We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco Umbrella based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cisco Security Portfolio solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."If you are using Darktrace or NAC solutions you can integrate Stealthwatch."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"It has definitely helped us improve our mean time to resolution on network issues."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature we got out of Stealthwatch is to be able to, while troubleshooting, go deep into one of our interfaces and verify what the bandwidth is and if there's any activity there that's causing problems."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"I think recently with many people working from home, Cisco Umbrella has been very useful. For example, we can manage the device and the network when the employee is not working on the local host. Cisco Umbrella is very valuable for this kind of infrastructure."
"It offers good visibility for the Administrator. The administrator has full visibility of what is blocked or has the knowledge of where users go when they are surfing the internet."
"The integration features within, for example, the Cisco VPN product and the Umbrella module are valuable."
"One of the most important features is the security posture check which Umbrella offers when a user accesses any website. That is one of the most unique features that it offers."
"Cisco Umbrella is easy to monitor, manage, and deploy."
"The implementation is pretty easy."
"Using this solution has meant that we've needed to make fewer firewall changes."
"It makes it really easy to accomplish content filtering. We don't have to do a lot of customization. You just click the box for the content category and it's up to date."
"I would like to see more expansion in artificial intelligence and machine learning features."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"Cisco Stealthwatch can improve by having bundled packages for popular add-ons. It would be a lot easier for people implementing it, have let's say a better way to use the product."
"Better integration between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco Secure Workload would be beneficial."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"Something on our end that might make it better is alerting going to our ticketing system. It's not something that we have discussed, but that would be a proactive option for us to provide a learning experience for the staff."
"User interface could be a little smoother and more intuitive."
"The pricing is a bit high. Being outside of the USA, we have issues with the exchange rate."
"There are a couple of different pieces that have different portals. I know they're working on getting them all into one portal, but that's probably the biggest thing that needs improvement right now. It's not a single pane of glass yet."
"Cisco Umbrella should add some more documentation on proxies."
"Its reliability and the response time of the support team can be better."
"Data reporting could be improved."
"I would like for them to continue building on IPS and IDS functionalities."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 3rd in Cisco Security Portfolio with 58 reviews while Cisco Umbrella is ranked 2nd in Cisco Security Portfolio with 108 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, whereas Cisco Umbrella is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Cisco Umbrella report.
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