Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway vs iboss comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 14, 2024

We compared iboss and Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway based on our user's reviews across four parameters. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

iboss has been praised for its customizable content filtering, reliable internet security, and effective threat protection capabilities. Netskope has been praised for its robust threat detection capabilities, efficient data loss prevention measures, and seamless cloud application visibility and control. Users have highlighted that iboss has exceptional customer service and support, while Netskope has been praised for its intuitive interface and user-friendly features.

Features: iboss stands out with its effective and customizable content filtering, reliable internet security, and threat protection capabilities. It also offers an easy-to-use interface and remote management capabilities. Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway is praised for its robust threat detection, efficient data loss prevention, seamless cloud application visibility and control, and user-friendly interface. Users appreciate its ability to identify and mitigate security threats, protect sensitive information, and provide comprehensive visibility and control over cloud-based applications.

Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for iboss was considered reasonable and straightforward by users, and they also had positive experiences with its licensing. Users found the pricing of Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway to be reasonable and competitive. The ROI from iboss has been positive for users, with benefits such as improved network security, increased productivity, and reduced internet downtime. Users also commend the intuitive interface and responsive customer support. Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway offers improved security, increased productivity, reduced risks, and enhanced visibility.

Room for Improvement: Areas for improvement in the iboss product include: a more intuitive user interface and easier navigation, better customization options and flexibility in blocking and filtering capabilities. Users of Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway have indicated a need for a simplified setup process, improved visibility into system rules and policies, and enhanced integration options with other security solutions.

Deployment and Customer Support: The deployment of iboss on client machines was easy, however, users found the configuration process a bit complex. Many found the initial setup of the solution to be straightforward. Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway’s setup varies in complexity. Some users found the deployment process challenging and time-consuming, taking up to two months to deploy for thousands of endpoints. Others found it relatively easy and quick, with deployment ranging from two days to a month or two, depending on the company's size and architecture. Users have praised the customer service and support of iboss for being responsive, helpful, and efficient in addressing concerns. Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway is highly praised for its exceptional customer service, including promptness and effectiveness of assistance.

The summary above is based on 2 interviews we conducted with iboss and Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.

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Categories and Ranking

Lookout

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Secure Web Gateways (SWG) category, the mindshare of Lookout is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of iboss is 1.4%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway is 2.1%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Secure Web Gateways (SWG)

Unique Categories:

Mobile Data Protection

7.1%

Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)

0.8%

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

2.5%

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Featured Reviews

reviewer2173356

Manager of Product Development Team at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

May 23, 2023

User-focused design makes it easy to understand, and operations running in background provide peace of mind

In any of the discussions that we've had with their technical teams, they have been very knowledgeable and helpful in certain aspects. They have a lot of partnerships, from what we can tell, and that does start to make the waters a little bit murky. They have third parties that provide functionality and there is a concern that we're going to be bounced around between five different groups to get help for a problem. If you describe it incorrectly, all of a sudden you're with a group that can't help you and they have to forward you to another group. They have been very responsive and super helpful when it comes to any of the issues we've identified. Still, that concern about being bounced around between multiple partners detracts from the overall experience.

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reviewer1676862

IS Manager, Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Sep 25, 2021

Stable and quick to set up but needs more clear status information for end users

The solution is a corporate proxy server, an intelligence proxy From a corporate perspective, I understand that it's important to keep the company data safe. From a corporate point of view, it's a good solution. The solution is stable. The solution can scale. It was a very easy product to…

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MohammedZia

Senior Network Security Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Sep 19, 2023

Improves organizational security and connects with cloud apps

The tool improves organizational security and makes it more secure. We can connect cloud apps and monitor them. Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway needs to integrate IoT, which can help to control devices. The tool works on both Mac and Windows. I rate the tool's stability a nine out of…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"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."

"Our primary use case for this product is DLP,"

"Its initial setup was straightforward."

"Iboss is a solution that prevents advanced persistent threats, and has a zero tolerance for attacks."

"It was a very easy product to install. It can be deployed very fast."

"Technical support is pretty sharp and very responsive."

"Because of iboss, I did not have to assign web filtering tasks to my techs on a daily basis."

"Content filtering is the most useful feature of iboss."

"The security aspect of the solution, particularly the malware behind it, is excellent. That's something that really helped us out. It's not just a simple proxy that just blocks the insights of potential threats that come on behind it. They do malware detection and that helps us a lot."

