Cisco Group Encrypted Transport VPN
LeaderWe securely connect everything to make anything possible.
Est 1984|Valuation $449.2B|Raised $49.2B
MarketsEnterprise Networking
We securely connect everything to make anything possible.
Published May 16, 2026
| Starting Price | Not publicly listed; bundled into Cisco router + IOS/IOS XE feature/licensing + support | Similar (router + licensing + support) | Varies widely by vendor; often firewall/router license + support |
| Best For | Private WAN encryption at scale (MPLS/IP), any-to-any, multicast/QoS preservation | Hub-and-spoke with optional spoke-to-spoke, often over public Internet transports | Interoperability; mixed-vendor; classic tunnel-based designs |
| Key Strength | Tunnel-less group encryption; preserves routing/QoS/multicast; centralized keying | Mature overlay design; works for public Internet; dynamic tunnels | Vendor flexibility; avoids Cisco-only lock-in |
| Key Weakness | Cisco-only; private WAN assumption; release/platform feature variance risk | Tunnel/overlay complexity; NAT edge cases; hub dependencies depending on phase/design | Tunnel sprawl at scale; multicast/QoS constraints depending on design |
Cisco’s site-to-site VPN technologies comparison positions GETVPN as a tunnel-less VPN that is suitable for full-time meshing and any-to-any topologies, supporting QoS, multicast, and routing without overlay tunnels. This aligns with GETVPN’s relevance in MPLS/private WAN architectures.
DMVPN is appropriate for hub-and-spoke simplicity, on-demand spoke-to-spoke tunnels, and Internet transport independence (NAT-T and public WAN use cases). If the WAN is primarily Internet-based, DMVPN or SD-WAN can be a more practical fit.
Standard IPsec VPN offers multivendor interoperability. For organizations avoiding vendor lock-in or requiring interoperability with partners, standard IPsec implementations are often preferred.
Older trade press described GETVPN as addressing challenges around running encrypted VPN tunnels and as a method to avoid tunnel-scaling issues—consistent with Cisco’s positioning, but not supported by modern third-party benchmarks in the public domain.