'Anyone can download this product for free, but you have to have a FortiGate gateway that you are connecting to.' 'An annual license costs about 1.5 to 3,000 US dollars. There are no additional costs.' 'The price is okay and competitive.' AnyConnect Plus/Apex licensing and Cisco head-end hardware is required. The application is not permitted for use with legacy licensing (Essentials or Premium PLUS Mobile). AnyConnect may not be used with non-Cisco hardware under any circumstances. It provides cost estimates based on usage throughout each month and finalizes the data at the end of the month. For more information about the report, see the AWS documentation. This Quick Start requires an RA-VPN license from Cisco. The Cisco ASAv virtual firewall provides the following licensing options.
You are responsible for the cost of the AWS services used while running this Quick Start reference deployment. There is no additional cost for using the Quick Start.
The total cost of ownership (TCO) including administration, maintenance, capacity planning, and the cost of additional software renders hardware-based clients like AnyConnect more expensive and time-consuming than software alternatives. NetMotion Mobility and Cisco AnyConnect Comparison. APPLICATION DESCRIPTION: AnyConnect for Kindle Fire HD provides reliable and easy-to-deploy encrypted network connectivity from Kindle Fire HDs and new (2012) Kindle Fires to Cisco VPN head-ends (including Cisco ASA 5500 Security Appliances)by delivering persistent corporate access for users on the go.
The AWS CloudFormation template for this Quick Start includes configuration parameters that you can customize. Some of these settings, such as instance type, affect the cost of deployment. For cost estimates, see the pricing pages for each AWS service you use. Prices are subject to change.
Tip: After you deploy the Quick Start, we recommend that you enable the AWS Cost and Usage Report. This report delivers billing metrics to an S3 bucket in your account. It provides cost estimates based on usage throughout each month and finalizes the data at the end of the month. For more information about the report, see the AWS documentation.
This Quick Start requires an RA-VPN license from Cisco. The Cisco ASAv virtual firewall provides the following licensing options:
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- Option 1: Use AWS pay-as-you-go licensing, which is based on hourly billing. This is the default option for this Quick Start.
- Option 2: Use Amazon’s Bring Your Own License model in conjunction with Cisco’s Smart Licensing.
To use this Quick Start in a production environment, see Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) — Standard Package. Ensure that you subscribe to the image using the correct Region. If you want to use option 2, you must use the correct Amazon Machine Image (AMI). For more information, see how to Deploy the ASAv on the AWS Cloud.
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This Quick Start requires a subscription to the AMI for Cisco RA‑VPN, which is available from AWS Marketplace. Additional pricing, terms, and conditions may apply. For instructions, see the deployment guide.