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iboss

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Ashok Ananthula

Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Cloud gateway has strengthened remote web security and now needs better Mac and ISP support

The problem our organization had is that iboss failed for the Mac devices. It is not able to give a successful agent for the Mac agents. That is where in 2025, we had to migrate to the Palo Alto-based platform. If your use case is for just Windows laptops,you can consider this platform as an option One issue is the data center resiliency part. In India especially, they are not tied up with the Tier 1 ISPs like Tata or Airtel; they were having Tier 2 ISPs and encountered many issues reaching few major sites that my organization depends on, and they were having problems that they could not fix quickly. They also lack a mechanism to route that traffic within their data center; rather, they ask customers to make a pac file change to route it to Singapore explicitly. It would be better if they route from their backend , i mean even if I send it to India DC, they should be able to route it internally to make that work; however, they fail to do that and ask the customer to route it in the pac file. Another suggestion is that in China, they do not have the proper setup; they used to have numerous problems with slowness and lack of premium circuits in China as well. That leads to multiple sites working slowly with latency-related issues. So the main issue is the ISP-related problems that need to be solved.

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UchechiSylvanus

Team Lead, Process Improvement & RPA at Fidelity Bank Plc

A scalable product that offers an easy-to-use interface

Some of the product users feel that the solution's storage part should be increased, especially when compared to products like Yahoo, which is an old tool in the market that offers unlimited storage to users. Other platforms offer more storage sizes than Google. The storage part of the solution, especially the storage capability offered by Google Drive, needs to be increased. There are certain shortcomings with the product's stability where improvements are required.

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Hugo Alexis Espinoza Naranjo

Perimeter Security Administrator at a security firm with 51-200 employees

Easy to configure and maintain but needs better performance

Scalability is very limited. It cannot be adapted to all companies, and the need for more and more equipment makes it hard to scale. It is important to understand that we need greater flexibility when we try to adapt to the specific needs of our company. Often, we see complexity and loss and performance. We could both benefit from improved performance and speed in the effectiveness of the network. They should seek optimization of the resources consumed by the application.

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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

"iboss is among the few products providing inline filtering where no application is needed on the device. It operates on the network side and is not device-based. This feature was one of the main reasons why we stayed with them for so long."

"Because of iboss, I did not have to assign web filtering tasks to my techs on a daily basis."

"This product is solid, fairly easy to use, and reliable."

"Iboss is a solution that prevents advanced persistent threats, and has a zero tolerance for attacks."

"The solution has massively improved our security posture, giving us full visibility into what our staff does online."

"Deploying iboss leads to good return on investment, estimated around 70% to 80%."

"We were impressed by the solution's mental health function, which can detect if someone needs help. It scans what users are browsing and flags warning signs so we can check to see if they are okay. We've had to use it a couple of times."

"iboss is easy to use despite its complexity. Multiple engineers manage it, but it's significantly more straightforward to administer than traditional VPNs and web proxies."

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"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy provides more control of our assets because normally when you're using Google Cloud, you have to use your Google email. IAP can control the assets that only come from the dedicated company or IP address."

"Scalability-wise, it is a great product."

"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is an easy-to-use solution."

"We only use what we need to put in the application to create a server, and we do not need to maintain the hardware."

"The app is reliable; it's very stable, we haven't had issues with things like bugs or glitches, it hasn't crashed, and it's been good."

"I find the GCS Portal to be particularly valuable. It is more user-friendly and easier to navigate compared to other cloud providers, such as AWS. I particularly appreciate the user interface of GCS."

"The most valuable features of Google Cloud Platform are the Kubernetes engine, CI/CD, and BigQuery."

"It is totally awesome in terms of scalability. Its scalability was the main reason for moving to Google Cloud. It also comes with a lot of features. We are satisfied with the features it has."

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"We have access to great functionality while establishing a remote connection."

"The advanced protection, centralized administration, and the ability to have experts hand in hand providing us with good best practice solutions and centralized management have been useful."

"This Odo or Harmony solution has helped us a lot in improving the security for the remote connection to our facilities in corporate."

