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Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Read 17 Akamai Guardicore Segmentation reviews
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  • "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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    What do you like most about Guardicore Centra?
    Top Answer:Guardicore Centra offers the best coverage specifically in backward compatibility with legacy operating systems.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Guardicore Centra?
    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 »
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    What needs improvement with Guardicore Centra?
    Top Answer:Customers would want to see the cost improved.
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    13th
    out of 59 in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)
    Views
    6,151
    Comparisons
    3,346
    Reviews
    5
    Average Words per Review
    442
    Rating
    7.5
    39th
    out of 59 in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)
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    145
    Comparisons
    76
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    Also Known As
    Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore
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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.

    ColorTokens is led by some of the sharpest minds in cybersecurity. Our leadership team has decades of industry experience, with stops at companies like Cisco, Juniper, VMware, Microsoft, and Zscaler and expertise in cybersecurity, networking, and enterprise infrastructure.

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    Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE
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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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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is ranked 13th in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) with 17 reviews while Xshield is ranked 39th in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP). Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is rated 8.2, while Xshield is rated 0.0. 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, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is most compared with Illumio, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and Orca Security, whereas Xshield is most compared with .

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