We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Web Gateways (SWG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."On the outside, the main differentiation is because Lookout ingest. They have ingested basically all of the apps for the last ten years and all the versions of all the apps, and we have that in a corporate database that allows us to do very large-scale machine learning and analysis on that data set. That's not something that any of the competitors really have the capability to do because they don't have access to the data set. A lot of the apps you can no longer get them because that version of the app is five or six years old, and it just doesn't exist anywhere anymore, except within our infrastructure. So, the ability to have that very rich dataset and learn from that dataset is a real differentiator."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"The protection offered by the product is the most valuable feature. It detects vulnerabilities or traps on our users' phones and then prompts them to clean up their devices. Tools we used previously would only discover, which required us to gather information on the backend, so Lookout is a welcome upgrade."
"The solution is stable."
"In terms of performance, Forcepoint stands out because it is more scalable than any other solution. It can extend to different types of boxes and integrate well with other platforms and vendors. And it doesn't need to have the same kind of box or throughput to have high availability."
"This is a highly detailed product with very good key features."
"Reporting and automatic updates of website categorization."
"The critical role is web URL filtering."
"It has got a really good URL categorization database. It is simple to set up. It is also easy to use and quite intuitive. It has got a nice utility for troubleshooting."
"Provides good visibility and good filtering features."
"There is some sandboxing available, which is quite useful."
"The tool categorizes the user profiles which is very comfortable."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"The Symantec antivirus suite and the proxy component are the most valuable feature."
"The CPL code is the best feature of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"It enables us to manage bandwidth for users based on their privilege levels. For example, if a user wants to use a certain application or resource, we can provide access based on their privileges."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable and scalable. You don't need a large team for deployment and maintenance."
"The solution is scalable."
"The stability depends on the service from where you access it. Because sometimes, the place you are in, you have Gateway. You don't have Gateway. The gateway is overutilized. At the end, you need to go through their gateways. And this is the key point here. You have a tracking point. If it's not well orchestrated, and it scales up as you add more to the existing team, you will suffer"
"From the analysis that we've done, they do seem to be maybe a step behind in trying to enter the market with a new solution. But when they do pick up, they do come out with some good products."
"We just submitted an enhancement request reflecting the main area we want to see improvement in; the APIs. Currently, we're able to build dashboards, but it's somewhat backward because we use our MDM API to create them. Lookout should provide API to customers so we can query our data and use it in our cloud, and this is the only outstanding area for improvement with the product right now."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"Allow for faster exemption of websites or the ability to reclassify websites."
"The Sandbox solution should be integrated with the NIST to handle whatever new vulnerabilities or new sites are identified as potential threats."
"It takes 20 to 30 minutes for policy replication."
"The performance issues in the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Security of browsing."
"Sometimes attacks or a new ransomware gets through."
"I have been in contact with technical support several times, and I am not happy with them."
"It has a problem with tablets and the iPhone. It's not filtering on these platforms. It filters on Windows but not iOS or Android."
"Activating the SSL inspection is one of the challenges. We are currently moving to the O365 cloud, and one of the challenges is the performance when all of our users are connected to O365 by a proxy."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
"The initial setup is actually quite complex to install because our users don't have admin rights on the boxes and there's no remote install option by an administrator."
"The tool’s reporting features must be improved."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
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Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is ranked 5th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 47 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 14th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is rated 7.8, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway writes "Simple to set up, reliable, and offers great reporting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiProxy, Fortinet FortiGate SWG and Cisco Web Security Appliance, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Zscaler Internet Access, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service and Symantec Secure Web Gateway. See our Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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