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MetaDefender Email Gateway Security vs Skyhigh Security comparison

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Categories and Ranking

MetaDefender Email Gateway ...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (32nd), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (13th)
Skyhigh Security
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (7th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (14th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (7th), ZTNA as a Service (10th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

MetaDefender Email Gateway Security and Skyhigh Security aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. MetaDefender Email Gateway Security is designed for Email Security and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
Skyhigh Security, on the other hand, focuses on Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), holds 2.5% mindshare, up 1.7% since last year.
Email Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MetaDefender Email Security Solutions1.0%
Proofpoint Email Protection5.9%
Microsoft Defender for Office 3655.1%
Other88.0%
Email Security
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Skyhigh Security2.5%
Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks10.1%
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange Platform8.7%
Other78.7%
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
 

Featured Reviews

RM
Senior Information Systems Engineer at Liberty Pumps, Inc.
Helpful support, and useful dashboards
They offer a feature called SmartLink neutralization. I have tried it before. It seemed to work most of the time; however, I had a few users for whom it just wouldn't work. Whenever they click on a link, it stays on the MetaDefender page, saying that it's scanning it and never moves forward. I haven't tried it in a while since then. Since I can't turn it off on a per-user basis, I had to turn it off globally. I have certain exceptions for not doing the sanitization, and how to set those up is not intuitive. It would be useful if there were a better way of doing that. Using digital certificates is hard. It would be better if it used Windows Servers' built-in certificate management.
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The sanitization is very good."
"The most valuable feature is called summary reconstruction which is used to deliver encrypted files to users."
"The most valuable feature of MetaDefender Email Security is the CDR. Customers purchase this solution specifically for data communication, as the other features can be obtained through other technologies that most customers already possess. Therefore, data communication serves as the foundation for the platform."
"The solution is very easy to use, easy to navigate, very stable, scalable, quite flexible, and overall the performance is good."
"Skyhigh Security has positively impacted our organization by helping us secure our network better, secure our HTTP traffic, and assist in compliance with GDPR and HIPAA requirements, especially since we are a health-based company."
"Skyhigh Security positively impacted my organization by allowing us to get rid of the VPNs, which reduced the overhead for IT, and it meant we did not need as many licenses for the VPN software for all of the laptops."
"Skyhigh Security has positively impacted our organization as we have moved away from VPN, which saved us a ton of money that was being given to the VPN provider, and since Skyhigh Security is an in-house solution, we are using our own product."
"Although it is costly, I would recommend this solution to anyone."
"Whenever our customers require Skyhigh Security, we offer it to them, and it provides outstanding SSE capabilities."
"Provides quite a bit of visibility into cloud services being utilized in our environment."
"Our ROI is 150%."
 

Cons

"Although the number of AV engines is good, it could be better."
"They offer a feature called SmartLink neutralization. I have tried it before. It seemed to work most of the time; however, I had a few users for whom it just wouldn't work. Whenever they click on a link, it stays on the MetaDefender page, saying that it's scanning it and never moves forward."
"The DLP should be upgraded and has room for improvement."
"I would like to see more power being given to the admin. In the sense that in case an employee is facing an issue and they want to configure a service, like attaching an email in Gmail, for example, they should be given the option to make the service request and get that configured on the go."
"Skyhigh Security is complex to manage. While it should ideally be more user-friendly, customers often find themselves having to manage it post-deployment."
"Skyhigh Security, as a product, is excellent, but in terms of the right services and support, those are lagging very much, for example, in Trellix. From one hundred, its score has gone down to ten, so ten out of one hundred, otherwise, it's the number one product."
"Though the Skyhigh Dashboard is processing large amounts of data, the speed of the Dashboard could be improved."
"It has many gaps, so I think some customers take three months and up to six months for the deployment of Skyhigh Security, and after the deployment, they use it for years."
"They could be integrated with CASB. I think normally McAfee has this solution in the cloud, but for us the best is on-premise."
"There are no training videos available for the product."
"The feature that we would like to have is a hybrid environment, including both cloud and on-premises."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"According to our customers, the price of MetaDefender is high and it continues to increase by almost 15 percent each year."
"There is a license required to use this solution and it is paid annually. The price is reasonable."
"Pricing for Skyhigh Security is fine."
"The biggest thing to watch for is the difference in price per monitored user for the different API integrations."
"Pricing is not out of reach."
"This is an expensive product, but you have to compare that with other solutions that are on the market."
"Some of our clients have a perpetual license and pay additional support yearly."
"The solution is quite expensive. As we take add-ons continuously as per our customer's requirements, there are additional charges."
"Have a risk-based approach towards pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Pharma/Biotech Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise49
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with McAfee Web Gateway?
From my perspective as a distributor and based on feedback from my clients, Skyhigh Security has a bit of a disadvantage in the Philippines. First, Skyhigh Security is not offering the full SASE su...
What is your primary use case for McAfee Web Gateway?
I do not use Skyhigh Security firsthand, but M.Tech Philippines distributes Skyhigh Security as one of the authorized distributors. My main use case for Skyhigh Security in my role as a distributor...
What advice do you have for others considering McAfee Web Gateway?
I always believe that Skyhigh Security works hand-in-hand with Trellix. What we are doing in our approach is to deliver the whole use case from an end-to-end approach, and from on-premises to cloud...
 

Also Known As

OPSWAT MetaDefender Email Security, MetaDefender Email Gateway Security, MetaDefender Email Security
McAfee MVISION Cloud, McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud Edge, McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee MVISION CNAPP, and Skyhigh Networks, McAfee Web Gateway
 

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