Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs OpenText Data Protector comparison

The compared Forcepoint and OpenText solutions aren't in the same category. Forcepoint is ranked #4 in DLP , with an average rating of 7.1, and holds a 11.0% mindshare in the category. OpenText is ranked #22 in BRS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Forcepoint users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and OpenText Data Protector based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. OpenText Data Protector

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Spencer Malmad

Owner at Tech Exchange

It's easy to set up because you point the DNS to it, and it's working in under 15 minutes

Cloudflare is highly scalable. Cloudflare is a system with a web portal that the end users like me see. It's a console where we can adjust the DNS, caching, and security features all in that console. Cloudflare owns thousands of servers across the world that cache the data. It's a powerful solution. When clients sign up for Cloudflare, they're getting this monster content delivery network, security, and a web application firewall in one. It's all rolled into one, and it's massive. Unless you have your website hosted on a massive hosting provider, there's no way that you can deliver the amount of data that Cloudflare can provide to the end users. If you have static content, there's no way that you can ever match what Cloudflare can do. Obviously, there are competitors to Cloudflare that do the same, but I'm saying other types of solutions. Let's say you go with F5. Great, that's on-prem. That's in your colo. You can't deliver as much data to the internet as you can with a CDN. You don't have to spend $20,000 on a net scaler, F5, or whatever Cisco's selling now. You don't have to buy that. You pay them $50 a month or $150 a month. It's totally worth it because even in five years, you'll never get the performance value, not just the actual ROI. You have to consider how much throughput you can get with Cloudflare.

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Atul-Vats

Consultant at Tata Consultancy

Provides excellent endpoint security in a feature-rich, lightweight, handy, and easy-to-deploy tool

The deployment is straightforward once you understand the solution's architecture. A proper understanding of the different components of Forcepoint DLP is essential, as deploying an enterprise-level DLP could be confusing because the policy server is separate from the main engine sitting on the Triton server. Understanding the components of the enterprise DLP suite is the most critical element for a successful deployment. Still, I rate the solution seven out of ten in terms of ease of setup. The scale of the particular DLP deployment is also a factor; we had cases where the customer only required endpoint or network DLP, a relatively quick job that two staff can complete. A complete DLP suite, including email, web, and network DLP, plus data classification and labelling, would require four associates. Our most recent deployment was a complete enterprise DLP, which required four staff. The entire deployment took almost three months, including a one-month planning phase. During the planning phase, we prepared the documentation, designed the HLDs and LLDs, and high and low-level diagrams. Following acceptance from the customer, we started the implementation, which took roughly 50 to 60 days. The level of maintenance required depends on how many events per hour a particular tool is putting out. If a customer wants to check analytics or identify an email or data leak, that situation doesn't require much policy fine-tuning, and a single staff member could deal with it. The customer can also decide what coverage they want, which may be 24/7, an admin to monitor events only, or Monday-to-Friday support. The coverage determines how many engineers will be required. Another factor in maintenance requirements is the volume of events, as an extensive client could have more than 10,000 servers with many sensitive data in motion. The customer had 24,000 users for our last deployment, and there wasn't a dedicated team for the DLP. The engineering team took care of the network, endpoint, and data security together. There were ten of us on the team, with two engineers per shift for 24/7 coverage.

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Jeroen Vranckaerts

System Engineer - Server & Storage, DBA at Audi Brussels

Though a highly stable tool, it needs to be made easier to use and configure

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a five out of ten. OpenText Data Protector is complex to configure correctly, but the areas concerning the data and compression are good. Once you get the product to work, it works, but it's much too complex to configure and troubleshoot, as it takes a lot of time and energy, making it not so efficient. Once the tool is configured in your environment, it provides good backup and compression features. In my company, we use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our servers, and we have a team of 20 people to take care of the data backup using the tool. My company doesn't use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our client's computers. In my company, we have scheduled the process related to backup, which makes the tool run daily around 30 to 40 times.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is that it has a free version. They give us the free version with the anti-DDoS features and also the load balancing solution."

"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."

"Easier http to https redirect using page rules"

"The solution is stable, and the DNS servers are simple to use."

"When using services like Heroku, Cloudflare is very useful for CNAME flattening. I also use it for their end-to-end SSL with TLS authentication on nginx for securing servers."

"The solution provides good load balancing and protection against DDoS attacks."

"Cloudflare has many features."

"Its ease of integration with Office 365 and the fact that it's a good product compared to what I had before"

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"The product is good and reliable. The vendor company is continually improving it and they seem to stay one step ahead."

"Forcepoint's data visibility is the most valuable feature."

"I like that you can quickly create policies and enforce them in a matter of minutes."

"The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) functionality is another helpful feature, especially for unstructured data. Being able to discover sensitive data in an unstructured format is the most beneficial element of the solution."

"The integration is great."

