We performed a comparison between Cisco Umbrella and Webroot DNS Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Domain Name System (DNS) Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I was able to implement it myself. It was really easy to install. You could install it on a server locally if you want to. If you have the biggest site, you would do that, but for my site, it was just directing all the traffic out through the Cisco Umbrella DNS. It was really handy. When the owners of the company went overseas, I knew that they would be secure because even if they were not on the company network, they would still go through the Cisco Umbrella servers. It was a complete solution for protecting the company with outgoing data."
"Some clients only want DNS security, while others want more of the advanced features that it has available."
"The solution is very easy to manage. We found the initial setup, for example, to be quite simple."
"I haven't found any issues related to latency or any other issue."
"The primary advantage of Cisco Umbrella is its ability to safeguard our users no matter where they are working from - whether it's in the office or remotely, as per the new work model that has emerged globally. This integrated security solution has simplified our lives by combining all the necessary security measures in one product. Additionally, deploying the product is all it takes to protect all our users."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability."
"A single pane of glass saves time... This does have a lot of options available for us to see who's doing what, what trends, what errors. We can set up our alerting through it as well. It is definitely a great dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is that it secures our network against blacklisted or malicious websites."
"The installation is easy and doesn't take long. The program speedy and doesn't crash. It doesn't consume computer hardware or software."
"Webroot excels in DNS protection, particularly in blocking malicious sites and phishing."
"When compared with other products, Webroot DNS Protection is the best to secure the end users."
"The dashboard of the solution is a valuable feature."
"DNS protection is valuable."
"Almost everyone who uses it is happy about the product. I don't get any types of complaints from my clients."
"I'm hoping for the conversion of Cisco ZTNA's features from Duo to Umbrella."
"It would be good to have more extensions to third-party products and a client for other device types."
"Actually, we recently switched over to Zscaler because it has more features and it's more scalable than Cisco Umbrella."
"In the next release, I would like to see the integration of VDI NSX with Cisco Umbrella."
"It would be better if there was a little bit of flexibility for organizations that don't have SD One in their environment. Because of the complexity of the environment, it's not easy to actually turn on the feature of the secure internet gateway for our users. We have not been able to explore that option yet."
"They can maybe simplify the configuration. For example, sometimes, the proxy part is quite difficult, and that's why we didn't deploy that."
"If the security issues are taken care of it would be better."
"There are some situations where we would like to block things for specific user groups. I know that Umbrella does that, but it's not that easy.... when you want a specific task for specific rules and policies for user groups, you have to go three levels down in the menu, and it's hard to find where you do that task."
"The reporting system needs improvement. They should make is that we can customize it so we can add, remove or change its interface but they use a template. The reports cannot be changed."
"Reporting is not done in real-time. Rather, it is done in 15-minute intervales. This is something that should be configurable by the admin."
"It addresses a specific risk related to malicious sites but doesn't cover broader security aspects."
"The price could be improved."
"It needs to be more secure for production environments."
"If the solution could integrate with FortiGate where there would only be a need of one dashboard instead of having to set policies on our firewall and our DNS, this would be helpful."
Cisco Umbrella is ranked 1st in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 108 reviews while Webroot DNS Protection is ranked 11th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 6 reviews. Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.8, while Webroot DNS Protection is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Webroot DNS Protection writes "Offers reasonable pricing and solid scalability in the enterprise context". 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, whereas Webroot DNS Protection is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access. See our Cisco Umbrella vs. Webroot DNS Protection report.
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