWS reviews

External reviews

9 reviews
from G2

External reviews are not included in the AWS star rating for the product.

    Diahn

Been using it as a AnyConnect VPN solution for over a year now

  • September 29, 2023
  • Review verified by AWS Marketplace

We setup an EC2 instance to act as an AnyConnect VPN gateway, to be able to access our various IP addresses in AWS and even resources in our office because the office has an ipsec link to AWS. And yeah, it's been working great/solid for a little over a year now. We have about 15 remote employees who anyconnect vpn into it regularly. We don't set the default route to go out through the vpn though, because AWS charges for network traffic, but we route all our private IP's and a small handful of public IP addresses through the vpn tunnel and it's been stable.

    Dipsankar S.

Maximizing Network security with Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance.

  • April 12, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Cisco ASAV firewall software offers high availability features, such as clustering and active/standby failover, ensuring that the network remains secure even in the event of a hardware or software failure. Cisco ASAV firewall software offers advanced threat protection using technologies such as Intrusion Prevention systems (IPS), malware protection, and URL filtering. These are some features that I like in Cisco ASAv.
What do you dislike about the product?
It Consumes a significant amount of CPU and memory resources, which can impact the performance of the underlying virtualization infrastructure.ASAV firewall software offers a comprehensive solution for network security; it requires significant resources to deploy, configure, and manage.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cisco ASAv solves a range of network security problems and provides several benefits, including enhanced security, simplified management, improved scalability, and compliance

    Wendy S.

Does what it's supposed to do

  • March 09, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and customer support is quick and efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not had any negative experiences with Cisco at this time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are a large company with vast network connections, this has made navigating through systems must faster.

    Felipe Muñoz Ramos

We need help to upgrade to the version of the ASA OS that currently is on version 7.16 and an upgrade to version 9.14(2)8 is required

  • December 20, 2022
  • Review verified by AWS Marketplace

We request your important support to review the causistry of updating the VPN services found in AWS, we have 6 C5xlarge with images of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Virtual - PAYG which we require to upgrade to the version of the ASA OS that currently is on version 7.16 and an upgrade to version 9.14(2)8 is required

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    Mohammed T.

CISCO ASAv review

  • May 28, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
A virtual firewall solution that supports all the recommended security features from traffic inspection to VPN and can be deployed on a private cloud or in the public cloud
What do you dislike about the product?
configuring some of the features using the command line can be challenging, and cisco ASDM sometimes can be difficult to use because it depends on the Java version being installed on your device
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I needed a virtual solution that can be deployed locally or in the cloud that can offer site-to-site and remote VPN connections

    Cisco AnyConnect issue

Cisco AnyConnect package is missing

  • September 24, 2021
  • Review verified by AWS Marketplace

We have subscribed "Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) - Standard Package" from AWS Marketplace and launched new machine but we are unable to retrieve the Cisco ASAv license so that we can contact Cisco. Basically we need "Cisco AnyConnect Package 2.5 or later".

When we try to log a case with cisco it asked for login but we have purchased this aws marketplace. We don't have any login id for cisco ASAv which we have taken from aws.

Someone please help.

    Canadian

Not available in your Geo Location

  • February 04, 2021
  • Review verified by AWS Marketplace

I'm in Canada and I can't use this? Seriously? This seems like a extremely short sighted decision to limit this subscription.

    Rohit

Incomplete Steps - Unable to Download AnyConnect Software

  • October 30, 2020
  • Review verified by AWS Marketplace

I am a new Cisco customer, and want to use the standard package for testing purposes. I do not need it to be active all the time and that is I why selected this option.

However, I have not been able to download the AnyConnect software to test RA-VPN. It asks me for a contract and I do not have one.

I just do not know how to get it. Very frustrating. I have opened a case with Cisco but they do not seem to know what to do either.

    Rainer Aus

Disappointing performance.

  • May 27, 2020
  • Review verified by AWS Marketplace

We are running asav9-13-1-7 on c5.2xlarge and we are not happy with the value. As we are using the appliance for SSLVPN, we primarily need to scale in terms of concurrent users. The "box" looked very promising by its featureset (10G interfaces and 10K concurrent users supported) at launch but in reality the setup seems to only scale to appr 1500 users (Cloudwatch metrics show instance cpu flat around 90% with only 1200 users and 2Gpbs of total VPN traffic).

Is there a way to improve somewhat (would also be good to have a performance prediction by Cisco) via implementing support for c5.4xlarge instance?

    Vikram A.

Performance-wise, it is top-notch. However, it is a bit tough to navigate and see what is going on.

  • January 16, 2019
  • Review verified by AWS Marketplace

For the AWS version, Cisco is our primary use. We have our own appliances and products, which are indicated as Cisco ASA. So, we test these product against Cisco ASA using different types of rules for new cases. During the test process, we make sure the integration works.
We have been using the solution for two years.
How has it helped my organization?
Right now, it serves a purpose and has everything that we need. Performance-wise, it is top-notch.
What is most valuable?
It is a comprehensive suite and complete package. We have the following with the product:
* Interest point detection
* Firewall stuff
* VPN
* It's configurable.
* It guards with its own threat intelligence.
We find that virtual instances are helpful because they are easy to use on AWS Marketplace, as they are On Demand. We have a lot of traffic on AWS. Therefore, to monitor the traffic rather than using on-premise, we use virtual instances of Cisco ASA. This is pretty easy to use and we receive value off of it.
What needs improvement?
Cisco ASA should be easier to use. It is a bit tough to navigate and see what is going on. While I like the UI and dashboards of Cisco ASA, if you compare them to Palo Alto or Fortinet, they have much richer UIs. An analyst (or anyone) can see them, and say, "I have got all these important pointers on my dashboard." However, with Cisco ASA, we need to dig into many things and go to many views to see what is actually there.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. We put a good amount of stress on it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Especially for the AWS version, we can spin up multiple instances and do load-balancing.
We have 15 to 20 Cisco ASA switches with a couple of physical appliances and twelve machines. Our team is using four to five machines.
How is customer service and technical support?
It is all self-guided, and we were already using the physical appliances. Therefore, we knew how to use the product.
What was our ROI?
Our individual release cycle has been quicker because the entire development and testing environment has been automated because of these virtual instances. It has aligned our development workflow. This is where we have seen the ROI increase.
For example, if you are working with a physical appliance, then you need to have a dedicated lab administrator to work with it, even to test a simple use case. This takes time because we would need to frequently reset that appliance and load all the data. It is no longer like that.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Purchasing from the AWS Marketplace was easy. It was just point and click.
It is pay-as-you-go, so it much cheaper than buying in the plants.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We also checked Fortinet and Palo Alto, their AWS versions.
When compared products, Cisco ASA is easy on AWS. We received a trial version. It is easy to setup and evaluate.
We also already had Cisco products. This provided a tighter integration with what we already had. Since most of our traffic stays in AWS, it made sense to use AWS Cisco ASAv.
What other advice do I have?
Once you deploy a virtual database or virtual machine for any product, like Cisco. The first thing to do with your data is test it. So, you need to be prepared with the test that you want to test before you deploy the instances. Because after deploying instances, you wait and see what the data come back with, how to configure it, and review what doesn't work. Therefore, you need to do some background homework before starting, such as what type of data you need to put into it, how to test it, and will the system process it.
We have used both the on-premise and AWS version. We started using AWS in the past six to seven months. Prior to that, we used the on-premise version. The AWS version is better as it is quick to spin up and configure. Also, with AWS, everything is preset, and it is more flexible.

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