We compared Cisco Umbrella and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform across several parameters based on our user's reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
The Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is preferred over Cisco Umbrella due to its comprehensive feature set, including firewall, VPN, and secure web gateway. Users highlight its ability to seamlessly integrate with existing networking infrastructures, as well as its superior performance and scalability. Versa SASE Platform offers advanced security analytics and AI-driven automation, ensuring better threat detection and mitigation capabilities compared to Cisco Umbrella.
"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 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."
"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 integration features within, for example, the Cisco VPN product and the Umbrella module are valuable."
"What we like most is security and how easy it is to integrate with other appliances."
"I also think that the dashboard view is really helpful. Whenever sites get blocked, we get the details and the users who are connecting to them."
"Improves security through DNS visibility, which can block malware, phishing, C&C, etc."
"I like the original functionality, which allows for providing secure DNS services."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to filter malware sites that could infect clients or allow them to download infected files."
"Cisco Umbrella is a totally different solution. They are the first to come up with this idea of security. It's a totally new concept of security for everybody, for every time, real time, perfectionism."
"We immediately block impersonating users from accessing services over Cisco Umbrella-controlled devices."
"The solution is stable and suitable."
"Our organization finds the application routing features extremely useful."
"The necessary enhancement pertains to the controller segment, specifically addressing the issue of frequent flapping when a link is left. In the case of Versa Unified, if a link experiences frequent flapping within an entire branch, it triggers instability. Hence, it is imperative that the overall routing system is not contingent solely upon the active dial branches."
"The most valuable features are the main steering and the firewall. The security features and SD-WAN features are also quite good."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the next-generation firewall features and geo-blocking capabilities."
"Our customers are very satisfied with this solution. They have not mentioned any areas for improvement."
"Versa is a good centralized solution, where you're setting up your infrastructure in a data center type thing."
"Overall, it's nice and very user friendly. That's what makes it so successful. They give you complicated features but with a very simple user interface, and that's been a big success for them."
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"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"
"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."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"I would like for their support to be faster."
"User interface could be a little smoother and more intuitive."
"Lower costs including licensing, support, and renewals would be beneficial."
"I would like to have more applications being recorded."
"The integration with Cisco could be better."
"Although Cisco Umbrella has an excellent global network footprint, there is still room for improvement and growth in this area. Additionally, there are bandwidth limitations associated with the connectors that need to be addressed. To be a viable solution for larger offices, Cisco Umbrella must continue to expand and improve its capabilities in these areas."
"This solution does not give us full, 360-degree protection."
"In my experience with Umbrella support, sometimes the response times take a bit more time than we would like... sometimes, if you go through email, it can take quite a while to get a response."
"There are limitations when you connect from multiple locations. It does not work as expected. If you have more than 400 users, then it will choke. It will not perform as expected."
"The security should be improved."
"SASE is the next big thing that is coming up, and it needs to be developed in Versa. This is the only thing that needs to be adapted very quickly by Versa. With the pandemic going on, I would like to see more features for working from home. They have launched Versa Secure Access (VSA), but it is currently immature. They need to tighten it up for work from home and SD-WAN concept."
"The solution lacks a mobile version where small, manageable platforms can be developed."
"The support needs to be improved."
"The UTM features can be improved. It should offer better functionality."
"The VPN feature is relatively new. It came out two releases ago, and they're still fixing that up."
"Future releases should contain AI for the voice feature."
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Cisco Umbrella is ranked 2nd in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 108 reviews while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is ranked 13th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 20 reviews. Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.8, while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform writes "A flexible, stable and scalable solution ". Cisco Umbrella is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security and Fortinet FortiGate SWG, whereas Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and VMware NSX. See our Cisco Umbrella vs. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform report.
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