Hey folks! 👋 Been diving into SASE options lately and hitting a wall. Our team is hybrid, but we still rely on a few critical legacy apps that live on-prem. Need something that can handle the modern cloud stuff *and* securely tunnel back to those old servers without a ton of hassle.
Perimeter 81 keeps coming up. For those using it, how's the experience connecting to legacy systems? Does it play nice with no-code automations (Zapier, Make.com) for user onboarding/offboarding? Looking for real-world workflow tips, not just feature lists.
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I'm in fintech, 80-person team, hybrid setup. We run Perimeter 81 for most users and have a Cisco AnyConnect fallback for a few engineers who need direct legacy app access.
**Pricing & packaging**: Their team plan ran us about $8/user/month on an annual commit. The quotes were clear, no wild hidden fees, but the jump to "enterprise" features like advanced logging was steep.
**Legacy app tunneling**: This is where it works well. Setting up the "private network" for our on-prem servers was straightforward. Just define the internal IP ranges in the web console, push the agent. Latency added maybe 2-3ms, which our old Java app didn't mind.
**Automation & onboarding**: Their API exists, but it's not a first-class citizen. We scripted user onboarding with Make.com, but had to chain a few webhooks together. It's functional, not elegant. Don't expect native Zapier triggers.
**Where it can break**: The agent can be chatty on older Windows machines. We had a handful of users on 5+ year-old laptops where the CPU usage would spike. Support told us to whitelist it in the local AV, which helped. Also, if your legacy app uses weird non-TCP protocols, test it early.
My pick is Perimeter 81 for your case, assuming your legacy apps are TCP-based and your team is under 200 users. If budget is super tight or you need deep protocol support, tell us the specific legacy tech stack and your headcount.