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Idira Secure Cloud Access vs Skyhigh Security comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 2, 2026

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
4.7
iboss offers significant ROI by saving bandwidth and enhancing security, despite increased costs from cloud migration and device pricing.
Sentiment score
4.0
Idira Secure Cloud Access delivered 70% ROI by 2024, reducing costs, workforce needs, and minimizing cyber threats effectively.
Sentiment score
4.9
Skyhigh Security boosts ROI by improving efficiency, reducing maintenance, streamlining analysis, enhancing visibility, and cutting time significantly.
With iboss, whenever you turn on your laptop, the iboss agent automatically connects to the iboss cloud, enforcing all security policies. So with respect to the security side, it strengthens measures.
Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I have seen some cost effectiveness from iboss; it has reduced certain support requirements, making it a more hands-off solution.
Managing Director
We have reduced approximately 70 to 75 percent of our time when accessing resources through CyberArk Secure Cloud Access.
IT platform engin8 at Infosys
Additionally, we have money saved in the long run on infrastructure costs.
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment; from a security point of view, it helps us in terms of time as well as manpower.
Solution Architect at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
With Skyhigh Security, that same analysis could often be reduced to around ten minutes
Sales Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
By moving to having more in the cloud, their cloud is automatically updated as part of a SaaS solution, which reduces the responsibility on the company to do the updates themselves.
Manager - Cyber Security at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
I have seen a return on investment from using Skyhigh Security; we saved a lot of time since the dashboard gives the complete picture of the overall usage of cloud apps.
Cloud Operations Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Iboss support is praised for responsiveness and knowledge, with some concerns about communication but generally favorable reviews.
Sentiment score
7.2
Idira Secure Cloud Access is praised for responsive support, despite some delays, with generally positive evaluations from customers.
Sentiment score
7.3
Skyhigh Security's customer service is highly rated, but technical support experiences vary, with some delays and inconsistencies noted.
They are very fast, responsive, and knowledgeable.
Head of Cybersecurity at SES Water
The quality of the support is fantastic.
Educational Technology Coordinator at a performing arts with 201-500 employees
We had promising discussions about resolving these issues, but no real action followed.
Network Administrator at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
They adhere to SLAs, and most issues are resolved effectively.
Works at Airtel Africa PLC
As long as you have a license from them, the support is available during deployment.
Head Of IT at NetPulse Limited
They are helpful and provide enterprise-level support with knowledgeable engineers and ample documentation, especially during setup and critical issue handling.
CTO at Fraoula
We can know the case severity such as P1, P2, or P3, allowing easy interaction from the customer support side.
Technical Associate Network Security at Valuepoint Systems
Weekly setup calls are conducted with all clients to discuss ongoing issues and resolutions.
Deputy Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
There is also some really good diagnostic information built into their web gateways that they deploy on-premise if you want to do hybrid, so they get a lot of information before you even know something might be wrong.
Manager - Cyber Security at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Iboss efficiently scales to meet growing resource demands, supporting large user bases with robust support and adaptable infrastructure.
Sentiment score
7.0
CyberArk Secure Cloud Access offers high scalability, enhancing access control and reducing manual tasks with cloud-native design and API support.
Sentiment score
6.5
Skyhigh Security's scalable infrastructure and cloud-auto-scaling effectively support diverse business needs, despite some documentation concerns.
They are also able to meet on-demand requirements based on your contract with them, and can easily provide adequate resources and scalability.
Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I would rate it a nine out of ten for scalability.
If I start seeing sluggishness or anything like that, I just reach out to my rep, and they connect with their dev team, typically resolving it the same day.
Educational Technology Coordinator at a performing arts with 201-500 employees
If you have a small to medium-sized enterprise, you can typically complete your deployment in roughly a week.
Head Of IT at NetPulse Limited
When it comes to performance, I am definitely satisfied with CyberArk Secure Cloud Access on the IT estate.
Head Of Network Security Strategy And Architecture at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Ensuring that users can only access servers with the proper multi-factor authentication and manager approval.
Infrastrecture Engineer at TechMahindra
Scalability-wise, for monitoring cloud apps, Skyhigh Security is more scalable, and we never faced any scalability issues on the dashboards.
Cloud Operations Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
They have peering agreements with a lot of the major ISPs where their data centers are, which allows them to get a really good bandwidth allocation.
Manager - Cyber Security at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
We upgraded with a plan for the next five to seven years to run with this solution because this easy scalability is what we are able to achieve with Skyhigh Security for our environment.
Security Consultant at RL
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Iboss is generally stable with reliable support, despite initial deployment challenges, and is often praised for minimal downtime.
Sentiment score
7.8
Idira Secure Cloud Access offers reliable, stable cloud services with real-time monitoring, high availability, and strong security despite upgrade complexities.
Sentiment score
7.5
Skyhigh Security is stable and reliable, with past issues resolved and praised for its multi-location feature enhancing reliability.
It's been pretty solid; I've never had an outage with them, and if I ever had, it's only been once out of the seven years.
Educational Technology Coordinator at a performing arts with 201-500 employees
We've experienced zero downtime.
Head of Cybersecurity at SES Water
Our biggest problem with their service was it did not recognize the device despite our ClearPass sending information to the iboss box.
Network Administrator at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
The platform achieves strong uptime and stability amongst enterprise-level security.
Infrastrecture Engineer at TechMahindra
If CyberArk Secure Cloud Access is down, you cannot access anything, which is a double-edged sword.
Head Of IT at NetPulse Limited
The stability from a security perspective is quite good.
CTO at Fraoula
We did not face any downtime on that site, so it is quite reliable.
Technical Associate Network Security at Valuepoint Systems
If your primary location is down, you just get diverted to the other one.
Manager - Cyber Security at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
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

