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Cato SASE Cloud Platform Valuable Features

AK
Product Lifecycle manager at Air Spring

All features are toggle switches on the platform, making it easy to turn them on and off. It integrates with AI systems, and the dashboard provides insights into faults through an XDR platform. It offers network and security event workbenches, AI history, and summaries of faults. It is scalable for end users across network and cloud sides and saves operational costs.

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Alexander Azikov - PeerSpot reviewer
It Manager at Diamond Braces

Unified management and internet duplication are our most valuable features. They provide a seamless experience for end users—if one link goes down, they can still work without noticing.

It has improved our efficiency because we don't need to configure individual devices, reducing configuration errors. It also provides additional security. Unlike our previous solution, the solution uses certificates to inspect all traffic, effectively blocking malicious content.

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GinoMessina - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at ITechScout

The tool's most valuable feature is its CASB feature. From my experience with customers, they initially tried the Cato SASE Cloud Platform because they had specific issues that traditional solutions couldn't solve. These issues included connectivity and performance problems from countries like Vietnam, China, and Turkey and challenges with roaming employees. Initially curious and skeptical, they found that the tool addressed these challenges. As a result, it expanded its deployment beyond difficult countries to regions like the UK, Canada, and Europe. Customers appreciate the unified management console and the benefits of a zero-trust network approach to VPN.

The tool's advantage is that it provides a hassle-free solution that is easy to manage across all customers. For instance, we have a few customers with as few as 50 users, including one with a branch in Vietnam and others with thousands of users.

Configurations are more complex for larger companies, such as our largest customer, with around 3000 users across Italy, Turkey, the UK, and Canada. However, even for experienced network professionals familiar with Check Point and Cisco appliances, the tool is straightforward to understand, manage, and configure.

The entire interface has received positive feedback so far. I must highlight the tool's knowledge base, which is comparable to that of other leading products like Netskope. While the sales process may sometimes take longer, adding CASB features in recent years has significantly enhanced its capabilities. Netskope is a more mature product, albeit at a higher price point compared to the solution. 

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Buyer's Guide
Cato SASE Cloud Platform
April 2025
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IgmarRautenbach - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Tegra

Cato SASE Cloud Platform is a managed service. You don't have to incur expenses for specialists to maintain your network access and security. Another cost-saving aspect is that you no longer need to upgrade various perimeter firewalls and other components of your network because they are all provided as part of the Cato managed service.  

Additionally, Cato has a global point of presence, which means instead of using other technologies to connect branches and provide access for a retail organization or any organization with branches, we can utilize Cato's backbone. Furthermore, by consolidating different technologies into one solution, there are additional cost savings from that perspective.

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SasikumarRamachandran - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Irdeto B.V.

The solution is a simple WAN solution. We've onboarded the socket on the Cato platform, and it provides connectivity. There is no complex routing.

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Nicky Tham - PeerSpot reviewer
Evaluator oа SD-WAN at Fullerton Health

The query and the SD-WAN are useful features of the solution.

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reviewer1488876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The main features we use are the firewall and secure web gateway.

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OM
Chief Digital Officer at Challenger Stone

Cato SASE Cloud Platform is a remarkable solution for managing and controlling all aspects of Zero Trust network access functions through its SASE capabilities. It's designed with an exquisite and practical architecture, making it a worthwhile investment for organizations looking to optimize IT spending and streamline management processes. The single SASE cloud engine, known as the space engine, is particularly effective for threat prevention as it integrates critical functions related to network security seamlessly. This engine simplifies the management of flow control, segmentation, threat prevention, and application protection through an intuitive interface, offering a comprehensive solution from a single pane of glass.

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AA
Network Security Engineer , CCIE Certified Engineer at FSD Innovative Technologies L.L.C

The Cato SASE Cloud Platform supports my customers' needs for connectivity and security by removing the throttling from the headquarters and putting a firewall in the cloud, instead of having to use a costly MPLS network to perform security inspection on all traffic from various branches. Now, with Cato SASE Cloud Platform solutions, branches no longer need to go to headquarters for inspection; they are picked up from the cloud, which increases efficiency and protection.

The most useful security feature of Cato SASE Cloud Platform for my customers is the Firewall as a Service (FaaS), which provides a single firewall solution that scales regardless of the size of the enterprise.

Cato's global SD-WAN capability impacts network performance positively by partnering with global tier-one networks, which increases efficiency, guarantees SLAs, improves speed, and reduces packet losses, making it a more efficient solution compared to traditional IPsec.

