--- title: "Ivanti Connect Secure Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Ivanti Connect Secure. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Ivanti Connect Secure is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/451208-Connect-Secure/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Network Security Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-security/) / [Ivanti Connect Secure](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/451208-Connect-Secure/) / Ivanti Connect Secure Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/451208-Connect-Secure/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/451208-Connect-Secure/alternatives/) # Ivanti Connect Secure User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 90 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 4.4/5 - Value for money: 4.3/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 53 reviews (59%) - 4 stars: 29 reviews (32%) - 3 stars: 5 reviews (6%) - 2 stars: 3 reviews (3%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - Easy VPN app with smooth connection and Microsoft authenticator integration - Overall, Connect Secure is an extremely easy to use VPN service that provides secure connections to a companies web server. - Overall Connect Secure is a great software, it make remote working easier, however they should work on the software for more smooth connectivity and end user must not notice the connection glitches. ### Most mentioned cons - the connection to company proxy is not very stable, often cannot connect or suddenly disconnect - The only complaint I have with Connect Secure is that it runs in the background no matter if you are using it or not. - This may have negative impediments from an information security point of view ## Ivanti Connect Secure customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 90 (page 1). ### VPN for large enterprise company - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Catherine M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I use pulse with a large enterprise client that has numerous remote workers. I have never had a connection issue! You hardly notice you're connected to a VPN. Connections are quick, whether connecting or disconnecting. It works with my DUO 2fa easily, and I can even request a push instead of entering a password. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros - Easy to connect - Consistent Signal - Taskbar app - Mobile/Smartphone options - LDAP Integration #### Cons - Setup isn't super intuitive - The app stays open even when I've disconnected --- ### Connect Secure is a market standard Remote VPN solution. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall Connect Secure is a great software, it make remote working easier, however they should work on the software for more smooth connectivity and end user must not notice the connection glitches. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I really liked how easy to connect the Connect Secure software, it does not have that much glitches while connecting, also it uses Multi Factor authentication which make sure that genuine is user is getting connected. #### Cons Frequent disconnection, if there is small network glitch it tries get reconnect, and while reconnecting it takes more time compare to other software such as Global Protect or Cisco AnyConnect. --- ### An alternative to Cisco AnyConnect - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Kristina J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered By using it on a daily basis I had a lot of issues with some of its versions whenever there's a small "drop" or lag in the network, which basically would kill my whole connection thus making me to re-connect and reopen all the closed software. Other than that, when it does work it provides me a gateway to my company's corp network. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy connections to VPNs and corporate networks. #### Cons Sensitive to network fluctuations which can be tedious sometimes. --- ### Cybersecurity is your strength - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dereck F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It avoids the permeability and/or breakage of data that is in use, circulating through a network or accumulated in a terminal or server. These procedures are essential to prevent the loss of legal information of great value to the company, the department and the clients. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It involves all those experiences, techniques and provisions proposed for the convenient management of computer resources and files. In addition, it contains the skills and abilities that will be developed in the face of any event or improper administration of security protocols. The goal is to find the most unpredictable element of cybersecurity, which is the individual. #### Cons By outsourcing services we create dependencies with suppliers. This may have negative impediments from an information security point of view --- ### VPN connection for Secure Work Access - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jared T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Research - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Easy connection and easy to disconnect without losing Internet access. Smooth connection and quick speed. Highly recommend on the user side. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Love the ease in which it saves your connection information on the computer to 1-click connect once I am in my lab space. #### Cons Have had no issues. Not flashy, but doesn't need to be. --- ### Excellent VPN - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: José Elías G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Accounting - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It has helped us by letting us connect in an easy way wherever we are to continue our job. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ease to use the software, everything is done in a one click fashion. And it also has a lot of options to log in to the vpn in case you don't want or cannot use a method. #### Cons Sometimes 2 step authentication can be strangely hard to make and if you do not disconnect the vpn, it may reset whenever you close or open the computer instead of being paused. --- ### A simple VPN experience - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Joseph A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Semiconductors - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I haven't had any issues with this software. I use it daily to connect to a VPN. I didn't do the initial set up, so I don't know much about that, but I do know that once it is set up, there isn't much to it. I just click "connect" and type a password and I am in. About as easy as it gets. No frills. