Cloudflare vs Skyhigh Security comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 21, 2023
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
CDN (1st), Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (1st)
Skyhigh Security
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
17th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (12th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (6th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (10th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 2.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skyhigh Security is 0.7%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Unique Categories:
CDN
23.5%
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
15.5%
Secure Web Gateways (SWG)
2.5%
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
4.8%
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer9207524 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 11, 2023
Secure, reliable, and performs well
We use the solution to personalize content and suggestions for cloud environment and database administration We're creating and editing a service connection to SaaS data or third-party REST endpoints, which has been an intrinsic process to moderate governance and network discovery.  There's also…
Santiago Gomez - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2023
Has improved the organization's PCI compliance with data loss prevention
I use the solution on a Macintosh computer and it has issues and does not work when I try to log in from the Safari Browser, but it works fine when I log in from the Google Chrome browser. The console has issues when the login is done through a Safari Browser. The console has to be more competitive and the compatibility of the browser needs to be better. I want to know about Skyhigh's competitiveness with other brands and about the vulnerability assessment and micro segmentations. I know Skyhigh has other products, but right now, I am studying what this new product is about. They only have English support, so I would like for them to add some Spanish support.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The technical support is good."
"The simplicity of the overall dashboard makes it a great product for a user like me who has less understanding of the internet than a developer or other more technical people. It gives me peace of mind. I also love the easy customization of the Page Rules."
"The UI is good."
"What I like best about Cloudflare is that my company can use it to trace and manage applications and monitor traffic. The solution tells you if there's a spike in traffic. Cloudflare also sends you a link to check your equipment and deployment and track it through peering, so it's a valuable tool."
"It's very user-friendly."
"Centralized, full-featured DNS."
"From what I've seen so far, there are no negatives to report as of yet"
"The solution is very good at mitigating threats."
"Shadow IT reporting capabilities."
"The product has a very high rating from reviewers. It's a well-respected product."
"Box API features with DLP capabilities."
"Skyhigh offers solutions like WLP and CASB. These tools provide instructions and guidelines for enhancing data security. Additionally, they offer additional software solutions for further protection."
"It is easy to configure rules."
"I like the encrypted disk feature and the endpoint protection."
"It help us monitor high risk services, blocking them, and also feeding them to our egress points."
"Skyhigh has given us categorization and rating of websites separate from what the web proxy places on the logs."
 

Cons

"If they improve on the placement of their data centers, it would be better. I'm living in a remote area. I would like to connect to them without any kind of lag."
"Technical support is lacking."
"The timing aspect can lead to it being considered overpriced. This is a particular concern we have with Cloudflare, as they may struggle with accurately detecting the client."
"It should have easier documentation for the configuration. It's very technical and people who aren't technical should also be able to do the configuration."
"Cloudflare could offer a better view or maybe dashboards of the main resources used in the client."
"The solution could use more analytics on the backend to give us more insights into everything. More reports would be helpful."
"I think the APIs are a little bit hard for us to work with. The APIs could be more open so that we could integrate better with our SolarWinds or our monitoring solution."
"DNS Management."
"An area for improvement in Skyhigh Security is its UI. It needs to be enhanced and made more user-friendly. Right now, the UI of Skyhigh Security is sometimes confusing. For example, my company is deploying Skyhigh Security for a client and integrating it on the cloud, from an on-premises deployment to a hybrid deployment. Though the experience isn't bad, there needs to be more enhancements. Another room for improvement in Skyhigh Security is the limited training resources, especially when you compare it with Cisco, which has many study materials in the market, even free training resources. You'll get limited resources if you search for Skyhigh Security tutorials on Google and YouTube. Because of high-security requirements and the training material for Skyhigh Security not being available, most engineers and architects avoid the product because there'd be a lack of knowledge in configuring and achieving the goals you'd want to reach via the use of Skyhigh Security. The NOC team deploying the product is having difficulty getting training resources for Skyhigh Security. You'll be charged an enormous amount if you search the market for training because of the limited resources available. Skyhigh Security needs to work on marketing and awareness as an improvement to the product."
"Skyhigh Security, as a product, is excellent, but in terms of the right services and support, those are lagging very much, for example, in Trellix. From one hundred, its score has gone down to ten, so ten out of one hundred, otherwise, it's the number one product."
"It would be nice to be able to get more advanced search functions to filter out data and quickly obtain the data that we need."
"The cloud needs improvement with respect to DLP."
"You have to have some kind of background with cloud-based security, like working with different providers and how to make instances in the clouds and that kind of stuff - including cloud, networking cloud, cloud application development, anything like that is a requirement to be in the CASB space."
"The encrypted disk implementation could be improved. I currently use it from a dongle or USB key with two-factor authentication to access my computer."
"McAfee needs to add more products that could be managed from the cloud."
"One thing that can be improved is their ability to integrate with other web proxies to discover unsanctioned IP apps."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cloudflare's pricing is not much higher and is good for middle-level organizations."
"It's a premium model. You can start at zero and work your way up to the enterprise model, which has a very high pricing level."
"The solution is expensive when compared to other products but offers unlimited bandwidth."
"I give the price a five out of ten."
"The cost primarily depends on the size of the organization."
"So far I use free tier and happy with it. You can subscribe to business package if needed."
"We don't have any issues with the price."
"For Cloudflare, I recommend it heavily for small businesses with revenue under a couple of million dollars. Onboarding is easy, and they even have a free plan. This makes it simple for businesses in the $100,000-$500,000 range to try it out and see its value, allowing them to scale up their infrastructure as needed."
"This is an expensive product, but you have to compare that with other solutions that are on the market."
"The biggest thing to watch for is the difference in price per monitored user for the different API integrations."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The licensing fees are based on what environments you are monitoring."
"There is an annual licensing cost to use McAfee Web Gateway. The purchasing of licensing can be difficult for the government sector."
"Pricing for Skyhigh Security is fine."
"They definitely charge a huge amount. All the security service providers charge a huge amount."
"Skyhigh provided a FedRAMP solution, tokenization, a better shadow IT capability, and lower cost."
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Comparison Review

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Nov 6, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
38%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Educational Organization
44%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GRE tunnels. We have decreased site load times on Mobile 3G from 8 to 1,6 seconds ...
What do you like most about Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudflare?
The tool's pricing is moderate. I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee MVISION Cloud?
The pricing is good and the licensing is straightforward. I'd rate the affordability nine out of ten.
What needs improvement with McAfee MVISION Cloud?
The secure gateway could be improved. If they worked on that they would be more competitive. They should offer more learning opportunities. If they could provide tools to help users interested in l...
 

Also Known As

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McAfee MVISION Cloud, McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud Edge, McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee MVISION CNAPP, and Skyhigh Networks, McAfee Web Gateway
 

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Sample Customers

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