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."
"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."
"It is quite simple and easy to use."
"The product is efficient and easy to use."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"The product is very simple, and everything can be done very quickly."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Cato Networks is the CASB and the documentation is useful."
"The scalability is quite good."
"What I found most helpful in Cato Networks is that it works out of the box. One of its main advantages is that it's a simple product to deploy. You subscribe, and you're ready to run."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"SD-WAN is one of the primary solutions offered by Perimeter 81."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"Distributing the agent was very simple, allowing us to enforce security posture on our devices (i.e. S1, Disk-encryption, etc.)."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"Perimeter 81 is very pretty."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"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."
"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"
"They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud."
"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."
"The price could be better."
"The solution could be made more user friendly for the administrator to use the portal. It is difficult to use it for people who are not experienced with Cato Networks."
"I would like to see better integration with identity providers."
"The solution is not cheap."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"A little tweaking or improvement of the UI in terms of logging when troubleshooting would be an improvement because it's very detailed."
"One of our challenges is ensuring the security of our cloud-based operations."
"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."
"In order to have to bypass the login using the website, a good feature for Perimeter 81 to have is a login instance in the Perimeter 81 application. I'm using a Mac and we don't have that functionality."
"I'd love to learn more about all of the features. Maybe a monthly spotlight of features or having a banner that explains more ways certain features could be used would be helpful."
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"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."
"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."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
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, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate and FortiSASE , whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access, Tailscale and Netgate pfSense. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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