We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Symantec Proxy 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 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 most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"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 allowed our company to not worry about the security of a page, but talk more about the content and the productivity of specific types of web categories."
"The solution provided our organization with easy and secure internet access."
"The tool categorizes the user profiles which is very comfortable."
"It has got a really good URL categorization database. It is simple to set up. It is also easy to use and quite intuitive. It has got a nice utility for troubleshooting."
"I have found the simplicity of the solution valuable. The dashboard and reports are good as well."
"Reporting and automatic updates of website categorization."
"Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway has improved our organization through its ease of use."
"Real-time category protection."
"The initial setup of Symantec Proxy is easy."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"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 most valuable feature is the caching."
"The CPL code is the best feature of the solution."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"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."
"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."
"A feature we wish to see addressed in the next release of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway involves its administration."
"I am looking forward to the full integration of the endpoints that they offer for web security and DLP."
"Security of browsing."
"The documentation is almost too much, it could be laid out in an easier to understand."
"Sometimes attacks or a new ransomware gets through."
"I would suggest focusing on improving the GUI's stability, especially when implementing new filters or patches."
"The reporting must be improved."
"We have a lot of false positives, which is one area that can be improved."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"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."
"The initial setup is actually quite complex to install because our users don't have admin rights on the boxes and there's no remote install option by an administrator."
"One area for improvement in Symantec is the lack of a reporting server or dashboard integration with SIM."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
"The traffic filtering could improve. Our firewall traffic is limited. Additionally, it would be helpful if there was a dashboard and reporting feature."
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Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is ranked 6th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 47 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 15th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is rated 7.8, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway writes "Simple to set up, reliable, and offers great reporting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiProxy, Fortinet FortiGate SWG and Cisco Web Security Appliance, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service, Zscaler Internet Access and Trend Micro Web Security. See our Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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