We performed a comparison between Skyhigh Security 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 solution is stable."
"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 most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"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."
"It is easy to configure rules."
"Good anti-virus filtering, URL categorization, and reporting capabilities."
"What's most valuable in Skyhigh Security is its level of security. Another valuable feature of the solution is threat analysis."
"I like the encrypted disk feature and the endpoint protection."
"The stability is the most valuable feature. We haven't had any issues with the product."
"I personally don't have any issues with the performance or the stability of the solution."
"The other products that I have evaluated do not have the scalability options that McAfee has."
"Skyhigh has given us categorization and rating of websites separate from what the web proxy places on the logs."
"The CPL code is the best feature of the solution."
"It's a stable solution."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Proxy is that it doesn't have any limitations. It also has a simple configuration, with only one window pane, unlike Zscaler, which has multiple window panes. Deploying the agent is also more straightforward in Symantec Proxy."
"The Symantec antivirus suite and the proxy component are the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Proxy is the support and autoscaling."
"The developer's assistance is valuable, enabling seamless integration which allows for a comprehensive view of categories, even if not certified by the link."
"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"
"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."
"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 services take some time to load. It would be helpful if the loading time was reduced."
"McAfee needs to add more products that could be managed from the cloud."
"User interface could be more intuitive."
"You have to have some kind of background with cloud-based security, like working with different providers and how to make instances in the clouds and that kind of stuff - including cloud, networking cloud, cloud application development, anything like that is a requirement to be in the CASB space."
"De-tokenization."
"I think that the User Interface could be improved."
"The tool could improve flexibility with the creation of reports/querying data."
"Support for securing more cloud apps."
"The user interface could be improved, and the price could be lower as well."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"Technical support is an area that requires some improvement."
"The traffic filtering could improve. Our firewall traffic is limited. Additionally, it would be helpful if there was a dashboard and reporting feature."
"Marketing needs improvement in Symantec Proxy, as it needs to catch up in sales here in the Asia Pacific region. Symantec Proxy licensing renewal also needs improvement."
"Support response time and case resolution could be improved."
"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."
"The solution is quite complex."
Skyhigh Security is ranked 9th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 51 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 15th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 17 reviews. Skyhigh Security is rated 8.4, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Skyhigh Security writes "Good scalability, but the technical support service needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Skyhigh Security is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Netskope , Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler CASB, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service, Zscaler Internet Access and Symantec Secure Web Gateway. See our Skyhigh Security vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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