We performed a comparison between Perimeter 81 and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco and others in ZTNA as a Service."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 solution is stable."
"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."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"Perimeter 81 is very pretty."
"Scaling Perimeter 81 was easy to do."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"It connects quickly and stays connected. The user interface is pretty neat too. The app has in-house support with user guides that give you step-by-step walkthroughs on navigating the app. In addition, there is a live chat feature that offers prompt assistance on the go."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"The Live Logs are a cool feature. We can directly identify issues and divert user traffic."
"It does the job. What it is needed for. I can use it for VPN, I can use it for secure connections, I can use it as a firewall. So the solution does the job."
"It is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Zscaler Private Access is we do not have to connect to a VPN, it is seamless. It is more convenient for us because we use one agent to cover the internet and VPN access."
"Yes, it is very stable. I have never seen it go down, not once."
"With SASE, we have a single platform that covers multiple task services with which we need to control access. All the features are equally valuable."
"SASE's most valuable features are proxy and content filtering."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"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"
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"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."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
"One of the more negative experiences using Perimeter 81 is the fact that I am logged off after a pre-determined amount of time which cuts off access to some of my company's resources."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."
"One of our challenges is ensuring the security of our cloud-based operations."
"Offering in-app explanations detailing what each feature does, its benefits and potential use cases can help users better understand and utilize the tool to its full potential."
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"There is improvement in enhancing proper manageability, policies, and logs. So, log management could be improved."
"It has a limitation, if you are creating a rule or something for a web application or something, you could only add five users, not more than that. Five or four users are only included in a rule. If you want to create a rule for more than five or four users, you have to go through other methods, not particularly with the application. Working within the application with this method would be quite easy as compared to listing a URL or a normal IP address."
"Setup is a bit complex because there are many steps that need to be taken before onboarding and activating the solution."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Conflicts arise if you do not have the same management teams on the product."
"The area that requires improvement is their support. The current support is lacking."
"The granularity in blocking is not sufficient, as new domains are automatically blocked for 30 days without further information."
"We often face performance and latency issues with Zscaler SASE."
Perimeter 81 is ranked 5th in ZTNA as a Service with 22 reviews while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is ranked 1st in ZTNA as a Service with 34 reviews. Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2, while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange writes "Allows for strict access control, granting access to specific applications at a URL level rather than at the physical IP level". Perimeter 81 is most compared with Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access, Tailscale and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Axis Security, Cloudflare Access and OpenVPN Access Server.
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