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Absolute Secure Access vs Cisco Umbrella comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Absolute Secure Access
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (150th), Network Diagnostics (14th), Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (35th), ZTNA (35th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (34th)
Cisco Umbrella
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (1st), Internet Security (1st), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (2nd), Domain Name System (DNS) Security (1st), Cisco Security Portfolio (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Absolute Secure Access is designed for ZTNA and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.1% compared to last year.
Cisco Umbrella, on the other hand, focuses on Domain Name System (DNS) Security, holds 20.9% mindshare, down 26.2% since last year.
ZTNA Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Absolute Secure Access0.8%
Tailscale17.6%
Twingate15.4%
Other66.19999999999999%
ZTNA
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cisco Umbrella20.9%
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection20.2%
Palo Alto Networks DNS Security11.4%
Other47.50000000000001%
Domain Name System (DNS) Security
 

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Emilio Montoya - PeerSpot reviewer
Ensures internet navigation safety and boosts productivity
The features of Cisco Umbrella I prefer most are DNS protection and traffic redirect. With Cisco Talos's threat intelligence, we reduce the impact of malware traffic in our network, and we currently see the behavior of equipment and choose the correct sites. Cisco Talos has helped us reduce the impact of malware traffic. We can see the behavior and choose the correct sites. We're currently testing secure access with Umbrella in order to secure access to core applications. It's a product that the user doesn't even know is there, even though it is protecting them. It's not hard on the equipment. And, for us, it centralizes everything, which improves productivity. With the Experience Insights feature of Cisco Secure Access, we've seen impacts on the management of user connectivity by allowing us to deliver safe connectivity. We are testing the Secure Access product with Cisco Umbrella to improve our connectivity with our users in order to secure access to the corporate applications. Cisco Umbrella is in the cloud, which is nice.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
34%
Healthcare Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Non Profit
5%
Computer Software Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business48
Midsize Enterprise30
Large Enterprise51
 

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Also Known As

NetMotion , NetMotion Diagnostics, NetMotion Mobile IQ
OpenDNS
 

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