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Easy to get what you want. If you want to connect to one VPN, just click "connect". If you want to connect to another, same thing. Minimal footprint on desktop. Easy to see relevant information. #### Cons A little slow to connect, but maybe that means the software is verifying a secure connection? --- ### Great VPN tool for multinational company - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Toan H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Chemicals - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great VPN tool that enables home office #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros You can get to the company's server really fast. This program enables users to use all other internal applications, exactly like when they are at work So it makes home office possible. #### Cons If the laptop is locked, then sometimes Pulse Secure just disconnected and this might create some issue if you are loading data in the background --- ### using this to get connected with my VPN,new version provide new features and support for new OSs. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bheesam J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. it is an awesome unified security management software and will recommend it to everyone. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros i have never faced any difficulty connecting to my VPN using this always able to access to this from anywhere any time and from any network. very strong privacy setting without any complex network setting. some feature like device check before it actually let you connected , automatic configuration of device without any productivity loss, single sign on work upto the user expectation and i never get stuck with any of these. These works perfectly for me. --- ### Secure way to login to my work machine! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Randall H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Defense & Space - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This software is simple, easy to install, and easy to use. This is the primary VPN that my work allows us to use, and I use it very frequently when I work remotely from home. I click the connect button, enter my password, and in a few seconds I'm able to remote desktop into my work machine. #### Cons Occasionally it complains about the Java version you have installed on your machine, so as long as you update that when needed, this software runs without a problem. --- ### Connect Secure - Tailor made VPN for high level companies - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The overall experience is uber cool, we usually use WIFI option to connect with out laptops and it automatically connects without any issues. We are working for a healthcare industry with has client history information, pulse secure VPN encryption methods help us to secure our data. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 1. The end user interface is very easy to configure and simple to use. 2. The tiny pop ups shows to which network we are connected and restarts automatically when system restarts. 3. Simple steps to add,edit and delete connections on my laptop. 4. When we set the log level to detailed, the logs are very detailed and helps to check the error connecting to any network. 5. Supports most of the operating systems. 6. The connection status is shown at the bottom corner and it also shows signs if any attention is required. 7. It protects confidential data, working on a healthcare industry is suits us. #### Cons 1. Connection is slow if we don't reboot our system often. 2. Configuration options should be reloaded and it takes time to setup initially. 3. Credentials entered correctly does not authenticate sometimes. --- ### Ivanti - for an easy and fast VPN connectivity - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dominique E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: June 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Users connect with SSO thus less hassle for them #### Cons A bit cumbersome when comes time to perform update --- ### One of the best app which has transformed IT with mission critical reliability and performance goal - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: irfan s. - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The best part of the app is we can access any where from any location. We have an another option check weather devices are connecting to the network or not automatically. Provides automatic configurations of the devices without loss of productivity.Pulse secure Vadc and suite are two mostly used in real time industry.An "Enterprise" VPN allows people to access their corporate or work network from home, or any other location out of their office. Pulse Secure is nothing like those other VPN providers you linked to. Those are for encrypting your Internet browsing. Pulse Secure does not do that for home users or general consumers. Pulse Secure is implemented by companies who purchase their physical or virtual appliances and implement them in their organizations. #### Cons UI part need to be enhanced . remove the unrelated options over the screen --- ### Great way to secure remote network connection - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jaime D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Railroad Manufacture - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This is a great software and it has always been stable and reliable with no disconnections #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros In these times where many people are working remotely this is an amazing, quick and secure way to connect to your company's network drive. Some of these software types require a code to be input periodically which can be a nuisance but this one is linked to your Windows password so you only need to sign in and leave it to run #### Cons Your company needs to ensure enough licences are bought in order to ensure everyone can connect. If there are too many concurrent users it won't allow you to connect --- ### Easy to setup, easy to use. Simply a VPN favorite! