Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

“Well, the price is always an important factor with this brand, but I am witnessing that it is worth what it costs, although the ROI is generally not as good as the investors would like it to be.”

“ASA has good ROI for SSL VPN Negative ROI as a firewall platform Negative ROI for logging.”

“The ROI in itself is worth the initial cost for what Cisco brings to the table.”

“Constant updates to patch new issues or attacks, lots of documentation, and fantastic support make them well worth the cost. … I cannot gauge precisely how much it would cost us to recover from a successful cyberattack, be that ransomware or stealing sensitive data, but I am positive it would cost more than what we paid for...”

“Bring the cost down - It is really expensive to kit out an enterprise with Cisco products. … High reliability High cost to purchase and support Flexibility of configuration.”

“For smaller businesses on a budget, there are less expensive alternatives that will also get the job done. … Yearly support is not cost-effective.”

“We've gotten every penny's worth of use with our Cisco ASA firewalls - they were a few thousand dollars to purchase, even in HA, and have been in production for over 5 years I'm glad that when the...”

“Therefore, I'd recommend Cisco ASAs only to small businesses that need something cheap and affordable to get the job done.”

“Cisco tech support is very good both in knowledge and response times For the price, the Cisco ASA devices can last a very long time Forums are free and offer very good suggestions and advice.”

“For smaller businesses on a budget, it may not be the first pick due to cost.”

“With the explosion of data breaches, the ROI is easily justified, as breaches can reach into the millions of dollars.”