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Livin Sunil - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at M.Tech

The product's most valuable features include advanced firewall capabilities for robust security, a secure gateway for safe data transmission, and next-generation anti-malware for threat prevention. Additionally, the SASE framework integrates well with our operational needs, ensuring comprehensive security and compliance.

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PabloCousino - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive VP at Active IT SpA

Cato SASE Cloud Platform's self-healing model is the most valuable feature. The solution is able to auto-detect and mitigate threats seamlessly. Whenever the solution detects malware, ransomware, or cyber attack, it will block the threat immediately between two endpoints.

The product is much better than SOC model solutions, as it's able to detect and respond immediately without waiting for manual intervention. After Cato SASE Cloud Platform has handled a threat automatically on its own, it will distribute a report informing the respective company professionals about the incident. 

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DH
Central Domain Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature of the solution is SASE or Secure Access Service Edge since the team of Cato Networks does the monitoring, and it helps us if any incidents appear in our network service.

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Greg Altman - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Manager at Strike

The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good.

From a functional standpoint, the solution is very good. Their onboarding process is very good. The service just works out of the box.

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reviewer1539126 - PeerSpot reviewer
Forensic Technology Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The VPN works really well. The product is efficient and easy to use. The ease of use is extremely good.

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DS
Cybersecurity Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
  • Competitive Cost with great features
  • Full cloud native SASE with very skilled and responsive technical support
  • The UI is accessible and user-friendly
  • Integration was very straightforward
  • My customer saves millions of pesos when we remove the line dependency for MPLS/IPVPN for domestic and international sites.

When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate.

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Akei Hsu - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Consultant at PostNL

The product is very simple and everything can be done very quickly.

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Jordan Peters - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner/Managing Director at Infinity IT B.V.

Cato offers all the functionality found in other solutions. The life cycle management is always very stable.

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MarkThomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Revenue Officer at Vizst Technology

The product provides a single platform and a convergence of the various technologies from a WAN perspective. The visibility control and security aspects are amazing. It is a very robust platform. It's evolving slowly enough that what it brings out is always quick to market, but it takes the right time to get the right solution. There’s been a big move forward in DLP and CASB.

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GM
Customer Success Manager at Ledwork

The optimization and acceleration of traffic from difficult countries like China, India and South America are very valuable. Cato Networks is highly likely to win the deal if the customer has branch sites in countries with complex connections. On the other hand, if the customer has many difficulties, they may prefer other well-known solutions they already have installed.

In addition, we appreciate the optimization and acceleration of the performance of SDP users, especially those who work from home. The possibility of activating the IPS/TLS inspection without changing the device is also great.

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PabloCousino - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive VP at Active IT SpA

The solution provides all the essential technical features combined in a single platform.

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Alexander Azikov - PeerSpot reviewer
It Manager at Diamond Braces

It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything. They are the classic SaaS solution.

We don't need to have a static IP from our provider, which saves us money.

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reviewer2123562 - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Business Solutions Consultant at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees

The most valuable feature of Cato Networks is the CASB and the documentation is useful.

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AlanChan5 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Consultant at Tconnex

The solution is stable and reliable. 

Our customers haven't had any complaints about its quality.

It is quite simple and easy to use. 

The support, overall, has been okay.

So far, we find the setup process to be simple. 

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reviewer2034411 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

What I found most helpful in Cato Networks is that it works out of the box. One of its main advantages is that it's a simple product to deploy. You subscribe, and you're ready to run.

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reviewer1344534 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a retailer with 51-200 employees

The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable.

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it_user1319331 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a retailer with 51-200 employees

The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation.

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reviewer1133157 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Manager at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

It's a pretty straightforward solution, and anything beyond that, we can easily contact support and have them maintain it for us. It does what it's supposed to do, and I like it.

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it_user1337607 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Solutions Consultant Lead at MDI

The most valuable feature is that it also works as a next-gen firewall because it has security features. 

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YL
Network engineer at Snetsystems

The security is okay.

The initial setup was pretty easy.

The solution is very stable.

The scalability is quite good. 

Technical support was always helpful and responsive. 

The integration capabilities are not a problem at all. 

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Buyer's Guide
Cato SASE Cloud Platform
April 2025
Learn what your peers think about Cato SASE Cloud Platform. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2025.
860,825 professionals have used our research since 2012.