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Score9.2 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for Appgate SDP are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Secure and Strong VPN Connection: Users have consistently praised Appgate SDP for providing a secure and strong VPN connection, making it beneficial for remote work and enabling employees to access LAN-based applications.

Simplicity and Ease of Use: The software is widely appreciated for its simplicity and ease of use, with a user-friendly interface that requires minimal intervention. Many reviewers have found it easy to navigate and switch between different networks, making it intuitive for users.

One-Click Connection Feature: Users highly value the one-click connection feature offered by Appgate SDP, which allows them to easily connect to any highly secure VPN provider. This convenient feature has been positively mentioned by several reviewers as it simplifies the process of establishing a connection.

Reviews

2 Reviews

AppGate cured our COVID-19 remote worker issues!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Appgate as a VPN and access control for our remote workers. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck and we had to transition to a 100% WFH policy, we suddenly realized that our existing VPN solution wasn't working. It was manually managed, had very little in the way of access control or access restrictions, and the client on Windows based computers was unstable at best. The head point of the existing VPN system was also located at the office rather than the datacenter and this resulted in extended outages for employees if there was a power outage at the office or the internet circuit at the office was out.

Pros

  • Super granular access control that can be set up easily.
  • Fault tolerance. The system lets you set up several redundant controllers as well as multiple redundant and load balanced gateways.
  • Excellent audit trails and logging.

Cons

  • Live logging in the client. Currently you have to "download" the logs into a zip file and then open that zipfile to look at the logs. There's no logfile to tail or watch.
  • Load balancing between controllers could be better. Currently relies on round robin DNS and sometimes a browser will pick a different IP than previous and you'll get a big "LOST CONNECTION TO CONTROLLER" message.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is best suited for larger companies with lots of remote workers that need complex access management. We've barely scratched the surface on what Appgate can do via its API.
JS
James Sharp
Senior Voice Engineer in Information Technology at Convoso (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Appgate SDP
2 years of experience
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AppGate works good for SDP

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been piloting AppGate SDP as part of our ZeroTrust strategy, which incorporates the concept of Software Defined Perimeter. We want to ensure that if you are not entitled to a resource, you are not able to see it on the network, and if you are entitled, you can use it at will. We found the tool does this well for network and layer seven use cases.

Pros

  • Software-Defined perimeter
  • Hide resources to non-authorized/authenticated users.

Cons

  • Scalability - If there are too many resources per user, the solution cannot be utilized (upwards of 5K per user).
  • It could be more dynamic, like how it stores user ACLs.

Likelihood to Recommend

I would recommend AppGate SDP to anyone that has fairly clear cut use cases for systems with user access with less than 5K resources per user. We found it works well in those cases and fully as advertised. The application can easily hide applications and resources from unauthorized access and is a reliable tool in your ZeroTrust arsenal.
VU
Verified User
Program Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Appgate SDP
1 year of experience