We performed a comparison between Cato Networks and Perimeter 81 based on Peerspot users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Cato Networks and Perimeter 81 both have pros and cons according to user feedback. Cato Networks is thorough and efficient, but requires enhancements in security and external compatibility. Its pricing is reasonable, but some find it costly. Perimeter 81 provides beneficial features like fast and safe VPN and single sign-on, but requires more customization options and educational resources. The customer service is effective and supportive, and the initial setup is simple. The pricing is affordable, but licensing details are not available. Overall, both products have a positive ROI, but it depends on the user's requirements and expertise.
"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."
"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."
"It's a pretty straightforward solution."
"When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate."
"The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation."
"The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good."
"It is quite simple and easy to use."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"The product is efficient and easy to use."
"The product is very simple, and everything can be done very quickly."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"The benefits are really built into the underlying protocol, however, Perimeter81 makes these available in a user-friendly way."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"It keeps us all accountable and ensures secure internet connections while we all work remotely."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"The solution provides us with an easy way to configure and join the VPN with Perimeter 81."
"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"
"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."
"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."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"The tool needs to be more granular. Its reports are not very in-depth."
"The solution is not cheap."
"The different languages in the user interface should be enhanced."
"They can't do one-to-one NAT (Network Address Translation) in AP (their access point), and that is something that Palo Alto can do."
"Modifying or incorporating Cato Network to work with a third-party platform, such as Microsoft, or other Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings would be beneficial. Having more integration partners would help the users implement the solution."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"We would like the product to continue to improve its security."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
"A Google Chrome extension would be handy instead of logging into the app."
"I have found that the log-in/out process takes quite some time."
"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."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
"If I were to be nitpicky, I would ask that Perimeter 81 offer the option for us to change the color of the graphical user interface, like maybe pink or green or so on."
"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."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 5th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 21 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 6th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 22 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, 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". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate and Netskope , whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access, Tailscale and Check Point Quantum SASE. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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