We performed a comparison between Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation and SUSE NeuVector based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation provides useful functionalities like advanced monitoring capabilities, automated policy creation, and robust visibility into application communication. SUSE NeuVector stands out with its informative dashboard and sophisticated automation. Reviewers say Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation could expand its operating system support and improve the effectiveness of its agents in OT environments. SUSE NeuVector users want support for IaaS and virtual machine scanning and better integration with other security tools in hybrid environments.
Service and Support: Some customers were pleased with Illumio's quick response and round-the-clock assistance. However, others complained about unhelpful replies and response delays. While SUSE NeuVector's technical support was generally praised as being helpful, responsive, and knowledgeable, some customers found it hard to navigate the process and find a person who could help them.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation is straightforward and can be completed within a few days. The setup for SUSE NeuVector can vary in difficulty, with some finding it easy and others reporting challenges. NeuVector's integration with pipelines is particularly problematic, as it requires custom scripts. The initial deployment time for NeuVector can range from a couple of days to a few weeks.
Pricing: Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation is considered somewhat expensive. SUSE NeuVector pricing is flexible and negotiable. The cost can vary depending on the size of the customer and the length of the licensing contract.
ROI: SUSE NeuVector has a solid potential return on investment, particularly for high-risk industries such as financial services. However, it may not be as advantageous for other sectors, such as the retail industry. Users have not provided feedback on the ROI of Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation yet.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation over SUSE NeuVector. Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation has an easy setup process and offers advanced features like sophisticated monitoring capabilities and automated policy writing.
"The solution is easy to use."
"The features that I have found most useful is the ability to centralize all the rules and then distribute them across various locations. However, I've encountered challenges related to tagging policies, which can be complex to devise. It's a matter that requires careful consideration and stakeholder involvement before implementing such policies."
"It has helped us to understand internal network visibility and firewall policy implementation. We use the product to simplify firewall policy implementation."
"The Explorer allows you to know the traffic between source and destination."
"The solution helps to maintain logs and monitor activities. It also helps us with access management. The tool helps us to secure organizational data that include files."
"The flexibility of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Illumio Adaptive Security Platform is monitoring. When I have no requirement from the other application, I can use the web block traffic to build."
"The product provides visibility into how the applications communicate and how the network protocols are being used."
"The most valuable feature of SUSE NeuVector is its run-time security."
"The initial setup is quite good, it's straightforward."
"When it comes to the price, we got a really good deal from the vendor instantly."
"The tool's deployment is simple. Also, I am impressed with its risk capabilities."
"The features of image scanning and anti-malware are really valuable."
"The UI has a lot of features."
"The most valuable feature of SUSE NeuVector is the performance, deployment, and cost."
"The product’s agents don't work very well in OT environments."
"The customer service is lagging a bit. It could be better."
"The solution is very basic and doesn't do anything other than the orchestration of layer four endpoint firewall rules."
"I would like to see better data security in the product."
"Some of the features that can be improved is offer additional guidance on creating an effective and risk-free tagging policy would be highly beneficial."
"The interaction we've had with the support team hasn't been ideal. Technical support should be improved."
"Illumio Adaptive Security Platform could improve by supporting more operating systems. For example, Cisco and Apache appliances."
"It requires a low-level re-architecting of the product."
"The documentation needs to improve a bit."
"The image-scanning features need improvement."
"SUSE NeuVector should provide more security protection rules and better container image scanning."
"I would say that this solution should improve monitoring and reporting. I would also like to see more integrations so that we could essentially make it a part of a developing pipeline."
"SUSE NeuVector could improve by increasing its visibility into other elements of the DevSecOps pipeline. Additionally, scanning around infrastructure would be helpful."
"The tool should offer seamless integration of other security tools while in a hybrid environment."
"We are also working with IaaS VMS, but NeuVector doesn't support virtual machines."
Illumio is ranked 14th in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) with 8 reviews while SUSE NeuVector is ranked 15th in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) with 7 reviews. Illumio is rated 8.0, while SUSE NeuVector is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Illumio writes "Pprevents attackers or threats from spreading or moving laterally". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE NeuVector writes "Good value for money; great for policy management". Illumio is most compared with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Zscaler Internet Access and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, whereas SUSE NeuVector is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Aqua Cloud Security Platform, Sysdig Falco and Sysdig Secure. See our Illumio vs. SUSE NeuVector report.
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