# Ivanti Connect Secure review (2026): is it worth it? > Enterprise SSL VPN gateway for secure remote access Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) is an enterprise VPN gateway for remote access to data center and cloud applications. It runs on the Ivanti Security Appliance as hardware, a virtual appliance or a cloud deployment, with a client for desktop and mobile platforms. It is sold through Ivanti sales with no published prices. - **Category:** Remote Desktop - **Made by:** Ivanti - **Website:** https://www.ivanti.com/products/connect-secure-vpn - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't want to manage a gateway, since it runs on a physical or virtual Ivanti appliance. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Ivanti Connect Secure's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Unified secure access client:** One client provides remote VPN and local network access on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and Android apps on ChromeOS. - **Flexible VPN modes:** Supports full Layer 3 VPN, per-app VPN, on-demand and always-on access, lockdown mode and FQDN or IP-based split tunneling. - **Clientless access:** Gives browser-based access to published applications and virtual desktops without an installed client. - **Conditional access and endpoint checks:** Evaluates users and devices against policies on each access attempt and can assess an endpoint before sign-in. - **Passwordless sign-in:** Supports FIDO2 authentication with passkeys, biometrics and PINs. - **Hardened gateway:** ICS 25.x runs on Oracle Linux 9 with SELinux enforcing, a web application firewall and secure boot with TPM support. ## Good for - Enterprises that run their own VPN gateways on appliances or cloud - Organizations needing per-app VPN and clientless access in one product - Teams that must meet FIPS 140-3 requirements ## Worth knowing - No prices are published; the page directs buyers to contact sales. - It runs on the Ivanti Security Appliance, physical or virtual, so you manage a gateway. - Centralized management uses a separate product, Ivanti Secure Access Framework. - The page lists no free plan or trial. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Ivanti Connect Secure is a VPN and clientless access gateway that runs on an Ivanti appliance, physical or virtual. No prices are published, you manage the gateway, and central management is a separate product. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published: the page tells buyers to contact sales, so value sits at C. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial is listed on the product page. - **Features: B.** A unified client, VPN modes, clientless access, endpoint checks and passwordless sign-in cover the core of a company VPN. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. It runs on an appliance you set up and manage, which is an admin job. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and web are listed. The integrations are hosting platforms like ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V, Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ivanti's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among remote desktop apps - Ivanti Connect Secure's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 6 of the 85 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 6. - It stands best on features (B, above 55 of 85) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/remote-access ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Ivanti Connect Secure you would be making servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 73 of the 85 other remote desktop apps grade higher. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It plugs into other products, VMware ESXi, KVM and Microsoft Hyper-V among them. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with VMware ESXi, KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud **Tags:** VPN, Reports ## Alternatives - [FortiClient](https://toolgpa.com/tools/forticlient): Fortinet endpoint agent for VPN, ZTNA and endpoint protection. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/forticlient-vs-ivanti-connect-secure) - [Zscaler Private Access](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zscaler-private-access): Zero trust access to private apps without a VPN. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ivanti-connect-secure-vs-zscaler-private-access) - [Pritunl](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pritunl): Self-hosted open-source VPN server for OpenVPN and WireGuard. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ivanti-connect-secure-vs-pritunl) - [Twingate](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twingate): Zero trust network access to replace a company VPN. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ivanti-connect-secure-vs-twingate) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.ivanti.com/products/connect-secure-vpn Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ivanti-connect-secure Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).