We performed a comparison between Check Point Web Gateway and Cisco Web Security Appliance 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 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."
"It filters the URLs by reputation, denying access to those proven to be harmful and inspecting those which haven't been flagged yet to detect threats before the user can enter it."
"The most valuable feature that I see in the application is the filtering of the URLs."
"Application control allows the administrator to create granular policies based on users to allow, block, or limit access."
"I think this solution is very helpful to our customers because its cloud-based security can be deployed quickly and maintained easily."
"It is very stable."
"It can also be used as a reverse proxy through the checkpoint."
"Application control gives IT teams an opportunity to set suitable policies that can be used by all teams when coding."
"The interface is simply amazing."
"Cisco Web Security Appliance is user-friendly and easy to manage. It protects your environment while accessing the internet."
"Cisco regularly upgrades features for the customer's security requirements."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Web Security Appliance is the provided anti-malware functionality and URL categorization. I can block access to malicious websites. 99 percent of the cases are related to a malicious website. If I cannot browse those malicious websites, then we are 99 percent protected."
"Cisco Web Security Appliance can integrate with Active Directory, enabling us to manage all the end-users within AD. It's helpful for setting rules based on individual users and groups. For example, you can configure policies for inbound and outbound traffic."
"The best feature of Cisco Web Security Appliance is its policy framing. It also has a good UI and it can handle traffic well. Cisco Web Security Appliance is a good product."
"Cisco is the best in giving technical support. There is no doubt about that."
"I would recommend this solution to others."
"The technical support is good. It is reactive and the documentation is very specific and very useful."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"There should be an improvement in interface integration."
"I would like to see improvement in the tool's availability."
"It is expensive. Its price should be better."
"Perhaps the latency in the administrative part of the portal would be a point of improvement."
"For the most modern versions, there currently is no documentation, or it is more difficult to find it."
"The documentation must be improved."
"Most of the time, we are struggling when it comes to getting support."
"The tool's response time can be improved since sometimes it lags, but not always...The tool's UI should be made more dynamic."
"The reporting needs improvement."
"The solution is not very compatible with other products."
"There are certain shortcomings related to the product's management capabilities, where improvements are required. The solution needs to provide better management of the category of web pages."
"Customer support is good but could be improved."
"The support for this solution could be improved. We have experienced issues with their SMARTnet support system."
"The transparent proxy is quite difficult to enforce on smartphones and tablets."
"This solution could be more secure."
"I would like more automation."
Check Point Web Gateway is ranked 11th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 21 reviews while Cisco Web Security Appliance is ranked 9th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 29 reviews. Check Point Web Gateway is rated 8.4, while Cisco Web Security Appliance is rated 7.8. 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 Cisco Web Security Appliance writes "Ensures security for remote workers". Check Point Web Gateway is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access, Symantec Proxy and Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, whereas Cisco Web Security Appliance is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access, Fortinet FortiProxy, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Fortinet FortiGate SWG. See our Check Point Web Gateway vs. Cisco Web Security Appliance report.
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