"Has multiple modules and is good with integration."

"The most valuable feature of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is the OCR."

"The scalability is fantastic. One of the things that I like about Forcepoint is that I can customize the solution to suit my objectives."

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"The command-line interface is user-friendly and well documented in the reference guide."

"This solution is quite stable because we have only three users."

"The initial setup is very easy."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The initial setup process for the solution is easy."

"The solution is easy to use."

"Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."

"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."

"OpenText Data Protector is good for physical backup, specifically for physical servers."

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Cons

"There should be a specific price list for enterprise-level customers."

"There might be helpful if there was some web application firewall feature."

"Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to buy Cloudflare in my country."

"Cloudflare could be improved by introducing a mid-tier pricing option."

"It should be easier to collect the logs with companies like Sumo. However, based on my discussions with the salespeople, I understand that's how they make their money. With the enterprise product, they want people doing those kinds of enterprise features to do the logging. They want them to pay a lot of money, and that's where I have an issue with them. That should be a default. You should be able to get the log no matter what. The logging should be universal."

"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."

"It would be good if Cloudflare could have more servers for better traffic routing or an increase in the traffic routed. This is what I'd like to improve in Cloudflare."

"An integrated SSO feature would be useful for Cloudflare DNS."

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"Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention can improve by having an uninstall option for the client or restart of a client agent can be controlled from the server. This feature is missing which is available with other solutions."

"The initial setup of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is of medium difficulty level."

"The solution's interface is still not user-friendly for some customers. So, its interface can be better."

"I'd like the data classification to be better."

"My opinion is that the dashboard could be improved and made more user-friendly. They do not enable a wide range of proper inquiries and we need to identify much of what we need on our own, like incident severity."

"The main area of concern is the tool's technical support."

"I am not able to get support directly from Forcepoint."

"Their discovery or the way they discover the data at risk can also be improved. There are many database servers that are not supported by Forcepoint."

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"Micro Focus Data Protector must improve its overall evolution record. They need to focus on hardware based instant recovery, client recovery, and cloud ability. Now there is no cloud ability."

"The technical support was very slow."

"The scheduler setup could be better. We are facing some issues scheduling the job based on our requirements."

"In terms of what can be improved, I would say integrations with MongoDB. We use MongoDB and we need to go to scripts to do backups. We need more integrations."

"The challenge is that we can't restore a single file from the VM in the data process when we do VM backups. But with Commvault, you can restore a single file even if you have a VM snapshot package. That's one drawback of this tool. When we do VM backups, it should help us browse the VMs to restore a single file instead of doing the complete VM restore."

"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."

"This solution is not scalable."

"Other tools seem to be easier to use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost primarily depends on the size of the organization."

"The product's pricing is minimal compared to other products."

"The tool is a premium product, so it is very expensive."

"We don't have any issues with the price."

"Cloudflare's pricing is not much higher and is good for middle-level organizations."

"I give the price a five out of ten."

"The product's pricing is cheap."

"That is one of the great features. I was able to access the majority of the features and services for free."

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"Forcepoint offers a more cost-effective solution because everything, including OCR, is included in one package, unlike Symantec, where it is an add-on with an additional cost."

"From one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high, I rate the solution's pricing to be an eight."

"There is an annual subscription model and the amount depends on the type of implementation."

"This solution is quite expensive."

"The pricing is fine."

"The cost for the product for our use is less than $10 per user."

"The solution is expensive."

"The pricing is reasonable. That's why we went with Forcepoint. They were pretty competitive."

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"The pricing is acceptable for enterprise level companies, but it's not acceptable for small- and medium-sized businesses. Micro Focus Data Protector is not an enterprise level solution, and it should cover small- and medium-sized businesses with acceptable prices."

"The licensing structure provides cost savings to business."

"Data Protector's pricing is very competitive and we have no issues in this regard. I would give it an eight out of ten in terms of pricing."

"It is more affordable compared to other vendors."

"Our licensing is on a capacity basis."

"In Data Protector, if you need extra features, you need to buy the agents for these features. Some of the features are Terabytes, some of them are agents. There's some complexity in the pricing and licensing."

"The licensing cost was not annual. We didn't pay any license. We paid when we deployed and we didn't pay for anything after that. There were no additional fees after the initial payment."

"It is fast, reliable, and its licensing policy is great."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

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By reviewers

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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 GR...

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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...

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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.

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What do you like most about Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

The technical support for the solution is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

The pricing is reasonable and medium, not very low, but fair for the product offered.

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What needs improvement with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

I would recommend aligning OCR with endpoints. This is a highly demanded technology globally, especially for endpoint...

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What do you like most about Micro Focus Data Protector?

I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Data Protector?

The solution is expensive as it requires purchasing all features without the option to negotiate based on client numb...

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector is not user-friendly, especially for cloud backup. It lacks functions and facilities compared...

