We performed a comparison between Cisco NGIPS and Zscaler Cloud IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I think their fingerprints are good in terms of how they whitelist and blacklist."
"I've found the performance and stability to be the most valuable features of Cisco NGIPS. It is scalable as well."
"The integration with the Cisco portfolio is very helpful."
"We use the solution for cybersecurity purposes. The tool helps us to identify anomalies that come from internal or external networks."
"The IPS functionality is useful if you have offices all over the place. It's nice to have centralized management instead of going to a separate ASA or FirePOWER device."
"The solution is very powerful coupled with Firepower."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco NGIPS is the centralized user interface. You have the ability to quickly push out configurations across your environment using the Cisco UI. It's a powerful capability of that solution."
"The cost is the most valuable feature."
"The product's most valuable feature is complete SSL inspection."
"Cloud IPS integration is seamless, and it uses a Zero Trust model. It also simplifies overall user access management."
"The best feature is that Zscaler allows for a separation between cloud applications and URL filtering. For example, under the cloud application segment, I can bypass Microsoft Office 365 without the need to add URLs manually. It's one click, so that's handy."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"The initial setup is straightforward and easy in comparison with other solutions."
"The attack patterns and payloads go undetected in Cisco. We would like to see a new solution with more effective detection of attack patterns. There should be more data analyzing patterns as well which provides useful information."
"Our customers are still facing many bugs on the system. It has matured noticeably, but we are still facing multiple stability issues on Firepower. There are more than 80 or 90 bugs for each release node. It's a considerable number of bugs."
"The CLI, the console line interface, of the FTD could be improved. It's very complex, so without a GUI, it doesn't work well. I would like it to be more simple."
"The stability of the user console and some features could be easier to access."
"Some Next-Generation Firewall solutions come with Intrusion Prevention. It would be nice if Cisco NGIPS included that."
"We would like to see some improvement in the configuration process for this solution, as it is currently quite complex."
"I would like to see integration with monitoring tools such as Nagios or BMC."
"There is room for improvement in the policy documentation."
"We encounter issues sharing IP addresses with other companies using the software."
"There is always room for improvement."
"We recently had a significant issue with Zscaler. I think they have too many customers and some of their connection edge nodes went down because there were too many requests. I think they aren't scaling enough to keep up with the demand in some areas. That's one thing they should improve."
"When it comes to scalability, the IPsec could be improved."
"They have given limited free access for a year. Instead, they should increase the file size and give limited free access for around two months. It will allow engineers to evaluate the product."
Cisco NGIPS is ranked 5th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 62 reviews while Zscaler Cloud IPS is ranked 20th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 5 reviews. Cisco NGIPS is rated 8.2, while Zscaler Cloud IPS is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco NGIPS writes "Very effective for malware and signature-based anomalies but stability needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud IPS writes "Stable product with valuable SSL inspection features ". Cisco NGIPS is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, whereas Zscaler Cloud IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, Claroty Platform, Darktrace, ExtraHop Reveal(x) and Fortinet FortiGate IPS. See our Cisco NGIPS vs. Zscaler Cloud IPS report.
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