We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate SWG and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Web Gateways (SWG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"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 solution is stable."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate SWG's content is its most valuable feature."
"FortiGate is easy to use, and I also like its VPN."
"The product is easy to install since we only need to follow the user manual, documents, and articles provided by Fortinet to install the product."
"The overall features of Fortinet FortiGate SWG are good."
"FortiGate is easy to configure. We configured one of the units and sent it to Indiana to be installed. We asked them to give us a call when they got it, so we could help them through the process, but they called us back to tell us it works great."
"The technical support is good."
"It's a flexible solution."
"Web filtering is the most useful feature."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable and scalable. You don't need a large team for deployment and maintenance."
"It's a stable solution."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"The developer's assistance is valuable, enabling seamless integration which allows for a comprehensive view of categories, even if not certified by the link."
"The content that we are getting is very good. Content caching is also supported."
"Symantec Proxy’s technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"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."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"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."
"The UI/UX experience can be a little better."
"Fortinet FortiGate SWG's SSL offloading features need improvement."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet FortiGate SWG is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The solution is expensive."
"The product needs to drastically improve its reporting capability."
"Integrating OpenVPN with FortiGate would provide a powerful combination of secure remote access and comprehensive network security."
"Fortinet's support team consists of a huge networking team, because of which there is a delay in response at times."
"Fortinet FortiGate SWG could improve the price, it is expensive."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"The deployment is quite difficult."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The user interface could be improved, and the price could be lower as well."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"One area for improvement in Symantec is the lack of a reporting server or dashboard integration with SIM."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
"The initial setup is actually quite complex to install because our users don't have admin rights on the boxes and there's no remote install option by an administrator."
Fortinet FortiGate SWG is ranked 4th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 39 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 15th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate SWG is rated 8.6, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate SWG writes "Non-IT people could plug it in, connect it to the fiber, and get it running without IT help. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Fortinet FortiGate SWG is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiProxy, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Sangfor Internet Access Gateway (IAG) and McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service and iboss. See our Fortinet FortiGate SWG vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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