Cloudflare vs Skyhigh Security comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 21, 2023
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
70
Ranking in other categories
CDN (1st), Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (1st), Managed DNS (1st)
Skyhigh Security
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
18th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (16th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (6th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (12th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 2.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skyhigh Security is 0.8%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Unique Categories:
CDN
21.9%
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
20.2%
Secure Web Gateways (SWG)
2.9%
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
6.6%
 

Featured Reviews

Eddy Ramirez - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 20, 2023
Fair pricing, a straihgtforward setup, and good security capabilities
I use the solution for DNS management.  What I do is every domain we have has some web resources available. Instead of sending everything directly to my web server, what we do is send all the DNS requests for that domain to Cloudflare. It is DNS security enabled to defend those websites from…
VB
Jun 25, 2024
Enhances security by providing strong threat protection capabilities
I am a reseller. The solution does not have an AI mechanism, but it is connected to an SIEM system. The SIEM system has AI, and Skyhigh transports the events to the SIEM system. We are planning to stay with Skyhigh Security. We have integrated the solution with our existing infrastructure. I will recommend the tool to others. The tool has all the features I need. It is very popular in our country. Many companies and government organizations use it. Bigger companies use the solution more. Small companies in our country do not use security products. The solution’s website provides documentation. I learned the tool myself. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Many websites require an SSL certificate because they sell stuff and want SSL. Cloudflare comes with an SSL certificate built in. It's automatic. You sign yourself up for Cloudflare, and an SSL certificate automatically protects your website. You don't necessarily need a certificate if you have a connection between your website and your host, the server, Cloudflare, and the host."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The attacker won't have details since my public IP is anonymous. It offers us good privacy."
"The solution automatically detects and responds to certain types of traffic based on geolocation."
"The technical support is good."
"I like Cloudflare's application gateway and DDoS protection."
"Smaller businesses have seen great ROI due to the low investment and strong performance."
"Cloudflare DNS is widely used, and it's good for websites. If we use Cloudflare DNS and update one record, it updates in their office instantly."
"Improves creation of security alerts on web proxy logs by having a separate system interpret said logs."
"Skyhigh offers solutions like WLP and CASB. These tools provide instructions and guidelines for enhancing data security. Additionally, they offer additional software solutions for further protection."
"The other products that I have evaluated do not have the scalability options that McAfee has."
"The threat protection capabilities are very strong."
"The feature I like best about Skyhigh Security is its wide range of product support. For example, my company had NetApp storage running, and Skyhigh Security has on-premises NetApp storage support, which isn't available in other solutions. Skyhigh Security also has a better filtering feature versus the filtering feature in other solutions."
"I like the encrypted disk feature and the endpoint protection."
"I found the solution to be stable."
"We have gained a deep insight into our Shadow IT usage as well as the different activities involved in Office 365."
 

