We performed a comparison between McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks and others in Secure Web Gateways (SWG)."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."
"The solution is stable."
"The user interface is easy to configure."
"The CPL code is the best feature of the solution."
"It's a stable solution."
"The solution is scalable."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"The Symantec antivirus suite and the proxy component are the most valuable feature."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable and scalable. You don't need a large team for deployment and maintenance."
"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."
"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."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"The product should provide more integrations."
"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."
"The traffic filtering could improve. Our firewall traffic is limited. Additionally, it would be helpful if there was a dashboard and reporting feature."
"Technical support is an area that requires some improvement."
"The user interface could be improved, and the price could be lower as well."
"The tool’s reporting features must be improved."
"One area for improvement in Symantec is the lack of a reporting server or dashboard integration with SIM."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is ranked 24th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 1 review while Symantec Proxy is ranked 15th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is rated 10.0, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service writes "A scalable and user-friendly tool that provides an easy-to-configure user interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is most compared with Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Fortinet FortiGate SWG, Fortinet FortiProxy and Skyhigh Security, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Zscaler Internet Access and Trend Micro Web Security.
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