Iboss struggles with Mac support, ISP integration in India, and needs improvements in security features and cloud integration.
Idira Secure Cloud Access needs upgrades in deployment, integration, costs, user experience, and real-time monitoring for better usability.
Skyhigh Security needs enhancements in performance, UI simplicity, API integration, support, reporting, troubleshooting tools, and cloud access control.
It is not as intuitive as the rest of the platform.
Head of Cybersecurity at SES Water
We also had a problem with a transition when we upgraded from one appliance of theirs to another, but their engineer lost a good deal of our data.
Network Administrator at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Our iboss subscription access should be more secure with an OTP or VPN etc.
It is important for critical support to respond within fifteen to twenty minutes to minimize business impact.
Works at Airtel Africa PLC
You need to understand every component because the least mistake results in being completely locked out of the system.
Head Of IT at NetPulse Limited
More guided deployment wizards, better automated onboarding templates, improved UI/UX experiences, simplified policy management, and enhanced reporting and troubleshooting would be beneficial.
Infrastrecture Engineer at TechMahindra
There is no API available.
Security automation specialist at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Skyhigh Security does not have a local representative in the Philippines.
Product Team Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Skyhigh Security is quite simple, but if there is any improvement in the GUI, it will be quite easy for us because it looks a legacy interface.
Technical Associate Network Security at Valuepoint Systems
 

Setup Cost

Iboss offers competitive, transparent pricing with valuable cloud solutions, appealing to enterprises for predictable budgeting and desired functionality.
Idira Secure Cloud Access offers scalable, enterprise pricing with complex licensing and higher initial costs, providing long-term value for large firms.
Skyhigh Security pricing is reasonable for enterprises, often complex, and includes support with multi-year agreements favored for savings.
It offers the same features you would get from a vendor that charges 250,000 British pounds for a fraction of the price.
Head of Cybersecurity at SES Water
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.
Network Administrator at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing, iboss is not cheap, and that's my only concern.
Managing Director
I am not directly involved in pricing aspects, but I am aware that CyberArk is considered costly compared to other products.
Works at Airtel Africa PLC
The setup cost initially will be higher as it needs to be integrated with different applications that the organization has.
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The pricing for CyberArk Secure Cloud Access is quite high, especially the initial implementation cost, as it requires skilled engineers for deployment, configuration, and integration with various tools.
Infrastrecture Engineer at TechMahindra
The pricing and licensing was generally aligned with the number of users and the models, and the cost depends on the scope, but I think Skyhigh Security has great pricing for the market.
Sales Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Regarding pricing, the licensing and pricing for Skyhigh Security, especially for SWG, is cheap.
Product Team Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates it is high, but it is negotiable.
Senior Manager, Risk at LTFS
 

Valuable Features

Iboss provides comprehensive cloud security with advanced features, enhancing data protection and management efficiency for network security.
Idira Secure Cloud Access enhances security and productivity with dynamic access controls, real-time monitoring, and multi-cloud integration.
Skyhigh Security enhances security management with flexible remote access, scalable solutions, and comprehensive visibility without VPNs.
The solution's mental health function can detect if someone needs help.
Head of Cybersecurity at SES Water
It's given us a lot more visibility into our computer assets that may be infected with viruses and also shows us people who have unusually large uploads or might be engaging in high-risk activities, such as searches or going to sites not categorized by their web crawler.
Educational Technology Coordinator at a performing arts with 201-500 employees
iboss was the best solution for us because, no matter what domain you were in, everything is under a single pane of glass, which is exactly what we wanted.
Managing Director
The solution provides robust security features essential for financial and banking sectors to avoid network and connectivity issues or security breaches.
Works at Airtel Africa PLC
Dynamic role-based access helps you identify which user is accessing what, with what device, at what time, and the level of access the person has for doing what they are doing.
Head Of IT at NetPulse Limited
This new approach is particularly effective for dynamic environments where traditional PAM requires significant effort to detect accounts, onboard accounts, and provide access rights.
Security Consultant at Clico
Skyhigh Security dashboard helps monitor security threats, and it works well with very large enterprise environments.
Cloud Operations Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
By going through their Zero Trust interface, we effectively had single sign-on to the internal network remotely without a VPN, so it reduced the overhead and gave us faster access to the files.
Manager - Cyber Security at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
The hardware and cloud usability features help my team by providing easy scalability, which is the main advantage.
Senior Associate at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

