Appgate SDP vs Cisco Sourcefire SNORT comparison

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We performed a comparison between Appgate SDP and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"One of the most important features is stopping lateral movement across our network.""The flexibility of the tool is valuable. It is very robust. It has a very robust configuration capability.""The interface is really friendly. It's simple to understand.""It is pretty stable.""It is a scalable solution...The support answers your questions very fast.""The simplicity of the SDP platform is a standout feature; instead of navigating through intricate details, users can seamlessly connect to the company's network or switch to the internet with minimal effort."

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"The whole solution is very good, and stable.""The URL filtering is very good and you can create a group for customized URLs.""It has a huge rate of protection. It's has a low level of positives and a huge rate of threat protection. It's easy to deploy and easy to implement. It has an incredible price rate compared to similar solutions.""The solution can be integrated with some network electors like Cisco Stealthwatch, Cisco ISE, and Active Directory to provide the client with authentication certificates.""The most valuable feature is the visibility that we have across the virtual environment.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the filtering.""Cisco technical support is unbeatable. It offers a premium service every time.""The solution is stable."

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Cons
"It would be better to connect to an application portal from any device. Documentation and support could be better.""On the cloud, when you make some changes, it may be difficult.""One limitation is that it's harder to provide access to multiple applications in the company with Appgate, but that's probably because of poor management.""They could provide a single-box solution to manage tools for 4000 users. Additionally, they could add extra features to enhance remote micro connection.""One thing that kind of sticks out to me is the ability to do a proper non-split tunnel. VPN tunnel-wise, it is not really a true unsplit tunnel, but I think that's just because of the way it's designed. A split VPN basically allows your system to talk to other systems without being forced down the tunnel. A VPN running in a non-split tunnel mode forces all the traffic down the tunnel to wherever you're VPNing to. It forces the traffic down so that the traffic is subject to the firewall and rules that you have in your corporate environment and such. It helps to prevent remote malicious folks that may be talking directly to that box from piggybacking into the corporate environment through it. They do it partially, but it would be nice to see more of an enterprise-level solution there.""The user interface should be improved as it is not very easy to work with the updates."

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"The pricing needs to be improved. We have lots of low-budget clients around us. Budget constraints are always a deterrent in our market.""I did not experience any pain points that required improvement. Maybe a couple of false-positives, but that's about it.""Integration with other components — even Cisco's own products — can be enhanced to improve administrative experience.""The main dashboard of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT could improve.""The implementation could be a bit easier.""To be frank, the product is not really stable, although they're working on that. Whenever I go to the technical community with an issue, they will usually say that it is not there yet, but the technical team are working on it. The issues are not insolvable. I think they should just keep working on the product to make sure that the product can become very stable. The technical support is great. I appreciate that. We have a lot of communities supporting Firepower now, so you can find help for whatever issue you have.""The customization of the rules can be simplified.""I would like to have analytics included in the suite."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is a pretty expensive tool. It is maybe about $20,000 per year for a hundred users or so."
  • "We pay $100 per user per month. One license for the site is around $17."
  • "The pricing is according to the market price. It is not a very cheap solution. They have some very aggressive promotions to sell the product in the market."
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  • "We have a three-year license for this solution."
  • "Licensing for this solution is paid on a yearly basis."
  • "I don't know the exact amount, but most of the time when I go to a company with a proposition, they will say, "This thing that you are selling is good, but it's expensive. Why don't you propose something like FortiGate, Check Point, or Palo Alto?" Cisco device are expensive compared to other devices."
  • "The cost is per port and can be expensive but it does include training and support for three years."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The simplicity of the SDP platform is a standout feature; instead of navigating through intricate details, users can seamlessly connect to the company's network or switch to the internet with minimal… more »
    Top Answer:The pricing is according to the market price. It is not a very cheap solution. They have some very aggressive promotions to sell the product in the market.
    Top Answer:They could provide a single-box solution to manage tools for 4000 users. Additionally, they could add extra features to enhance remote micro connection.
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT are the dashboard for monitoring events.
    Top Answer:The cost is per port and can be expensive but it does include training and support for three years.
    Top Answer:The main dashboard of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT could improve.
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    Sourcefire SNORT
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    Overview

    Appgate SDP is a network access control tool for local and remote access, multifactor authentication, and micro-segmentation. It is a flexible, robust, and configurable tool with good documentation, interface improvements, and ease of deployment. 

    It helps organizations prevent lateral movement across networks and servers and provides a more granular access control structure than traditional VPNs. Appgate SDP's valuable features include the ability to hide servers, good support, stability, scalability, and stopping lateral movement. It is currently being used as the main VPN solution for many companies.

    Snort is an open-source, rule-based, intrusion detection and prevention system. It combines the benefits of signature-, protocol-, and anomaly-based inspection methods to deliver flexible protection from malware attacks. Snort gained notoriety for being able to accurately detect threats at high speeds.

    Sample Customers
    United States Air Force  FINRA Weight Watchers Rackspace  DataDog SageNet  Verdant Norwegian Cruise Line  VoiceBase  The Third Floor 
    CareCore, City of Biel, Dimension Data, LightEdge, Lone Star College System, National Rugby League, Port Aventura, Smart City Networks, Telecom Italia, The Department of Education in Western Australia
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Individual & Family Service10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Government9%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise38%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise41%
    Large Enterprise35%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Appgate SDP is ranked 11th in ZTNA as a Service with 5 reviews while Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is ranked 15th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 4 reviews. Appgate SDP is rated 8.8, while Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Appgate SDP writes "Easy to implement, quick to deploy, and offers helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT writes "The solution provides visibility across virtual environments, protects internal networks, and is scalable to meet organizational needs". Appgate SDP is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Private Access, Waverley Labs Open Source Software Defined Perimeter and Akamai Enterprise Application Access, whereas Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Check Point IPS, Cisco NGIPS, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention and Darktrace.

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