We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Security and Filtering and Check Point Harmony Browse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Web Gateways (SWG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"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 solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"The support is fantastic."
"It is straightforward to deploy and manage."
"I like that it does a lot of malicious content and is easy to manage. There are a lot of checkboxes, and you can add your own URLs or get it preconfigured."
"I have found the most valuable the ability to have insight into our web traffic and control its flow."
"The ease of use. It's pretty easy to use and navigate the UI... to either block or whitelist a web address."
"The solution is very simple to use and implement."
"The most valuable features are Barracuda's policies for filtering various websites according to the organization's policies and blocking traffic for any P2P application like torrents."
"This solution has multiple protections that are generally very simple to configure and work quickly with little intrusiveness for the user."
"The installation process is simple. Once initiated, the process is quite straightforward and seamless, making it easy to complete."
"It analyzes and verifies in detail how secure or insecure a file, document, or object is that is being downloaded."
"The downloaded protection as it scans and emulates the files on a browser level is great."
"Its potential features of Threat Detection and Threat Emulation have helped businesses to browse securely hassle-free without any tension."
"The software is easy to install and deploy across any business environment and it is becoming a game changer for us."
"It provides end-to-end encryption for the communication between the user's device and the remote browser, which helps to protect against eavesdropping and other forms of man-in-the-middle attacks."
"It is easy to implement and has great security potential to avoid vulnerabilities through internet browsing."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Our problem is that it's a virtual appliance and we're moving to a new platform and, for whatever reason, we can't move it as it is... When we were migrating our virtual machines from the old to the new system, we determined rather quickly that it wouldn't migrate over."
"It doesn't allow adding DNS filtering for off-site clients."
"Considering other tier-one applications, like Next-Generation Firewall, they also have web security in-built within their appliances or applications. Barracuda is still lagging behind in features like that, so they need to update if they want to be in the top spot."
"The price could be better."
"This solution is substantially more expensive than the competitors out there, including Titan HQ or Limecast."
"The solution’s customer support should be improved."
"The AD agent is an issue which my customers and I have encountered. Sometimes it refuses to start and, only as time goes by, does it become apparent that things are not working the way they should."
"Considering other tier-one applications, like Next-Generation Firewall, they also have web security in-built within their appliances or applications. Barracuda is still lagging behind in features like that, so they need to update if they want to be in the top spot."
"Support must be faster in solving problems."
"The only thing they should add or improve is the reporting series."
"Something that is worth mentioning is the need for support in Spanish and better representation for teams in the Latin American area, where there is a growing demand for these IT services and new technologies."
"The solution needs greater automation to reduce the need for manual configuration and management."
"More focus and emphasis is required on customization and real-time notification and alert system."
"More strengthening and robustness are required in zero-day threat prevention to ensure its efficiency at 100%."
"The URL filtering database should be improved."
"The documentation of the most current applications is sometimes not so clear, and it is difficult to understand."
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Barracuda Web Security and Filtering is ranked 21st in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 10 reviews while Check Point Harmony Browse is ranked 10th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 17 reviews. Barracuda Web Security and Filtering is rated 7.6, while Check Point Harmony Browse is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda Web Security and Filtering writes "It comes with useful policy creation features but needs to improve its outdated tech and poor support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Browse writes "Easy to install with excellent features and boosts productivity". Barracuda Web Security and Filtering is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, SonicWall CFS and TitanHQ WebTitan, whereas Check Point Harmony Browse is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access and Cisco Umbrella. See our Barracuda Web Security and Filtering vs. Check Point Harmony Browse report.
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