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"As Netskope is a cloud-based application, it is possible to analyze and distinguish personal and enterprise instances."

"The solution has some useful features, such as microservices. They have sandboxing that allows the prevention, encryption, and remote browser isolation."

"We can connect cloud apps and monitor them."

"One of the valuable features of the solution is that everything is on the cloud. It has no on-premise hardware to deal with."

"Overall, the product is nice, and I like the URL filtering, CASB, and other security stacks like threat prevention."

"It is for secure web trafficking, and it is doing what it needs to do. It allows customers to consolidate and eliminate multiple technologies onto Netskope and just kind of turn the dial and use more features, such as CASB, VPN. SWG is another feature. You can monitor and govern all the traffic."

"We've found the solution to be quite stable."

"There are a lot of features, but the groups that are created for the policy groups available with Netskope are already relevant to any industry. So grouping the policies is the easiest part and a valuable feature."

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Cons

"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."

"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."

"Sometimes the agent stops working in iboss, and we have to reinstall the agent."

"Sometimes, obviously, there are bugs."

"File integrity monitoring would be very advantageous as an additional feature."

"Its pricing could be better."

"The solution could be stronger on the integration side and offer more cloud applications like G Suite or Oracle."

"The dashboards for local use could be better."

"To scale up, a new iboss Node Blade Chassis must be purchased."

"The area I would like to see improvement in is the ability with in the reporter to navigate directly to the content the user is traversing. It is kind of there, but it's not perfect. Quite frequently, I receive links that lead me to pages with error messages."

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"The initial setup is a bit complex in that it takes a lot of time. In order to get the product to work as you need it to, there is a lot of configuration required."

"There is room for improvement in streamlining policies. So what happens is that when you apply a specific Netskope policy, you never know the kind of content it will automatically block, or it will allow."

"Improvement in the solution is required in certain areas where the product does not provide access to its direct end users, who use the portal as an administrator."

"They should work on marketing material to put out their work with a little more effort."

"Cost competitiveness is its area of improvement. They will have to figure out how can they strategically price it because there are a few players in the game who have been doing it for a long time. They will have to figure out how to go to market on the pricing."

"Netskope can only provide the high level related to threats."

"The stability of the solution to be very good. It is not the best and could improve but it is better than other solutions, such as Forcepoint."

"The solution could improve the features for Zero Trust Network Access. They should add more security components to that module."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing costs are good. Prisma has much more options and support for security, but it has a higher cost. For example, Lookout costs 2/3rd of Prisma's licensing price."

"In terms of feature performance versus cost, they're a good value."

"The pricing is fair; it's comparable to our previous solution, and we carried out multiple POCs and POVs (proof of value). The product is worth the money we pay for it."

"Lookout is definitely on the lower end when it comes to price point and that seems to be the only differentiator. The technology is in place in this space and it's really about who is coming in at the better price point now."

"It is expensive compared to one of its competitors."

"We pay a licensing fee of $10,000 on a yearly basis."

"The product is cheap."

"The price is average. Because the license is user-based, you can increase it as per the user quantity."

"The solution's overall cost is cheaper than regular web security solutions."

"The license model is based on the number of users. You have the possibility to have 10,000 users if you wish."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Educational Organization

12%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Lookout?

The solution is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Lookout?

The licensing costs are good. Prisma has much more options and support for security, but it has a higher cost. For ex...

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What needs improvement with Lookout?

The solution could improve identity integration as well. Zero trust, it's a good start as a zero-trust solution. More...

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What do you like most about iboss?

Content filtering is the most useful feature of iboss.

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What needs improvement with iboss?

Sometimes the agent stops working in iboss, and we have to reinstall the agent. This is a hiccup that iboss should im...

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What is your primary use case for iboss?

We use iboss for the proxy solution. I used iboss in my organization to block a few sites for a few of my employees.

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What do you like most about Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway?

There are a lot of features, but the groups that are created for the policy groups available with Netskope are alread...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway?

I would rate the pricing a four out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is very expensive. It is a cheap licensing fee...

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What needs improvement with Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway?

There is room for improvement in streamlining policies. If I compare it with other products, the groups and are a lit...