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Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS

Forcepoint DLP, Forcepoint Data Security Suite, Websense Data Security Suite

Micro Focus Data Protector, Data Protector, OmniBack, HPE Data Protector

Overview

Cloudflare is a highly-regarded Content Delivery Network (CDN) and a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection solution. The robust global connectivity cloud platform that is Cloudflare ensures users are able to connect to the Internet quickly, securely, and reliably. Cloudflare is one of the world's largest networks in the marketplace today. Using Cloudflare, businesses, educational entities, NGOs, vloggers, bloggers, and anyone else with an internet presence can experience more secure, faster websites and applications.

Currently, there are millions of Internet locations on Cloudflare, and the Cloudflare network
continues to grow every day by the thousands. The solution is able to fulfill the requests for
millions of websites seamlessly and serves on average 45 million HTTP requests per second.

Cloudflare has safe, secure data centers in close to 300 cities worldwide to ensure every
client request is filled as quickly as possible. It is Cloudflare’s edge network that makes this
possible by keeping content and other services as close to each client as possible, so the
information requests are always only seconds away.

Many organizations that work in democracy, civil society, human rights, or the arts are able to
access Cloudflare's highest levels of protection for free via Project Galileo. Additionally, official
election websites can be secured from hacking and fraud through Cloudflare’s Project
Athenian, also at no additional cost.

Cloudflare can also help organizations of all sizes develop a robust zero-trust strategy to
ensure the highest levels of productivity and profitability. Employees, stakeholders, and end users have a greater level of satisfaction and overall improved user experience, which can, in
turn, result in higher revenues and overall ROI. Zero-trust and BYOD (bring your own device)
access ensure end users and employees always have the best resources and technology
available to them at all times.

Cloudflare benefits

Cloudflare has many benefits. Some of its most valuable benefits include:

- Faster load times

- Robust DNS security

- Intuitive cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF)

- Free universal SSL

- Image enhancement

- Automatic browser caching

- Next-generation cloud load balancer

- Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)

- Rate limiting

- Minification

- Zero-trust capabilities

- Cost-effective

- Reduced carbon footprint

Reviews from real users

“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. If you have a connection between your
website and your host, the server, Cloudflare, and the host, you don't necessarily need a
certificate.” Spencer M., Owner at Tech Exchange

“What I like best about Cloudflare is that my company can use it to trace and manage
applications and monitor traffic. The solution tells you if there's a spike in traffic. Cloudflare
also sends you a link to check your equipment and deployment and track it through peering,
so it's a valuable tool.” Daniel P., Network Engineer at Ufinet

“The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is the GUI. You are able to control the solution very
well through the interface. There is a lot of functionality that is embedded in the service.” PeerSpot user, Competence Center Manager at a tech services company

Cloudflare

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention offers comprehensive data protection with strong template support, seamless cloud integration, and detailed reporting. It ensures data security through extensive endpoint, network, and server-level controls.

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is equipped with advanced fingerprinting technology, optical character recognition, and a large library of predefined rules. Organizations gain comprehensive data visibility and effective policy enforcement, supported by dynamic user behavior analysis and compliance capabilities. Its intuitive interface and flexible deployment options position it as a top choice for data security, although it could improve in communication reliability and language support. Complex reporting, machine learning integration, and cross-platform compatibility require enhancements.

What are the key features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

Fingerprinting Technology: Enables precise data tracking and protection.
Optical Character Recognition: Enhances identification of sensitive information in documents.
Built-in Rules and Classifications: Offers a vast library ready for immediate use.
Dynamic User Behavior Analysis: Provides insights for proactive security management.
Cloud Integration: Ensures seamless data protection across cloud environments.

What benefits and ROI insights should users consider?

Policy Enforcement: Robust mechanisms to ensure compliance and data protection.
Comprehensive Visibility: Offers detailed insights into data movements and security posture.
Efficient Management: Simplified controls for streamlined security operations.
Compliance Support: Assists in meeting standards like PCI DSS.

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is utilized extensively in industries like finance and law to protect sensitive information from unauthorized transfers. It secures enterprise legal documents, financial assets, and personal data, employing features such as OCR to safeguard data across network, email, and cloud channels.

Forcepoint

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

OpenText

Sample Customers

Trusted by over 9,000,000 Internet Applications and APIs, including Nasdaq, Zendesk, Crunchbase, Steve Madden, OkCupid, Cisco, Quizlet, Discord and more.

Alphawest, Betsson, Cellcom Israel Ltd., Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Confartigianato Vicenza, EverBank, Finansbank, iGATE, Landa Digital Printing, Northern California Bank, Reliance Capital, Remosa, Toyota, Scavolini, Zim Integrated Shipping Services

GSK Vaccines, Repsol, Vodafone Group, Siemens AG, Medium Enterprise Transportation Services Company

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