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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs Skyhigh Security comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.8
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention assures compliance, offering quick ROI, cost savings, and effective data protection for banking clients.
Sentiment score
6.0
Users experienced diverse returns with Skyhigh Security, citing economic benefits and qualitative improvements alongside other security solutions.
I have seen a return on investment, and the biggest one is saving time.
Neetwork Security Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention's support is efficient but response times and quality vary, with UK rated best.
Sentiment score
7.7
Skyhigh Security's support is effective and responsive, with occasional delays and inconsistencies, but overall high user satisfaction.
They conduct sessions to check logs and policies, unlike Symantec, where engineers may temporarily check and ask for logs, causing delays.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
We were very happy with the technical support engineers that are supporting us.
Senior CyberSecurity Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention excels in scalability, offering effective centralized management for enterprises of all sizes with ease.
Sentiment score
6.7
Skyhigh Security offers scalable, flexible cloud solutions appreciated for monitoring; some users note speed and cloud scalability issues.
The key principle of a scalable DLP uses a single policy engine across multiple data channels such as endpoint, email, web, cloud, and network.
Data Security Specialist at BOK
It is easily scalable because it is purely deployed on on-premises and with less downtime.
Senior CyberSecurity Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is stable with occasional upgrade issues, strong support, minimal downtime, and potential UI improvements.
Sentiment score
7.5
Skyhigh Security boasts high stability and reliability, improved over time, with strong user ratings and rapid issue resolution.
The stability of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is reliable, with minimum crashes, errors, or performance issues.
Data Security Specialist at BOK
It has many gaps, so I think some customers take three months and up to six months for the deployment of Skyhigh Security.
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
 

Room For Improvement

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention struggles with integration, complexity, high costs, resource demands, and poor support, impacting overall usability.
Skyhigh Security needs better performance, UI, API support, and multilingual capabilities, with enhanced training and disaster recovery features.
While Forcepoint is mostly on-premises, I suggest that to compete with Symantec, they should consider cloud solutions.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is already capable enough to integrate with data classification tools such as Boldon James and Microsoft MIP.
Senior CyberSecurity Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
It is sometimes very critical as it is not a plug-and-play solution, which can make IT teams struggle without professional services.
Senior Network Engineer at Anthology
The solution has room for improvement in its DDoS protection.
Network Architect at Neev limited
It is actually an old style, so I actually prefer the Symantec UI, so the UI might need a refresh.
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
 

Setup Cost

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention offers flexible licensing and negotiable pricing, with potential additional fees for specific features.
Skyhigh Security's pricing varies by user count and integration, with better value in multi-year agreements and varying support quality.
There have been situations where the license expired before the purchased license was sent, resulting in the DLP being out of service.
Information Security Officer at Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI)
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is that the pricing was reasonable.
Neetwork Security Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
The pricing is reasonable and medium, not very low, but fair for the product offered.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Forcepoint DLP provides robust protection and advanced analytics, with easy configuration and integration, earning praise for its intuitive interface.
Skyhigh Security excels in identifying shadow IT, providing risk assessments, and integrating scalable DLP, enhancing security management and compliance.
It supports 50 file types and continuously improves accuracy with user feedback, enabling auto-discovery across cloud, endpoint, and on-premises data stores without extra cost of repeated scans.
Data Security Specialist at BOK
It provides multiple customization options for policies, which makes it superior to Symantec.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention's email workflow checks whether emails sent from the office are forbidden by DLP rules and sends a notification to the manager accordingly.
Information Security Officer at Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI)
This price is reasonable, so what I mean is their strength, what they can tell the customer is that they have this technology, but it is not that expensive.
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
The cloud security features are the most valuable.
Network Architect at Neev limited
 

Categories and Ranking

Forcepoint Data Loss Preven...
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Skyhigh Security
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
34th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (18th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (12th), ZTNA as a Service (18th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is 6.2%, down from 10.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skyhigh Security is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention6.2%
Skyhigh Security0.6%
Other93.2%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

MuhammadJunaid7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Security Specialist at BOK
Data protection and feature-rich capabilities have improved with room for reducing false positives
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is a good product that provides deep fingerprinting capabilities in data exploring and data discovery. They have an excellent feature for discovering data automatically through policies available in their portal, and they excel in data discovery and classification. The solution offers database fingerprinting, file fingerprinting, and script-based policies, along with automatic data discovery exploration. Fingerprinting automatically discovers customer data in our database and, based on sensitivity, detects and blocks the data if someone attempts unauthorized access. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is a web threat security product offering content inspection and URL filtering with built-in DLP capabilities. It proactively identifies web-based threats using tools such as advanced classification, browser isolation, and malware detection. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention's solution focuses on internal risks and monitoring user activity to identify abnormal behavior, offering forensic tools such as login and video replay to understand intent. Data classification is an advanced tool we have used for classifying our data. The main feature is AI-powered, called DSP. The classification capability leverages a distributed AI architecture feature and GenAI small language models to classify both structured and unstructured data. It supports 50 file types and continuously improves accuracy with user feedback, enabling auto-discovery across cloud, endpoint, and on-premises data stores without extra cost of repeated scans.
EK
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
Secure web access has improved threat protection while certificate management still needs work
It depends on the environment, I think, and I am saying that not all, but in Korea, most of the customers prefer on-premise. The setup and configuration process for Skyhigh Security can be short as a month, but regularly three months, and long as six months. The deployment may last up to half a year. I think analytics are better for understanding security posture, but actually, I was using the Web Gateway, so all the analysis and logs were made by Linux, which I do not prefer because they have so many things to do. It is good for the customer, but not for me. I think with the cloud, cloud SWG, anyone can access through the proxy, which is the good part, and it is something they can tell someone that is their strength. My overall rating for this product is seven out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise37
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?
The technical support for the solution is very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?
Regarding pricing and setup cost for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, I do not have any issues, but I do have concerns with the licensing, particularly for the regional Indonesia licensing. Forcepo...
What needs improvement with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is a most critical and complex solution because the deployment models include on-premise solutions, on-cloud solutions, and hybrid solutions. It has a scalable multi...
What needs improvement with McAfee Web Gateway?
So far, only the certification part caused me some issues and some challenges. The certification requires some improvement to not cause so many troubles. The UI is another area where there is room ...
What is your primary use case for McAfee Web Gateway?
I am familiar with Skyhigh and Symantec. The customer's AWS environment is being used, so that understanding is correct. I help customers install and maintain policies and also provide deployment f...
What advice do you have for others considering McAfee Web Gateway?
It depends on the environment, I think, and I am saying that not all, but in Korea, most of the customers prefer on-premise. The setup and configuration process for Skyhigh Security can be short as...
 

Also Known As

Forcepoint DLP, Forcepoint Data Security Suite, Websense Data Security Suite
McAfee MVISION Cloud, McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud Edge, McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee MVISION CNAPP, and Skyhigh Networks, McAfee Web Gateway
 

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Sample Customers

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
Western Union.Aetna.DirecTV.Adventist.Equinix.Perrigo.Goodyear.HP.Cargill.Sony.Bank of the West.Prudential.
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