We compared Netskope and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform based on our users' reviews across four parameters. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Netskope offers comprehensive data protection capabilities, advanced threat protection, advanced analytics, and granular policy enforcement. Netskope has competitive pricing options, positive ROI, and excellent customer service. Versa SASE Platform features robust security measures, efficient network connectivity, advanced analytics, simplicity of use, and reliable customer support. Users praise its customer service and support, reasonable pricing, positive ROI, and ability to integrate multiple functionalities.
Features: Netskope is praised for its comprehensive data protection and advanced threat protection. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is commended for its robust security measures, seamless integration, and reliable customer support.
Pricing and ROI: Netskope offers competitive pricing options and a straightforward setup process, ensuring a smooth experience. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform has reasonable pricing, good value for money, and flexible licensing terms. Netskope has shown positive ROI by providing enhanced security, data protection, cloud service control, and cost savings. Versa SASE Platform offers improved network security, simplified management, better performance, cost savings, and flexibility, resulting in significant value and ROI.
Room for Improvement: Netskope could improve its interface, customer support, performance during high traffic, and reporting capabilities. On the other hand, users of the Versa SASE Platform suggest enhancements in performance, reliability, user interface, navigation, documentation, and integration options.
Deployment and customer support: Netskope’s setup is considered to be quick, easy, and straightforward. Deployment can be done rapidly, especially on the cloud, although there may be some complexities involved in the implementation phase. The deployment process for Versa varied depending on factors such as the configuration, predefined setups, and designated policies. It generally took between one to two hours. However, for some users, deployment took 35 working days, with the number of engineers and architects depending on the number of sites. Customers have expressed satisfaction with the customer service and support provided by Netskope, citing prompt resolution and knowledgeable assistance. Versa's SASE Platform is highly praised for its top-notch support, responsive service, and efficient resolutions.
The summary above is based on 25 interviews we conducted with Netskope and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"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 product's analytics part is pretty fine."
"Technical support is pretty good."
"A very straightforward interface."
"In Azure, we have multiple subscriptions and with every subscription, we add some kind of instance ID. We can work with the instance ID so that we allow all of the instances containing nodules. Everything else, we block. This way, if you go to outlook.com and check your email, if you log in with your company account, the instance ID will show. The network will take action according to the instance ID and say, "You are using the enterprise email. I'll let you surf. I'll let you see your email." But when you try to log in with your own email address, like Hotmail or Gmail, the instance ID will be different. This way we are not completely blocking Outlook, but we are blocking people from accessing their Outlook. We are only allowing the enterprise-level emails, and we are not allowing user-based emails."
"It's a comprehensive security portfolio solution."
"Netskope is an efficient, reliable, and easy-to-manage solution."
"The detection capability is very nice and lightweight."
"The solution offers a better understanding of the real scenario and identifies the cloud apps that are being utilized."
"I like all the features. We utilize different LAN, bandwidth transferring, bandwidth balancing, and mappings. We use it as a centralized solution, and use the same product at all our locations."
"The necessary enhancement pertains to the controller segment, specifically addressing the issue of frequent flapping when a link is left. In the case of Versa Unified, if a link experiences frequent flapping within an entire branch, it triggers instability. Hence, it is imperative that the overall routing system is not contingent solely upon the active dial branches."
"The solution is stable and suitable."
"Overall, it's nice and very user friendly. That's what makes it so successful. They give you complicated features but with a very simple user interface, and that's been a big success for them."
"The division of Control Plane and Data Plane is most valuable. It can be deployed anywhere, and you can control it and configure it from anywhere. This is one of the good features of this solution."
"It is very easy to deploy. The GUI interface is really good, and the security features are also very good. It is also stable and scalable, and their support is also good."
"It's very powerful, especially for engineering teams."
"Versa is a good centralized solution, where you're setting up your infrastructure in a data center type thing."
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"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"
"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."
"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."
"They could improve their mobile agents as they have some limitations."
"They could add endpoint security features."
"There could be room for improvement in the subscription process."
"It should have user behavior analysis and diverse analysis."
"Compatibility with other proxy polars would be helpful."
"It needed some fine-tuning on core business sites that we used, which were sensitive to what we term a man-in-the-middle certificate by design. Some sites were not tolerant because they presented as potentially malicious. So, we just had to make some tweaks so that it would bypass or interpret it."
"In terms of improvements, enhancing support, particularly for OEM support with quicker response times would be beneficial."
"Deployment and policy tweaking were two areas where improvement needs to be made."
"The stability of FlexVNF's controller and devices could be improved."
"The solution lacks a mobile version where small, manageable platforms can be developed."
"The solution's current customer support is not that good. So, they need to improve that. Also, the solution's UI is quite complex, so they need to simplify it."
"The VPN feature is relatively new. It came out two releases ago, and they're still fixing that up."
"Another thing that should be improved in Versa are their firewall features."
"I heard about them for the first time just before I started working on Versa. They do have blogs for information, but they could publicize more about the documentation and architecture. It doesn't seem to have that much exposure, and they should work on their customer base more."
"We've had the odd occasional stability issue with software upgrades."
"Future releases should contain AI for the voice feature."
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Netskope is ranked 4th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 35 reviews while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is ranked 13th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 20 reviews. Netskope is rated 8.4, while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Netskope writes "Network proxy that provides visibility during deployment and allows you to control PII". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform writes "A flexible, stable and scalable solution ". Netskope is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Cisco Umbrella and Skyhigh Security, whereas Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Meraki SD-WAN. See our Netskope vs. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform report.
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