We performed a comparison between McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks and others in Secure Web Gateways (SWG)."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 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 solution is stable."
"The user interface is easy to configure."
"We can address and rectify issues promptly, resulting in consistently positive outcomes."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable and scalable. You don't need a large team for deployment and maintenance."
"The content that we are getting is very good. Content caching is also supported."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Proxy is that it doesn't have any limitations. It also has a simple configuration, with only one window pane, unlike Zscaler, which has multiple window panes. Deploying the agent is also more straightforward in Symantec Proxy."
"The solution is scalable."
"The product is very good, and the URL filtering database is great."
"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"
"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 product should provide more integrations."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
"The traffic filtering could improve. Our firewall traffic is limited. Additionally, it would be helpful if there was a dashboard and reporting feature."
"Marketing needs improvement in Symantec Proxy, as it needs to catch up in sales here in the Asia Pacific region. Symantec Proxy licensing renewal also needs improvement."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
"The tool’s reporting features must be improved."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"Support response time and case resolution could be improved."
"Technical support is an area that requires some improvement."
McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is ranked 23rd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 1 review while Symantec Proxy is ranked 14th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is rated 10.0, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service writes "A scalable and user-friendly tool that provides an easy-to-configure user interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate SWG, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Fortinet FortiProxy and Skyhigh Security, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Zscaler Internet Access and Symantec Secure Web Gateway.
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