"The solution is stable and without any issues at this moment."

"Odo helped us a lot to be able to efficiently, effectively, and robustly have our employees who will work from their homes in times of the pandemic."

Cons

"To scale up, a new iboss Node Blade Chassis must be purchased."

"It is stable, but due to growth, it can sometimes be less stable than wanted."

"Our biggest problem with their service was it did not recognize the device and filtering did not always work correctly."

"One thing I would like to see differently with their Zero Trust platform is that some of the AI aspects related to high-risk activities have more false positives."

"Sometimes, obviously, there are bugs."

"I have heard they are doing DDoS filtering, but I am not certain if they are implementing it correctly."

"Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing, iboss is not cheap, and that's my only concern."

"Our iboss subscription access should be more secure with an OTP or VPN etc. It is easy to gain access if, for example, hackers obtain my username and password."

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"There is room for improvement in the tools and features available on the GCP. In particular, the managed databases and queues could be improved, and it would be beneficial to have more offerings in areas such as data science and data warehousing. Additionally, GCP could benefit from offering similar tools to those offered by its competitors, such as Amazon AWS's Redshift."

"We encounter issues while setting up emails for the solution."

"The product’s migration process could be easier to understand."

"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy should improve stability."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing."

"If you are talking about virtual machines, our customers would say that this solution is not so stable because sometimes Google Cloud has host errors."

"The solution should be more user-friendly and should have descriptive manuals on the page website."

"The solution could be more reasonably priced. We find it to be a bit expensive right now."

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"Until now, I have not found anything that I do not like about this service, however, security trends and vulnerabilities will always exist and there should always be new ways to protect the perimeters of our corporate infrastructure."

"They should centralize the configuration interfaces into a single pane since sometimes a point is being configured, and you have to move to another point to finish the configuration."

"Scalability is very limited."

"We'd like this simplified to provide a prompt and efficient installation since, in many cases, the solution or the guides provided by the manufacturer are a bit complex."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is expensive compared to one of its competitors."

"We had the cost of purchasing a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs. However, the following year, the cost of just licensing was similar to what was paid the previous year for a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs."

"It is probably in line with other solutions, but I do not deal with the financial side."

"It is not expensive, and it is also not cheap. iboss is priced right in the sweet spot for the number of features it offers."

"The overall pricing for iboss is very competitive and transparent."

"We have not priced the solution recently, but they were competitive with other vendors in the past."

"Google Cloud Platform is cheaper than Microsoft Exchange."

"The product is free."

"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is an expensive solution."

"The price of the product falls on the cheaper side of the spectrum."

"My organization makes yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the tool."

"The monthly payments made towards the licensing cost of the solution are not expensive."

"It is expensive to scale up the solution."

"There is a need to make yearly payments toward the solution's licensing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Outsourcing Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

14%

Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

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Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	20

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Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	2

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Also Known As

iBoss Cloud Platform

GCP Cloud IAP, Google Cloud Platform Cloud IAP, Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, Google Identity-Aware Proxy, Google Identity Aware Proxy, Google Cloud Identity Aware Proxy

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Overview

iboss is the Zero Trust SASE platform that gives organizations complete visibility and governance over their AI, data, and applications through one unified platform, one console, one policy engine, and one data lake.

Your endpoints may already stop malware. Your data and application activity can still be invisible. iboss decrypts and understands every connection, then turns that signal into answers security leaders can act on.

The platform leads with three capabilities in this order: AI Security and Visibility, Data Security and Visibility, and App Visibility and Control. Zero Trust Network Access, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN sit underneath as the access fabric that carries those three. Trusted by global enterprises and government agencies.

What are the most important features of Iboss?

- AI Security and Visibility: conversation capture, shadow-AI discovery, AI DLP, and agent governance across Claude, Co-Work, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, and emerging services.

- Data Security and Visibility: full SSL/TLS decryption, deep content inspection, MIP label compliance, and one-click compliance reporting.

