We performed a comparison between Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation and Aqua Security Platform based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation provides advanced monitoring, automated policy writing, and superb visibility into application communication and network protocols. Aqua Security Platform is highly regarded for its container security features, malware detection, on-demand patching, and sandboxing. Users say Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation should expand support for various operating systems and improve the effectiveness of its agents in OT environments. Aqua Security Platform could benefit from enhancements in automated reports and log forwarding. Users also say the platform is resource intensive and needs better integration with CI/CD pipelines.
Service and Support: Some users appreciate the Illumio team's quick response times and round-the-clock assistance, but others complained about unhelpful answers and delayed responses. Aqua Security Platform generally offers satisfactory customer service. The support team is considered responsive and well-informed. However, some users also mentioned occasional delays and suggested better local support in some regions.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation is fairly simple and can be completed in around six months. The difficulty and time needed to deploy Aqua Security Platform varies depending on the customer's experience and environment. Users also said the solution may require skilled personnel for ongoing maintenance and updates.
Pricing: Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation is costly, and users may opt for a license of one to three years. Aqua Security Platform is considered to be moderately priced compared to other solutions like Splunk.
ROI: Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation offers a potentially high ROI, but users say it is difficult to quantify. Users offered little feedback about Aqua Security Platform's ROI.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation over Aqua Security Platform. Illumio is commended for its straightforward setup process and visibility. The solution's support team also stands out for its responsiveness and assistance. Aqua users suggest improvements in reporting, resource consumption, and user interface.
"The container security element of this product has been very valuable to our organization."
"Aqua Security allowed us to gain visibility into the vulnerabilities that were present in the container images, that were being rolled out, the amount of risk that we were introducing to the platform, and provided us a look into the container environment by introducing access control mechanisms. In addition, when it came to runtime-level policies, we could restrict container access to resources in our environment, such as network-level or other application-level access."
"From what I understand, the initial setup is simple."
"We use Aqua Security for the container security features."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"Customers find it invaluable to have the ability to check for vulnerabilities in an image before deployment, similar to a sandbox environment."
"Valuable features include the ability to connect it to our Docker Hub where our images are stored, good integration with Slack, and the connection to the CV, to easily see which CVs are on each image."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use and manage."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The product provides visibility into how the applications communicate and how the network protocols are being used."
"The Explorer allows you to know the traffic between source and destination."
"The solution helps to maintain logs and monitor activities. It also helps us with access management. The tool helps us to secure organizational data that include files."
"The flexibility of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Illumio Adaptive Security Platform is monitoring. When I have no requirement from the other application, I can use the web block traffic to build."
"The features that I have found most useful is the ability to centralize all the rules and then distribute them across various locations. However, I've encountered challenges related to tagging policies, which can be complex to devise. It's a matter that requires careful consideration and stakeholder involvement before implementing such policies."
"It has helped us to understand internal network visibility and firewall policy implementation. We use the product to simplify firewall policy implementation."
"The integrations on CICD could be improved. If Aqua had more plugins or container images to integrate and automate more easily on CICD, it would be better."
"In the next release, Aqua Security should add the ability to automatically send reports to customers."
"We would like to see an improvement in the overview visibility that this solution offers."
"Aqua Security lacks a lot in reporting."
"Since we are working from home, we would like to have the proper training for Aqua."
"They want to release improvements to their product to work with other servers because now there are more focused on the Kubernetes environment. They need to improve the normal servers. I would like to have more options."
"Aqua Security could provide more open documentation so that their learning resources can be more easily accessed and searched through online. Right now, a lot of the documentation is closed and not available to the public."
"The solution could improve user-friendliness."
"The solution is very basic and doesn't do anything other than the orchestration of layer four endpoint firewall rules."
"Some of the features that can be improved is offer additional guidance on creating an effective and risk-free tagging policy would be highly beneficial."
"The product’s agents don't work very well in OT environments."
"It requires a low-level re-architecting of the product."
"I would like to see better data security in the product."
"The customer service is lagging a bit. It could be better."
"The interaction we've had with the support team hasn't been ideal. Technical support should be improved."
"Illumio Adaptive Security Platform could improve by supporting more operating systems. For example, Cisco and Apache appliances."
Aqua Cloud Security Platform is ranked 12th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 16 reviews while Illumio is ranked 4th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 8 reviews. Aqua Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.0, while Illumio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aqua Cloud Security Platform writes "Reliable with good container scanning and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Illumio writes "Pprevents attackers or threats from spreading or moving laterally". Aqua Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Wiz, Snyk, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes and SUSE NeuVector, whereas Illumio is most compared with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Zscaler Internet Access and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. See our Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs. Illumio report.
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