AppGate ZTNA (BYOL)

What do you like best about the product?

Appgate SDP gives zero trust or tolerance to network access and this ensures there is robust network security more than any traditional VPNs
The software provides detailed access controls and this revolves device posture, user identity, context and location.
Appgate is helpful in offering secure remote access and no internal network exposure experienced
The program issues scalable security support, more so on remote and distributed workforces
The deployment for Appgate is flexible, and it can work on cloud, on premises or hybrid without problems
The configuration process is simple and it has a user friendly access encounter
Appgate provides brilliant visibility, more so on network activity and user access

What do you dislike about the product?

Appgate has complex architecture planning, which makes the initial set up challenging
The tool demands some expertise on security and networking more so during the deployment phase

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Appgate gives secure network access to authorized users and this happens to different applications, internal infrastructure and sensitive systems
The program gives protection to hybrid and remote work, helping employees to have secure access from any working environment
Appgate manages complex access permissions and this includes user authentication, device trust validation and among others
The program is designed to protect sensitive data and applications, for instance, cloud workloads, financial systems, and administrative systems
Appgate eliminates exposure to to any attacks that may be internet based and this includes launching unauthorized scans
There is zero trust security measures and this allows proper trust verification, identity centric monitoring among others

What do you like best about the product?

I find AppGate a smart solution for remote access and micro-segmentation that assimilates with your centralized user security structure very well. I love the inherent DOS security features of the system such as no open scannable ports on their appliances. I find the site, collective and user management approach of the system very practical and effective. Since changing our remote access to AppGate literally all of our network engineers have complimented on the intuitiveness of the client and resiliency of the connections. SPA key coupled with MFA and with continuous IdP re-authentication represents a strong security posture imo. AppGate SDP is a very flexible system and has a lot of cool features from a security engineering perspective. The AppGate team has been very responsive and helpful and have continuously proven their proficiency of ZTNA and network security. Also, I find the per user pricing structure of the product a value. I highly recommend the product.

What do you dislike about the product?

As with all new products that take a different approach, there will be a learning curve. AppGate is no different. The product heavily relies on how well thought through your Identity Provider and DNS systems are and requires the customer to be prepared to implement such a system. Ultimately, it is for the better.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Remote access, micro segmentation and ZTNA preparedness are just a few. Also, use cases for integrating access across IPv4/IPv6 dual-stacked networks and bridging those with legacy systems.

What do you like best about the product?

I like Appgate SDP best because it enforces true Zero Trust by making applications invisible and granting fast, direct access only to explicitly authorized users—without exposing the network

What do you dislike about the product?

I don’t have any specific dislikes at this time; it has effectively met our security and access needs.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Appgate SDP addresses the issue of overly broad, VPN‑based network access by enforcing true Zero Trust access only to authorized applications. For us, this translates into a reduced attack surface, stronger security, and seamless access for users.

What do you like best about the product?

Quick reply for technical support/fault resolution.

What do you dislike about the product?

N/A. Have not found any issues with thisproduct or the support team.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

RHEL support.

What do you like best about the product?

I find Appgate SDP to be very powerful and flexible in terms of configurability. The configuration data model is simple to understand, which makes it much easier to handle. I appreciate how easy it is to provision new Appgate Gateways and other Appliances to the Appgate collective. The networking requirements for communication between these Appliances are straightforward to implement, partly because Appgate implements SPA and simplifies firewall rules. I also like that every resource in Appgate is autonomous, allowing for easy creation and editing, which provides a clean separation of concerns and contributes to the reliability of the entire system.

What do you dislike about the product?

I do not have much complaints about Appgate SDP, but I could mention a few things. When signing in to the AppGate Client, since we have a large number of entitlements and AppGate Gateways, it can take a little while to establish all connections. If signing back in is required and this happens during the workday, there can be a short period of time when protected services are not accessible. Also, we have to maintain our own separate service to query group memberships of users in order to configure Access Policies based on groups. It would be nice if this was integrated into AppGate, especially for ubiquitous IDPs like Google.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Appgate SDP secures access to internal services and SaaS applications, centralizes access policy configurations, and simplifies secure VPN-like infrastructure setup. It's powerful yet user-friendly, making provisioning gateways easy and offering reliable, autonomous resource management.

What do you like best about the product?

The power behind this solution is great. im still working on the system and will get more out of it.

What do you dislike about the product?

There is no reporting functionality which customers frown abit

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zero Trust methodology

What do you like best about the product?

AppGate is reliable, and customer service is fantastic. They know their product very well and can help troubleshoot and support my issues in no time. AppGate helps secure our platform, and we did not see a lack in network communication across the user base and internal services.

What do you dislike about the product?

Software configuration is not easy, but once you set it up correctly, it works seamlessly

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zero Trust Enablement for our platform

What do you like best about the product?

Manage complex user access assignments easily under a simple UI.
Appgate's support and customer success teams are fantastic, responsive, and very friendly.
Appgate can be used to reduce network complexity while still maintaining security.

What do you dislike about the product?

In addition to our own users, we sometimes setup access for our clients to get to very specific resources. License management can sometimes be challenging if you have a number of clients needing access for short periods of time because each connection consumes a license for 30-days.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gives VPN-like ability to access resources; however, SDP makes it far easier to control fine-grained access. Moving these connections to SDP gave us the ability to really deliver only necessary resources to specific users/groups.

What do you like best about the product?

Strong Zero-Trust / Least Privilege Model
Appgate SDP is built around the principle of granting only exactly what’s needed — no more, no less. Access is dynamically evaluated based on identity, device posture, context, and policy — which really minimizes exposure and lateral movement risk. Many users praise this as a superior security posture versus traditional VPNs.

What do you dislike about the product?

Complex Deployment / Learning Curve

Many users mention that initial setup, configuration of policies, and tuning can be complex. It’s not always “plug-and-play.”
While Appgate supports hybrid architectures, some users note that changes (e.g. in the cloud or dynamic scaling) are more complex to reflect in policy / deployment

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Traditional VPNs typically follow a “connect first, verify later” model, which grants broad network access once inside. They often don’t support fine-grained controls, and expose a big attack surface. Appgate SDP replaces or augments this model.
Benefit : Because internal resources are cloaked and only visible to legitimate sessions, potential attackers have less surface to probe. Even if they penetrate one point, they can’t freely move.

What do you like best about the product?

Appgate SDP software can be used to connect multiple sites on a single vpn authentication, and users will be stress-free to connect multiple vpn to connect different sites.

What do you dislike about the product?

Not seeing anything to dislike but hopefully appgate GUI can be improved

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have different DCs in countries and it's really difficult to connect to each DC by using vpn on a single go, but AppGate solves that problem, and we only need to connect once using SSO, and it will connect to all the DC sites.