- App Visibility and Control: signatureless CASB, dual risk scoring, in-app controls, and SSPM for major SaaS.

- Containerized Zero Trust SASE: dedicated containers, isolated SSL keys, one console, one policy engine, one data lake.

- Access fabric: ZTNA, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN under the same platform.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

- Complete visibility over AI, data, and applications from one platform instead of separate point tools.

- Encrypted traffic is inspected by default so data decisions use content and context together.

- Shadow SaaS and new web tools appear as they are used, with enforceable controls in one console.

- Native data sovereignty through dedicated containers, in-region inspection, and per-customer SSL key custody.

- Scale proven in published materials: 10M+ users, 100+ countries, 150B+ transactions, 2.5B+ threats blocked.

Economic buyers are CISOs, CIOs, and VPs of Security. Champions include security architects, network and infrastructure leaders, SecOps, and GRC. Primary segments: enterprise and business, financial services, government (including FedRAMP Gov Cloud), healthcare, manufacturing, legal and professional services, retail and hospitality, and MSP/MSSP partners. Education, including K-12, is one vertical among these.

iboss

Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy offers scalable, user-friendly identity management with efficient data processing and seamless integration, providing reliable access management and collaboration across platforms.

Identity-Aware Proxy by Google Cloud provides a secure and intuitive interface for managing user identities and controlling access to applications. It integrates with platforms like Amazon and Microsoft to facilitate real-time collaboration. With support for Kubernetes, CI/CD, and BigQuery, it enhances performance by enabling secure and efficient data processing. Users find the pricing appealing as it allows for flexible deployments. Despite its strengths, improvements are sought in user intuitiveness, enhanced security, and documentation. Challenges such as stability, regional availability, and data management persist, highlighting the need for more refined integration and storage options.

What are the key features of Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy?

Scalability: Adapts to varying demands efficiently
User-Friendly Interface: Easy navigation across functionalities
Robust Data Processing: Ensures high-speed data operations
Efficient Security: Protects applications by verifying identities
Cloud Integration: Supports Amazon and Microsoft platforms
Flexible Deployment: Accommodates various use cases with Kubernetes and CI/CD

What benefits or ROI should users consider in reviews?

Cost Efficiency: Attractive pricing plans for diverse needs
Stability and Reliability: Consistent performance with minimal disruptions
Enhanced Collaboration: Facilitates online teamwork across devices
Seamless Application Security: Ensures secure access to tools and data

In industries leveraging Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, companies manage identities to enhance security and streamline operations. Educational institutions apply its secure online teaching capabilities, while tech firms utilize its integration with CI/CD for deploying container platforms. Enterprises harness its potential for managing resources, automating processes, and hosting applications, ensuring seamless data access across devices for collaborative projects.

Google

Odo offers advanced protection and centralized management for seamless remote connectivity, supporting employees with efficient security solutions.

Odo provides expert support and secure remote security execution. It enhances employee experiences by enabling proactive policy implementation and data verification. Users benefit from browser-based access and comprehensive session logs for security. Current challenges include scalability and flexibility, necessitating performance improvements and simplified configurations. Advanced setup knowledge further highlights optimization needs.

What are the most important features of Odo?

Advanced Protection: Ensures comprehensive security against threats.
Centralized Management: Facilitates unified control and oversight.
Expert Support: Provides specialized assistance for implementation and maintenance.
Easy Browser Access: Eliminates the need for VPN clients.
Comprehensive Session Logs: Offers detailed audit trails to track security events.

What benefits or ROI should users expect?

Improved Cyber Protection: Strengthens defense mechanisms for remote work.
Cost Savings: Reduces expenses, especially beneficial for smaller branches.
Enhanced Telecommuting Solutions: Supports remote work with secure connections during events like pandemics.
Unified Management: Simplifies security policy management with centralization.
Full Audit Trails: Increases operational visibility with extensive tracking.

Odo is implemented to address increased security needs in industries transitioning to remote work. By providing secure connectivity and expert assistance, it supports various sectors in adapting to trends such as telecommuting and digital transformation during periods like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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