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We performed a comparison between Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Nutanix Flow Network Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Microsegmentation Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the visibility of processes and connections.""The real bonus is the fact that we can secure applications, all the way down to the individual services, on each host. It's actually more granular security than we can get out of a traditional firewall.""Application Ring-Fencing and Deception Server, which is basically like a honeypot, are pretty useful features.""The interface and dashboard are amazing.""Its deception features are great, providing a rich telemetry of lured origins, and are a great resource for any active defense strategy.""The tool is a complete package that offers many features like visibility. You can get a graph with real-time workflows and visibility into server-to-server communication. We get visibility into many things happening within our environment.""The solution is very scalable, especially when connected to the cloud resources.""The tool's most valuable feature is its visibility."

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"Nutanix Flow is straightforward to install. You only need to select a checkmark that you want to enable Nutanix Flow.""It allows for policies that enable complete visibility and traffic control.""We appreciate the fact that this solution allows us to segregate two virtual machines that are in the same cluster.""Nutanix Flow Network Security is a simple solution that is usable, easy to understand, and easy to deploy.""Nutanix Flow has a lot of data protection features. It's also valuable for operations and management. It's a big solution that works well with different solutions and is suitable for most business cases.""Flow Network Security's most valuable features are user-friendliness, the console, and policy creation.""The network view was excellent as it allowed us to expand the server view and visualize all connections it made within the environment. This was particularly useful in identifying the path of our data and not just its location within the data center.""It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

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"Needs more customization of honeypots and a vaster catalog of systems able to be mimicked.""The long-term management of the security policies could be improved with some kind of automation platform, something like Chef or Puppet or Ansible, to help you manage the policies after day-one... to then manage the policies and changes to those policies, going forward, through some type of automation process is not turning out to be really easy.""Incident tagging could be improved. Other vendors offer semi-automatic tagging, which Guardicore doesn't yet have.""In our version, when using the terminal server, we cannot exclude user tasks for each session.""The maps could go a bit faster. They are useful but slightly slow.""Supports become difficult when it's for a big organization. For a small organization, medium organization, it still makes sense, however, for a big organization, it makes life difficult.""It would be very helpful for beginners if the solution had more windows to help with the terms inside instead of going to the documentation.""The dashboard needs improvement. It should be more flexible so that I can easily see what I want or need to see."

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"The documentation offered by the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""I would rate Flow Network Security's stability seven out of ten - it could be improved.""The solution’s pricing could be improved.""For customers who are running Nutanix Flow and AHV, the largest area for improvement is in the disaster recovery environments. To automate the populate of rules from one side to the other side in case of disaster you report everything on the disaster recovery site, and you have all the rules automatically applied. This was something that was being built when I left Nutanix. It might already be available. Additionally, the usability of the rules editor could improve.""We would like the reporting functionality of this solution to be improved.""While the graphical interface of Nutanix Flow Network Security could have been improved, and some of the reporting features needed extra work, the product's features were similar to VMware's NSX. The difference lay more in the presentation and user interface.""Nutanix Flow's networking features could use some improvement. Also, I don't know if it's currently supporting load balancing or not.""The most difficult part is the configuration of the initial blueprints."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "GuardiCore has made some new changes to the license now. We've seen monthly and annual licenses based on a subscription. We have a few clients that pay anywhere from $25,000 a year."
  • "Compared to the pricing we were seeing from both Illumio and Edgewise, Guardicore was very competitive."
  • "Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does."
  • "This is not a cheap solution but you have to consider the bigger picture, which is what it is giving you."
  • "The customer would complain about the cost."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced and I would rate it a six out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
  • "The price is the same as other products in the market. There's no price argument to choose one or the other product, it will cost the customer approximately the same."
  • "Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is expensive."
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  • "This model is very accessible to implement."
  • "There is an annual subscription to use this solution. There is a 60-day trial to use the solution, it gives you time to decide if you want to continue using the solution."
  • "Flow Network Security is available on a three-year license, with annual renewals of the maintenance fee."
  • "In comparison to other options available in the market, I would rate their pricing as very competitive, probably a two or three out of ten for cost."
  • "On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
  • "The product is available for free use."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Guardicore Centra offers the best coverage specifically in backward compatibility with legacy operating systems.
    Top Answer:The pricing is too high. Based on market standards, I'd recommend lowering the price. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten, with ten being affordable. The DQE feature increases the license cost… more »
    Top Answer:Customers would want to see the cost improved.
    Top Answer:Nutanix Flow Network Security is a simple solution that is usable, easy to understand, and easy to deploy.
    Top Answer:We pay a yearly licensing fee for Nutanix Flow Network Security. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.
    Top Answer:The solution’s pricing could be improved.
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    Also Known As
    Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore
    Nutanix Flow Microsegmentation
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    Overview

    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a software-based microsegmentation solution that provides the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. It enables you to prevent malicious lateral movement in your network through precise segmentation policies, visuals of activity within your IT environment, and network security alerts. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation works across your data centers, multicloud environments, and endpoints. It is faster to deploy than infrastructure segmentation approaches and provides you with unparalleled visibility and control of your network.

    Flow Network Security is a stateful, distributed, microsegmentation firewall. It is provided as part of NCI Ultimate or as part of the optional Security Add-On package for NCI Pro.
    Sample Customers
    Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
    Top Industries
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    University20%
    Retailer10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Educational Organization10%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Government5%
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    Computer Software Company23%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise61%
    Buyer's Guide
    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs. Nutanix Flow Network Security
    March 2024
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    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is ranked 2nd in Microsegmentation Software with 17 reviews while Nutanix Flow Network Security is ranked 4th in Microsegmentation Software with 8 reviews. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is rated 8.2, while Nutanix Flow Network Security is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation writes "Allowed us to build out a data center topology without worrying about placement of physical or virtual firewalls that can create bottlenecks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Flow Network Security writes "Offers great integration capabilities and helps design a disaster recovery plan". Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is most compared with Illumio, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, whereas Nutanix Flow Network Security is most compared with VMware NSX, Illumio, Meraki SD-WAN, Cisco Secure Workload and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. See our Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs. Nutanix Flow Network Security report.

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