Cons

"We're facing challenges due to an upgrade in the machine learning model. The problem arises from some users abusing the APIs, resulting in an influx of suspicious traffic. Cloudflare's learning model mistakenly identifies this traffic as human. Consequently, it assigns it a higher trust score, akin to legitimate human traffic, causing complications in our architecture. Previously, such traffic would have been categorized as suspicious, enabling us to apply appropriate blocking rules. However, we encounter difficulties distinguishing between genuine and suspicious traffic with the new categorization. Despite these challenges, overall, Cloudflare remains the preferred solution compared to Azure, AWS CloudFront, and Google Cloud Armor."
"We are a product integrator and reseller, and we would like to have a better partner relationship, similar to a channel sales relationship. Sometimes we are on our own or get diverted by Cloudflare because they have direct sales, which competes with us and makes it difficult to build a relationship with this company since we want to be an MSP or a managed service provider for the solution."
"It would be beneficial for us if Cloudflare could offer a scrubbing solution. This would involve taking a snapshot of my website and keeping it live during a DDoS attack, ensuring uninterrupted service for our users. DDoS attacks are typically short in duration, and having Cloudflare maintain the site's availability from its secure network would enhance the overall user experience. I would appreciate it if Cloudflare could consider implementing this feature. Many organizations already utilize similar capabilities in their CDN platforms, where a static snapshot of the web page is displayed during DDoS attacks. In terms of features, Cloudflare needs to enhance its resilience and stay more focused on adopting new technologies. For instance, solutions like F5 XC Box, Access Solution, and Distributed Cloud Solution have impressive features, and Cloudflare should strive to match and exceed those capabilities. There's a need for improvement in areas like AI-based DDoS attacks and Layer 7 WAF features. Cloudflare should prioritize enhancements in areas such as behavioral DDoS and protection against SQL injection attacks, considering the prevalent trend of public exposure to the internet for business reasons. Overall, Cloudflare needs to invest more in advancing its feature set."
"Support response time could be improved."
"If they improve on the placement of their data centers, it would be better. I'm living in a remote area. I would like to connect to them without any kind of lag."
"The analytics, basically the dashboard, doesn't have much to it."
"Cloudflare doesn't have a reverse lookup. We can only do a DNS lookup to get the IP address from the hostname. It doesn't work if you want to look up the hostname from an IPA address."
"The product needs to improve its automation."
"The cloud needs improvement with respect to DLP."
"Needs integration with other technology ecosystems."
"Skyhigh Security is complex to manage. While it should ideally be more user-friendly, customers often find themselves having to manage it post-deployment."
"Iron out the few bugs that I've seen."
"The solution is hard to configure, our team does not have specific training requirements for McAfee making it difficult."
"Skyhigh Security, as a product, is excellent, but in terms of the right services and support, those are lagging very much, for example, in Trellix. From one hundred, its score has gone down to ten, so ten out of one hundred, otherwise, it's the number one product."
"I would like to see more power being given to the admin. In the sense that in case an employee is facing an issue and they want to configure a service, like attaching an email in Gmail, for example, they should be given the option to make the service request and get that configured on the go."
"They only have English support, so I would like for them to add some Spanish support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free tier of the solution."
"The product's pricing is cheap."
"For Cloudflare, I recommend it heavily for small businesses with revenue under a couple of million dollars. Onboarding is easy, and they even have a free plan. This makes it simple for businesses in the $100,000-$500,000 range to try it out and see its value, allowing them to scale up their infrastructure as needed."
"The price is reasonable."
"The pricing depends on the usage, but the cheapest would be around 5,000 USD a month."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"The pricing for the service is reasonable, neither excessively cheap nor prohibitively expensive. It aligns well with the value of their solution."
"When you compare Cloudflare DNS to other solutions, such as Akamai, the price is reasonable."
"The biggest thing to watch for is the difference in price per monitored user for the different API integrations."
"The licensing fees are based on what environments you are monitoring."
"This is an expensive product, although it is made for larger enterprises and not for small organizations."
"The tool is not expensive."
"Commercially, I find Skyhigh Security a little costlier, compared to other products such as SentinelOne or Cybereason which are really novelty products. I'm not comparing Skyhigh Security with Trend Micro, but with other products, in particular the new, next-generation products. The price for Skyhigh Security is high in terms of value and ROI. I would rate the product price combined with product efficacy a six out of ten."
"The solution is quite expensive. As we take add-ons continuously as per our customer's requirements, there are additional charges."
"Have a risk-based approach towards pricing."
"Pricing for Skyhigh Security is okay, though there's always a scope for price improvements. Its pricing is okay compared to other products because other products have very expensive licensing costs. Along with the licensing, support is also provided for Skyhigh Security, so pricing is reasonable, but if there's proactive or better support, that will justify the pricing. I haven't interacted with the Skyhigh Security technical support team yet, so I'd give pricing a four out of five rating for now."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
25%
Computer Software Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
45%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GRE tunnels. We have decreased site load times on Mobile 3G from 8 to 1,6 seconds ...
Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?
Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service that offers great redundancy and advanced security with built-in unmetered and ...
What do you like most about Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee MVISION Cloud?
The pricing is good and the licensing is straightforward. I'd rate the affordability nine out of ten.
What needs improvement with McAfee MVISION Cloud?
The secure gateway could be improved. If they worked on that they would be more competitive. They should offer more learning opportunities. If they could provide tools to help users interested in l...
 

Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS
McAfee MVISION Cloud, McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud Edge, McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee MVISION CNAPP, and Skyhigh Networks, McAfee Web Gateway
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Trusted by over 9,000,000 Internet Applications and APIs, including Nasdaq, Zendesk, Crunchbase, Steve Madden, OkCupid, Cisco, Quizlet, Discord and more.
Western Union.Aetna.DirecTV.Adventist.Equinix.Perrigo.Goodyear.HP.Cargill.Sony.Bank of the West.Prudential.
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