Compare Cato Networks vs. Versa FlexVNF
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Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"The core business of Cisco Umbrella is non-malware. That's all it does: block the malware on the gateway." "The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability." "Using this solution has meant that we've needed to make fewer firewall changes." "The most valuable feature is that it secures our network against blacklisted or malicious websites." "The most valuable features are the protection against ransomware and phishing." "It will protect, give you more robustness, and faster responses, compared to any firewalls or any of the proxy web servers." "The most valuable feature for us is the DNS-based protection." "It analyzes the domain security helps us implement the securest policy." | "The most valuable feature is that it also works as a next-gen firewall because it has security features." "The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation." "It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything." "The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable." | "Our organization finds the application routing features extremely useful." "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." "Their dashboard is also a good point for us and the customer. The solution is very clean and easy." "There are great security and ops features without the need for having a different box for security." |
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"The solution's technical support is not very good." "Security, overall, can always be improved." "I would like to see DLP integration in the next release of this solution." "Support for multiple domains is important to us." "I would like to see a graphical representation of the entire network." "It would be useful if they had a malware protection engine running inside their own VM." "This solution does not give us full, 360-degree protection." "I would like to see integration with SecurNX in the future." | "They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud." "They can't do one-to-one NAT (Network Address Translation) in AP (their access point), and that is something that Palo Alto can do." "I would like to see better integration with identity providers." "Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity." | "The UTM features can be improved. It should offer better functionality." "We are thinking about how to make customers consolidate the loads to an SD-WAN network so that the customers can have bigger chunk from the SD-WAN side so that customers can have critical data be transferred with NPS VPN and non-critical data or some labeled traffic can be transferred by the SD-WAN network. I think it's a very important direction for digital transformation." "The support needs to be improved." "The smaller units lack a lot of functionality." "Another thing that should be improved in Versa are their firewall features." "With the pandemic and changing work models, it would be ideal if the product more accessibility options or more diversity within the solution itself." |
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"There is a one-time cost of approximately $800 USD per user, and then a yearly support fee of about $50 per user." "Our costs were negotiated, and they are okay." "Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis." "Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis." "Cisco has a model called ELA. With ELA, if you buy the solution you will have the complete security portfolio and you can pay it yearly or after three years, it depends on the contract." "I am not sure, I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I think it's $1.00 or so per device/month." "Cisco uses subscription models for the pricing and there are three subscription plans." "The licensing part for Umbrella is really flexible." | "The price is not an issue for us, as it is priced more competitively than some other vendors." "If you compare with VeloCloud, the price is the same or even cheaper." "You pay yearly based on the speed of your network. If you increase the speed of your network, you increase the cost for your throughput. It is by bandwidth for the most part and then licenses for VPN. There is some per-seat licensing for VPN access, but the majority of it is minimal. It is like $30 a year per client. The rest is based on how much bandwidth you'll use. You pay for that upfront for the year, and if you have to increase it, you increase it, and then they let you send more data through. There are no additional costs in addition to the standard licensing fees." | "The price is expensive but it makes sense for the market." |
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Ask a question Earn 20 points | Top Answer: The most valuable feature is that it also works as a next-gen firewall because it has security features. Top Answer: Our primary use case was to switch from MPLS to SD-WAN to minimize the cost. Also to have a cloud platform to transport… more » Top Answer: If you really want to have a solution that has an easy deployment and provides SD-WAN and firewall abilities, go with… more » | Top Answer: Our organization finds the application routing features extremely useful. Top Answer: The price is consist of several aspects but it makes sense for the market. For the SD-WAN solution, it's not just the… more » Top Answer: We need to think about how to leverage the MPLS-VPN customers, so to integrate the SD-WAN network. We are thinking about… more » |
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Also Known As | ||
| OpenDNS | FlexVNF | |
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| Cisco | Cato Networks | Versa Networks Video Not Available |
Overview  | ||
OpenDNS provides easy-to-implement Internet navigation and Web security solutions for families, schools, governmental organizations and businesses of all sizes. The services provided by OpenDNS increase the speed of navigating websites and prevent unintended access to phishing and malware sites as well as to any Web content that you configure to be restricted. | Cato connects your branch locations, physical and cloud datacenters, and mobile users into a secure and optimized global network in the cloud. The Cato Cloud Network is built on a globally distributed network of Points of Presence (PoPs). The PoPs are interconnected with an encrypted and optimized multi-carrier private backbone to ensure optimal global traffic routing. The Cato Cloud Network provides an affordable, SLA-backed, global enterprise network backbone. | Versa FlexVNF is a multi-service, multi-tenant software platform built from ground up on cloud principles to deliver scale, segmentation, programmability and automation. It provides both networking and security functions in a single software along with service chaining capabilities. |
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Learn more about Cisco Umbrella | Learn more about Cato Networks | Learn more about Versa FlexVNF |
Sample Customers | ||
| Chart Industries, City of Aspen, Eastern Mountain Sports, FLEXcon, George Washington University, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Ohio Public Library Information Network, PTC, Richland Community College, Smart Motors, Tulane University, VeriClaim | Paysafe, AdRoll, Pet Lovers Centre, Arlington Orthopedics, Humphreys & Partners Architects | CenturyLink, RCN Business, Colt Technology Services |
Top Industries | ||
Financial Services Firm20% Comms Service Provider12% Consumer Goods Company8% Educational Organization8% Comms Service Provider30% Computer Software Company25% Government5% Financial Services Firm5% | Comms Service Provider27% Computer Software Company26% Manufacturing Company5% Retailer5% | Comms Service Provider86% Engineering Company14% Comms Service Provider39% Computer Software Company18% Manufacturing Company6% Educational Organization4% |
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Small Business33% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise39% Small Business12% Midsize Enterprise25% Large Enterprise63% | No Data Available | Small Business29% Midsize Enterprise14% Large Enterprise57% |
Find out what your peers are saying about Cato Networks vs. Versa FlexVNF and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
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Cato Networks is ranked 10th in SD-WAN with 4 reviews while Versa FlexVNF is ranked 5th in SD-WAN with 6 reviews. Cato Networks is rated 9.0, while Versa FlexVNF is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cato Networks writes "Easy to deploy, easy to manage, and helpful for network stability and reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa FlexVNF writes "Excellent integration capabilities, good UI and offers great security features". Cato Networks is most compared with Zscaler SASE, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Versa FlexVNF is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate and Nuage Networks. See our Cato Networks vs. Versa FlexVNF report.
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