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Lookout

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Overview

Lookout is a well-established and powerful secure web gateway (SWG) solution that protects more than 200 million users from threats that can result from the penetration of unsecured web traffic into their networks. Lookout is designed to enable organizations to work remotely while maintaining a tight blanket of security over their confidential business data. It provides administrators with security that extends from their endpoints to the cloud service that they are using to run their organization’s network.

Users of Lookout are able to proactively detect threats and keep themselves secure from a field of threats that constantly evolves. IT teams can protect their organizations without having to rely on any other security solutions. This singular solution can run on multiple kinds of mobile devices. The privacy of individuals is preserved while keeping compliance rules intact. Additionally, users gain access to a number of tools that enable them to prevent security breaches from taking place.

Lookout Benefits

Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by deploying Lookout include:

Ease of deployment. Lookout is a solution whose design makes it easy for users to deploy it. It provides users with simple, step-by-step instructions that remove the need for organizations to devote extensive amounts of time to make sure that it is properly set up. Anyone can quickly set up the solution without undergoing technical training.

Built-in support. Users of the Lookout application have access to built-in demos that can teach them how to use various solution features. Instead of spending time trying to figure out the application, users can watch the demo that is most relevant to them and see for themselves how that particular feature is used.

Easy-to-use user interface. Lookout’s user interface is laid out in an intuitive way that makes it easy for administrators to navigate. This interface is present in both the mobile and desktop versions of this solution.

Settings customization. Lookout has a built-in settings customization menu. This makes it possible for administrators to easily customize their settings so that they best conform to their needs.

Lookout Features

Activity monitoring and activity tracking. Lookout’s activity monitoring and activity tracking capabilities enable users to keep a close eye on the activities that are taking place in their networks. IT teams and administrators have the ability to watch their networks for any unusual activity. These features ensure that organizations can keep ahead of any potential threats. They provide the kinds of insights and warnings that make the jobs of those IT teams and administrators much easier and more streamlined.

Encryption. Organizations that employ Lookout can encrypt their networks and keep crucial business data from being read by unauthorized parties. This feature keeps the secrets organizations are trying to keep out of the wrong hands.

Anti-virus tools. Lookout provides users with tools to block threats from harming their networks. These tools can successfully block 99.6 percent of threats without raising false alarms.

iBoss is a leading provider of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions that help organizations protect their networks and data from cyber threats. The company's products include web security, email security, mobile security, and advanced threat protection. iBoss's solutions are designed to be easy to use and manage, while providing comprehensive protection against a wide range of cyber threats. One of the key features of iBoss's products is their ability to provide real-time threat intelligence and analysis. This allows organizations to quickly identify and respond to potential threats, before they can cause damage to their networks or data. iBoss's solutions also include advanced analytics and reporting capabilities, which help organizations gain insights into their network activity and identify potential vulnerabilities. Another important aspect of iBoss's products is their scalability and flexibility. The company's solutions are designed to work seamlessly with a wide range of network architectures and devices, making them ideal for organizations of all sizes and types. iBoss's cloud-based approach also means that organizations can easily scale their cybersecurity solutions as their needs evolve over time. iBoss's products provide a comprehensive and effective solution for organizations looking to protect their networks and data from cyber threats. With their advanced threat intelligence, analytics, and reporting capabilities, as well as their scalability and flexibility, iBoss's solutions are an excellent choice for any organization looking to enhance its cybersecurity posture.

Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway is a comprehensive cloud-based security solution that provides advanced threat protection, data loss prevention, and web filtering capabilities. It offers real-time visibility and control over web traffic, enabling organizations to enforce policies and protect against web-based threats. The solution uses machine learning and behavioral analysis to detect and block advanced threats, including malware, phishing, and ransomware. It also provides granular control over web access, allowing organizations to block or allow specific websites and applications based on user, group, or location. With Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, organizations can ensure compliance with industry regulations and protect sensitive data from unauthorized access or exfiltration. The solution is easy to deploy and manage, with a user-friendly interface and centralized policy management.

Sample Customers

More than 4,000 global enterprises trust the iboss Cloud Platform to support their modern workforces, including a large number of Fortune 50 companies.

Arrow, Cloudrise, Sainsbury, Evalueserve, Stroock, Apria, Ather Energy, CSA, AVX Corporation Nuna, City of San Diego Case, Genomic Health Case Study, Oak Hill Advisors, MaRS Discovery District.

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