We compared VMware NSX and Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation based on our users' reviews in six categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: VMware NSX offers advanced features like virtual switches, micro-segmentation, distributed firewalls, and integration with other solutions. However, the initial setup for VMware NSX can be complex. On the other hand, Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation has a straightforward setup process and is praised for its monitoring capabilities, and visibility into application communication. VMware NSX has room for improvement in licensing clarity, integration with open-source products, and compatibility with non-Windows operating systems. Conversely, Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation could expand its operating system support and enhance customer service.
"It has helped us to understand internal network visibility and firewall policy implementation. We use the product to simplify firewall policy implementation."
"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."
"The flexibility of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"The Explorer allows you to know the traffic between source and destination."
"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 solution is easy to use."
"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 product provides visibility into how the applications communicate and how the network protocols are being used."
"From a security standpoint, the customer was able to better secure critical workloads while routing L2/L3 worked normally, giving them more confidence that they would be ready for any potential security incident mitigation or outage (DR)."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the high bandwidth."
"The most valuable features are stability and low cost."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the DFW (distributed firewall)"
"I have found VMware NSX to be easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with the firewall."
"The most valuable features are the micro-segmentation and integrated security options."
"NSX gives us the ability to put our network, NSX, onto any network there is, which allows us not to have to go to the network team to create networks our VLANs for networks."
"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 product’s agents don't work very well in OT environments."
"Illumio Adaptive Security Platform could improve by supporting more operating systems. For example, Cisco and Apache appliances."
"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."
"It requires a low-level re-architecting of the product."
"The interaction we've had with the support team hasn't been ideal. Technical support should be improved."
"The solution could benefit from improvements in its pricing and scalability."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
"Traffic flow introspection topology visibility is definitely needed because at the moment, NSX-T lacks in this area."
"Quite a complex solution."
"There are sometimes mismatch in the control, the details and what you actually see on the transport note."
"The price is rather high."
"It could be more user-friendly, but it's manageable. When we add a specific node to this particular NSX and the configuration changes, it won't push through the errors where required, but it'll accept it. However, while using it, we will have issues. It can also be more stable."
"In the next release, they should enhance the visual interface. With NSX-T, it's difficult to communicate between the public cloud and the container."
Illumio is ranked 4th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 8 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 1st in Cloud and Data Center Security with 93 reviews. Illumio is rated 8.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Illumio writes "Pprevents attackers or threats from spreading or moving laterally". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Illumio is most compared with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Zero Networks Microsegmentation, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Cisco ACI, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload and Cisco DNA Center. See our Illumio vs. VMware NSX report.
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