iboss
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Ranking in Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (6th), Internet Security (3rd), Web Content Filtering (1st), ZTNA as a Service (7th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (7th)
Idira Secure Cloud Access
Ranking in Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (5th)
Skyhigh Security
Ranking in Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (7th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (13th), ZTNA as a Service (10th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) category, the mindshare of iboss is 4.5%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Idira Secure Cloud Access is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skyhigh Security is 4.4%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
iboss4.5%
Skyhigh Security4.4%
Idira Secure Cloud Access0.8%
Other90.3%
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
 

Featured Reviews

Ashok Ananthula - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Manojkumar Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Centralized cloud access has strengthened identity control and simplified keyless logins
The best feature of CyberArk Secure Cloud Access is that private keys can be configured once and users can log in using CyberArk credentials. Instead of providing the private key every time into the system, it is not needed. With CyberArk, we do not require it and can directly use CyberArk credentials to access the virtual machines or run the pipelines. Using CyberArk credentials instead of private keys has made things easier for our team because previously every user had to remember the private key and store it somewhere else and insert it whenever they attempted to log into the server. This was cumbersome. Instead, organizations use CyberArk to configure the private keys, which helps because it is no longer required for users to store it on their system or somewhere else to maintain security. This additionally prevents users without access to the server from logging in. This feature of CyberArk Secure Cloud Access also reduces time and dependency on other people. Once a user is given access, they can be tracked anytime and anywhere. Access is revocable whenever people leave the organization. CyberArk Secure Cloud Access has positively impacted our organization because we have observed many changes. One significant impact is that since implementing it, the dependency on people has drastically been reduced. Additionally, we do not need to log in or store the private keys every time as they can be automatically configured.
DG
Deputy Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Centralized cloud security has improved DLP incident management and simplifies email protection
One major challenge is that downloading incidents during the investigation process takes a very long time, and this issue should be resolved. More customized columns and filtering options in incident review would be beneficial. File types should be included, such as file names along with file extensions, which are not currently available to my knowledge. Overall, Skyhigh Security is very good and just needs to improve in terms of the latency of downloading incidents.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Media Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
9%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise48
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with iboss?
The problem our organization had is that iboss failed for the Mac devices. It is not able to give a successful agent ...
What is your primary use case for iboss?
We used iBoss mainly for Internet Access by having an Agent on Windows laptops Primarily because when we try to use i...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iboss?
I am not involved in pricing, but as per the information I have, during that time, the Blue Coat proxies we were usin...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CyberArk Secure Cloud Access?
The pricing for CyberArk Secure Cloud Access is quite high, especially the initial implementation cost, as it require...
What needs improvement with CyberArk Secure Cloud Access?
CyberArk Secure Cloud Access can be improved as there is initial complexity and it is somewhat expensive. I would ela...
What is your primary use case for CyberArk Secure Cloud Access?
My main use case for CyberArk Secure Cloud Access is that we have multiple clusters. We use CyberArk Secure Cloud Acc...
What needs improvement with McAfee Web Gateway?
Skyhigh Security is, in my view, a strong platform. Of course, there are still areas where the user experience and op...
What is your primary use case for McAfee Web Gateway?
My main use case for Skyhigh Security is primarily for CASB functionality, SaaS security visibility, cloud data prote...
What advice do you have for others considering McAfee Web Gateway?
My main advice would be to spend enough time planning governance, policy design, and operational workflows before ena...
 

Also Known As

iBoss Cloud Platform
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McAfee MVISION Cloud, McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud Edge, McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee MVISION CNAPP, and Skyhigh Networks, McAfee Web Gateway
 

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

More than 4,000 global enterprises trust the iboss Cloud Platform to support their modern workforces, including a large number of Fortune 50 companies.
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Western Union.Aetna.DirecTV.Adventist.Equinix.Perrigo.Goodyear.HP.Cargill.Sony.Bank of the West.Prudential.
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