We performed a comparison between Check Point 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."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."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"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 of Check Point Web Gateway are all the IPS. However, what matters for users is content and web filtering."
"The interface is simply amazing."
"The product covers all the security needs of roaming users."
"Application control gives IT teams an opportunity to set suitable policies that can be used by all teams when coding."
"One of its rather outstanding capabilities is its ability to add an extra layer of protection to our company's internal network."
"The product is very user-friendly."
"The implementation of this tool was straightforward."
"It is very stable."
"The CPL code is the best feature of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"Symantec Proxy’s technical support is very good."
"The solution is scalable."
"The initial setup of Symantec Proxy is easy."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"The learning curve is complex for new users."
"There should be an improvement in interface integration."
"The documentation must be improved."
"Check Point Web Gateway could improve the user interface. It could be made more modern."
"Perhaps the latency in the administrative part of the portal would be a point of improvement."
"Most of the time, we are struggling when it comes to getting support."
"We would really benefit from some more visual features that can help view the impact of the security gateway in the organization."
"We understand that if we want to see greater connections, greater services, and a greater capacity established for primary equipment, this solution needs to evolve to make an application installed directly on equipment."
"Technical support is an area that requires some improvement."
"The tool’s reporting features must be improved."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"The traffic filtering could improve. Our firewall traffic is limited. Additionally, it would be helpful if there was a dashboard and reporting feature."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
"The user interface could be improved, and the price could be lower as well."
Check Point Web Gateway is ranked 12th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 20 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 14th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Check Point Web Gateway is rated 8.2, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Web Gateway writes "Provides secure perimeter defense and scalability for the banking industry". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Check Point Web Gateway is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access, Cisco Web Security Appliance and Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Zscaler Internet Access and Exinda. See our Check Point Web Gateway vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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