We compared Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform and Cato Networks across several parameters based on our user reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Initial Setup: The user reviews for Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform mention varying durations for deployment and setup, ranging from three months for deployment and an additional week for setup to a week for both. Cato Networks users emphasized the importance of considering the context in which terms like deployment, setup, and implementation are used.
Valuable Features: Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is known for its robust security measures, seamless integration with existing systems, advanced analytics, simplicity of use, and reliable customer support. Cato Networks is praised for its excellent network performance and reliability, ease of implementation and management, and comprehensive security features.
Room For Improvement: Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform could benefit from improvements in performance, reliability, and user interface. Cato Networks needs enhancements in network speed and stability, GUI for easier navigation, occasional connectivity issues, faster support response times, and more advanced customization options.
Setup Cost: Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is affordable and offers good value for money, with transparent and flexible licensing terms. Users have also found the cost of Cato Networks to be reasonable, with appreciated flexibility in licensing options.
ROI: Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform offers increased network security, simplified management, improved performance, and cost savings. Cato Networks provides increased efficiency, cost savings, improved network performance, ease of implementation, and secure connectivity across multiple locations. Both platforms offer valuable investment opportunities for businesses.
Customer Service: Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is praised for its commendable customer service, with top-notch assistance and guidance. Cato Networks also provides highly satisfactory customer service, with customers appreciating the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team.
Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is preferred over Cato Networks. This choice is based on user feedback that highlights Versa's robust security measures, advanced analytics capabilities, and seamless integration with existing systems. Versa excels in customer service and support, offering top-notch assistance and guidance to ensure a seamless experience for customers. Users have mentioned that Cato Networks could benefit from enhancements in terms of performance, reliability, user interface, and customization options.
"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 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 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."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation."
"When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate."
"The product is very simple, and everything can be done very quickly."
"It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything."
"The product is efficient and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Cato Networks is the CASB and the documentation is useful."
"The most valuable feature is that it also works as a next-gen firewall because it has security features."
"The product has a dynamic VPN feature for SD-WAN."
"The most valuable features are the main steering and the firewall. The security features and SD-WAN features are also quite good."
"The solution is stable and suitable."
"It is very easy to deploy. The GUI interface is really good, and the security features are also very good. It is also stable and scalable, and their support is also good."
"Their dashboard is also a good point for us and the customer. The solution is very clean and easy."
"Our customers are very satisfied with this solution. They have not mentioned any areas for improvement."
"Overall, it's nice and very user friendly. That's what makes it so successful. They give you complicated features but with a very simple user interface, and that's been a big success for them."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the next-generation firewall features and geo-blocking capabilities."
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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."
"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."
"There's no principal in Malaysia, only a distributor."
"They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud."
"A little tweaking or improvement of the UI in terms of logging when troubleshooting would be an improvement because it's very detailed."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"The price could be better."
"I am located in South Korea, and I can say that most people here have no idea about Cato Networks. I think Cato Networks should promote its network services in various countries."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"The solution's current customer support is not that good. So, they need to improve that. Also, the solution's UI is quite complex, so they need to simplify it."
"Future releases should contain AI for the voice feature."
"There are limitations when you connect from multiple locations. It does not work as expected. If you have more than 400 users, then it will choke. It will not perform as expected."
"The support needs to be improved."
"The solution lacks a mobile version where small, manageable platforms can be developed."
"Another thing that should be improved in Versa are their firewall features."
"The smaller units lack a lot of functionality."
"Certainly, there are areas that require enhancement, and the current focus is on improvements. Presently, I believe that the emphasis should be on enhancing user interface (UI) features, particularly over end devices. The issue arises when attempting to log in to Versa from other devices, as the UI is not device-specific. Consequently, guiding someone to log in to Versa antivirus becomes challenging. Despite the absence of issues on the website, the lack of a login scope impedes graphical representation of user data or databases. Since work databases support only a limited range of features, I recommend augmenting features for end devices to address these limitations."
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Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 5th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is ranked 9th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 20 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is rated 8.0. 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 Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform writes "A flexible, stable and scalable solution ". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, whereas Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Meraki SD-WAN and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform report.
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