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Defense & Space - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Pulse Connect Secure allows me to safely remote desktop into my office workstation from anywhere! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I've had the opportunity to continue using Pulse Secure throughout this year and I've learned to appreciate its simplicity over other VPN tools. I've installed it on my desktop and laptops without any problems and is easy to configure for my work connection. A simple Connect button really is all a VPN program needs and Pulse does it right. Once connected, I've never had any latency issues or disconnections, outside of those that could probably attributed to either host or client side connections. Pulse's connection is encrypted and you can rest assured that your connection is safe. #### Cons I don't have anything negative to say about Pulse as my opinion of it over time has just gotten better and I don't seem to experience the issues I used to have with it anymore. --- ### Great when it works, incredibly frustrating when it doesn't - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This program gives me the ability to connect with my company's network, but isn't always reliable. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The ease of use when you can get it to connect. It's a simple and straight forward way to connect to my companies network remotely. #### Cons The connections rarely ever work. There are always kinks to work out and the connection isn't reliable. Many times throughout a session it will just disconnect then it will be very difficult to get connected again. It's caused me to have to bother my coworkers that are in the office to send me files. --- ### Using it for more than 5 years with no issues - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Saurabh A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros - For remote work, it is required that you connect to the office network to access the secured features and Pulse Connect Secure makes it very easy - It can be used to connect to different networks with a single click #### Cons - There have been issues intermittently connecting to the network but they are easily resolved by retrying --- ### It is very easy to connect to the office VPN remotely using Connect secure. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Manoj K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I can connect to office VPN very easily #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros 1. I like the ease in connecting to office VPN using this app. All I need to click on its icon and connect to the gateway I wish to use. Give the username and token code [ generated on RSA app on smartphone]. It will connect me to the VPN within few seconds. 2. I can check the connectivity easily, by seeing the green colour status of the arrow on its icon at the bottom of the screen. 3. I have not observed hanging of app or forcibly killing the session till now #### Cons When I right click the connect secure icon and open the first tab of "Open pulse secure. All the gateways are listed there. Expanding any of them using arrow button, opens the detail but with noticeably shaking of the GUI. It happens to all whether the gateway is connected or disconnected state. 2. I did not like the help page. Both the content as well as its font, formatting etc looks obsolete --- ### vpn access - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I use it for remote access to the company at least once a week. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros pulse secure VPN client is an easy-to-use VPN solution for remote access to the company. #### Cons sometimes it takes too long to connect to the company. --- ### Pulse secure feedback - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mohamed M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I can access my company tools with this app #### Cons Asked many credentials to access my company tools --- ### Connect Secure review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is a very easy to connect with the remote connection. #### Cons I think this product is very good and I never had problems. --- ### Nice secure server connecting applications - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Shivakant D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The best thing about this software is that it easily implies a high level of secured encrypted server for safely work or deploying projects on your assigned platform #### Cons Till now I didn't find any major drawbacks of this software, but as my concerned, there will be a little bit more high level of security required. --- ### Easy to use secure remote VPN access - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jaime H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Medical Devices - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. No problem at all to work remotely from any location outside our company facilities. Great as VPN tool. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very simple to use for end users with need to remote access to corporate network environment. Very stable, provides access via VPN to all our company resources, just as being at your office desk. #### Cons None. Very stable service. Only dependent on client network performance. --- ### Connect Secure - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ali H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is helpful when I need the documents that are accessible through the company network, I can connect to vpn network to find them. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Provide secure VPN network to connect to the company server and access the purchased documents by company. #### Cons Sometimes it takes a time to make connection which is not good. And sometimes connections lost automatically. --- ### Best Connection's Remotely - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Francisco Javier A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Business Supplies and Equipment - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like the secure and fast connection when I need to work remotely just with a wifi connection. #### Cons This software have a extensive hard permission to could use. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/451208-Connect-Secure/reviews/?page=2) --- Ivanti Connect Secure Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice