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Ably vs Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Ably
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Forcepoint [Private Offer O...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
492nd
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Uday Nagpure  - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at Zensar Technologies
Reduced manual work and built reliable real-time collaboration with serverless messaging
I love Ably for its advanced pub/sub messaging capabilities, which help us with messaging Delta Compression, allowing us to send only changes from previous messages instead of entire payloads every time. For example, if I have to say 'hi', instead of sending the whole payload, it only sends the change in the current payload, reducing bandwidth consumption and enabling high-frequency data streaming. This major change has made our clients really happy as they receive notifications and messages without latency. Additionally, if a client goes offline, Ably stores messages in history for up to 72 hours, allowing clients to query history and catch up on missed events, ensuring complete stream continuity. It also supports multi-protocol, using WebSockets and gracefully falling back to server-sent events and long polling as needed, including support for MQTT and IoT devices along with pub/sub control for easy migration.I appreciate the serverless integration that has the integrated native web hook, instantly triggering serverless functions such as AWS Lambda and Azure Function when specific real-time events occur. It also allows Kafka Connector for seamless ingestion of messages from Kafka topics to stream them out to millions of users in milliseconds.
ShreekumarNair - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Gained deep visibility into web threats and protect data across hybrid environments
The biggest benefit of Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] from a technical perspective is the solution's features and functionality. Visibility creates a process to address anomalies, and visibility is how Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] is helpful. Visibility is the first step in threat detection, as what you cannot see, you cannot protect. When you have visibility, you can establish a path for remediation. This flexibility is important because data localization is one of the challenges customers face. Some customers prefer an on-site implementation, while others are comfortable with a hybrid environment that includes both cloud and on-site solutions. Depending on the customer's requirements and anything related to compliance or their company's inherent requirements, they choose to go for on-premises or cloud deployment.

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Pros

"Ably has improved our organization by enhancing real-time communication capabilities and providing reliable data delivery."
"Ably's API integration is intuitive; it definitely improved our efficiency, and we saw faster user interaction and around a 20% reduction in latency during peak times, which improved user experience as well."
"My most-liked feature is its highly reliable real-time messaging capacity."
"Ably has positively impacted our organization by providing a good return on investment by avoiding the labor cost of building and maintaining a custom WebSocket server."
"We experience vast improvements across many areas with Ably; when users connect bank accounts, we previously had to poll repeatedly, which is now replaced by Ably's real-time infrastructure that maintains a persistent back-end connection, significantly reducing the need for infrastructure management and API load, resulting in average bank connection display times decreasing from eight to twelve seconds down to one to two seconds, and with persistent back-end connections reducing API calls, we achieve a lower operational load, seeing an impressive reduction of thirty thousand to forty thousand calls monthly."
"Ably has a big capacity to stream data all over the world, has higher reliability and a 99.99% uptime, offers robust security guarantees and ease of integration, and saved at least 80% of the cost that would have required more developers and more time for integration testing and development."
"Forcepoint [Private Offer Only]'s data security capability is impressive."
"I have been generally satisfied with Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] products, and it is meeting the requirements."
"Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] provides value for money, and customers have reported that they are able to execute many projects and protect themselves much more effectively."
"Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] has provided good visibility into user behavior for threat detection, and if you use the web security, it is better than other products."
"I believe Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] is the best product in the market for data loss prevention for enterprise companies, and you can work together with Microsoft to protect the information for data loss prevention."
 

Cons

"Ably can be improved in several areas."
"Overall, Ably appears strong for managed real-time operations, but could improve areas such as pricing predictability."
"It falls just short of a perfect ten only because full twenty-four-hour phone or live chat escalation is heavily gated behind their highest enterprise pricing tiers."
"I would rate Forcepoint [Private Offer Only]'s technical support as maybe five out of ten."
"Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] can be improved in terms of product-wise, which is fine, but slightly on the support side."
"Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] can add a Linux component for their data leak protection that they currently do not have."
"I think the stability of Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] is not the best, and I would rate it as a five."
"The major concern is poor responsiveness from Forcepoint [Private Offer Only]'s technical support, causing customers to move away."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
28%
Outsourcing Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Consumer Goods Company
6%
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Small Business7
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Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ably?
For the use I have made, I didn't see any limit or margin to implement to go higher.
What is your primary use case for Ably?
My main use case for Ably is integrating the Kafka queue with Ably and sending notifications to IoT devices like a smartwatch. After the topic was reached by the message, Ably can fetch it from thi...
What advice do you have for others considering Ably?
I would recommend trying Ably if you have a wider range of IoT device types to deliver notifications. I gave this review a rating of 9.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Forcepoint [Private Offer Only]?
Regarding pricing, I find Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] expensive.
What needs improvement with Forcepoint [Private Offer Only]?
I think there is room for improvement in Forcepoint [Private Offer Only], particularly in data loss prevention for clients. You need to apply stricter use cases that meet client necessities.
What is your primary use case for Forcepoint [Private Offer Only]?
My use case for Forcepoint [Private Offer Only] is related to exportation and data loss prevention, and principally, it protects the endpoints for data loss prevention and protects the company.
 

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