We compared Netskope and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform based on our users' reviews across four parameters. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Netskope offers comprehensive data protection capabilities, advanced threat protection, advanced analytics, and granular policy enforcement. Netskope has competitive pricing options, positive ROI, and excellent customer service. Versa SASE Platform features robust security measures, efficient network connectivity, advanced analytics, simplicity of use, and reliable customer support. Users praise its customer service and support, reasonable pricing, positive ROI, and ability to integrate multiple functionalities.
Features: Netskope is praised for its comprehensive data protection and advanced threat protection. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is commended for its robust security measures, seamless integration, and reliable customer support.
Pricing and ROI: Netskope offers competitive pricing options and a straightforward setup process, ensuring a smooth experience. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform has reasonable pricing, good value for money, and flexible licensing terms. Netskope has shown positive ROI by providing enhanced security, data protection, cloud service control, and cost savings. Versa SASE Platform offers improved network security, simplified management, better performance, cost savings, and flexibility, resulting in significant value and ROI.
Room for Improvement: Netskope could improve its interface, customer support, performance during high traffic, and reporting capabilities. On the other hand, users of the Versa SASE Platform suggest enhancements in performance, reliability, user interface, navigation, documentation, and integration options.
Deployment and customer support: Netskope’s setup is considered to be quick, easy, and straightforward. Deployment can be done rapidly, especially on the cloud, although there may be some complexities involved in the implementation phase. The deployment process for Versa varied depending on factors such as the configuration, predefined setups, and designated policies. It generally took between one to two hours. However, for some users, deployment took 35 working days, with the number of engineers and architects depending on the number of sites. Customers have expressed satisfaction with the customer service and support provided by Netskope, citing prompt resolution and knowledgeable assistance. Versa's SASE Platform is highly praised for its top-notch support, responsive service, and efficient resolutions.
The summary above is based on 25 interviews we conducted with Netskope and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"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 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."
"Netskope has a diverse portfolio range, which includes cloud access security brokers, content filtering, behavior analytics, and security management."
"Amazing reporting and tracking mechanisms."
"It's a comprehensive security portfolio solution."
"The client size and architectural components in Netskope are far better than other solutions."
"Netskope is a really good product. I cannot segregate which features are the most valuable. We find most of the features to be valuable. It gives us what we are looking for."
"It is a very scalable tool."
"The product's analytics part is pretty fine."
"In Azure, we have multiple subscriptions and with every subscription, we add some kind of instance ID. We can work with the instance ID so that we allow all of the instances containing nodules. Everything else, we block. This way, if you go to outlook.com and check your email, if you log in with your company account, the instance ID will show. The network will take action according to the instance ID and say, "You are using the enterprise email. I'll let you surf. I'll let you see your email." But when you try to log in with your own email address, like Hotmail or Gmail, the instance ID will be different. This way we are not completely blocking Outlook, but we are blocking people from accessing their Outlook. We are only allowing the enterprise-level emails, and we are not allowing user-based emails."
"I like all the features. We utilize different LAN, bandwidth transferring, bandwidth balancing, and mappings. We use it as a centralized solution, and use the same product at all our locations."
"The necessary enhancement pertains to the controller segment, specifically addressing the issue of frequent flapping when a link is left. In the case of Versa Unified, if a link experiences frequent flapping within an entire branch, it triggers instability. Hence, it is imperative that the overall routing system is not contingent solely upon the active dial branches."
"Versa FlexVNF is a scalable product because it does not have any hardware dependencies. This makes it a versatile solution that can be easily integrated with any firewall."
"It's very powerful, especially for engineering teams."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the next-generation firewall features and geo-blocking capabilities."
"Versa is a good centralized solution, where you're setting up your infrastructure in a data center type thing."
"The division of Control Plane and Data Plane is most valuable. It can be deployed anywhere, and you can control it and configure it from anywhere. This is one of the good features of this solution."
"There are great security and ops features without the need for having a different box for security."
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"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 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."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"They can focus more on ease of admin, ease of use, and ease of migration. Migration should be simple for companies that are using a different platform and would like to move to Netskope. Everyone looks for a simple migration. They can also focus more on cloud services and cloud trends. They have to see the cloud market, and they should try to compete with Zscaler and other players. They should also work on licensing costs."
"There could be better integration with other solutions."
"It needed some fine-tuning on core business sites that we used, which were sensitive to what we term a man-in-the-middle certificate by design. Some sites were not tolerant because they presented as potentially malicious. So, we just had to make some tweaks so that it would bypass or interpret it."
"They could improve their mobile agents as they have some limitations."
"Third party integration with other cloud applications could be improved. Sometimes the API won't be working, but Netskope is taking it seriously. They accept all the feature requests, and they are trying to provide whatever we ask from them."
"In some cases, when you have a lot of policies, it can get confusing for users and you can get lost in the GUI."
"I would like to have an identity theft protection function."
"The solution's documentation still needs to be improved."
"We've had the odd occasional stability issue with software upgrades."
"The stability of FlexVNF's controller and devices could be improved."
"I heard about them for the first time just before I started working on Versa. They do have blogs for information, but they could publicize more about the documentation and architecture. It doesn't seem to have that much exposure, and they should work on their customer base more."
"The security should be improved."
"The solution lacks a mobile version where small, manageable platforms can be developed."
"The smaller units lack a lot of functionality."
"With the pandemic and changing work models, it would be ideal if the product more accessibility options or more diversity within the solution itself."
"The web interface can be improved."
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Netskope is ranked 4th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 35 reviews while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is ranked 13th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 20 reviews. Netskope is rated 8.4, while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Netskope writes "Network proxy that provides visibility during deployment and allows you to control PII". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform writes "A flexible, stable and scalable solution ". Netskope is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Cisco Umbrella and Forcepoint ONE, whereas Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Juniper Contrail Networking. See our Netskope vs. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform report.
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