We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate SWG 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 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 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 performance is very good and the solution is simple to manage."
"The interface and other reports are all user-friendly."
"The security for endpoints is the most valuable. It is very secure for our workers. It allows us to secure a transaction and enable security for a specific segment in the workflow."
"Fortinet FortiGate SWG's content is its most valuable feature."
"The product's most valuable features are SD-WAN and the integration of WiFi and switches."
"It offers web filtering capabilities at a more affordable price compared to other solutions like PSMs or NETGEAR."
"The interface is user-friendly, so it's easy to add policies and block traffic."
"Web filters, particularly web application controls, grant us the ability to regulate user access effectively."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Proxy is the support and autoscaling."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Proxy is that it doesn't have any limitations. It also has a simple configuration, with only one window pane, unlike Zscaler, which has multiple window panes. Deploying the agent is also more straightforward in Symantec Proxy."
"The product is very good, and the URL filtering database is great."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"It's a stable solution."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"The content that we are getting is very good. Content caching is also supported."
"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."
"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."
"We are providing VoIP and the IP licensing could improve in Fortinet FortiGate SWG."
"The UI/UX experience can be a little better."
"They should consider making some improvements regarding the pricing."
"We can't identify which users are causing challenges when we have issues."
"Their technical support could be improved a little bit in terms of responsiveness."
"Fortinet needs to continue to improve network traceability. Other than that, we haven't run into anything that would give me any concern."
"It is essential to leverage its capabilities more professionally to achieve an even higher level of security."
"The solution could improve by having some additional features, such as IBS and better cloud administration."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"Technical support is an area that requires some improvement."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
"The tool’s reporting features must be improved."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"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."
Fortinet FortiGate SWG is ranked 4th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 39 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 15th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate SWG is rated 8.6, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate SWG writes "Non-IT people could plug it in, connect it to the fiber, and get it running without IT help. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Fortinet FortiGate SWG is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiProxy, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Sangfor Internet Access Gateway (IAG) and Zscaler Internet Access, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service and iboss. See our Fortinet FortiGate SWG vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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