We performed a comparison between Netskope CASB and Zscaler Internet Access based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both solutions received very positive reviews from users. Zscaler Internet Access has a slight edge over Netskope CASB since it is the less expensive product and has a proven ROI.
"Overall, it is a very good solution. It is a simple solution and very easy to set up."
"Cisco Umbrella is such a solution and can be implemented very fast and easy. All that we must do is redirect the DNS registers in their routers, or the active directory service of the enterprise that are going to use in Umbrella services. If you buy the service now, in two hours you are protected by the service because it's very fast to put in service."
"If it didn't have a single pane of glass, we would not be using it. The single pane of glass gives you a one-stop shop. It's like going to Home Depot. You find all your stuff there. You can see all your threats and your endpoints. It's a very important feature and makes things very simple."
"I have found the malware protection feature valuable. It is helpful and deliverable and is able to protect my entire organization from getting compromised. It also prevents us from visiting any malicious sites which are not visible to the users."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to block users from reaching places that they should not even try to reach has been a boon."
"It is a good cloud-based solution for DNS security."
"The Global Block List is one of the most valuable features because it's really easy to block domain names as well as URLs. Sometimes you don't want to block the whole site, you just want to block one URL. The Global Block and Allow Lists are the best features for us."
"One of the most important features is the security posture check which Umbrella offers when a user accesses any website. That is one of the most unique features that it offers."
"The interface is good."
"A very straightforward interface."
"Their technical support is very good."
"They are very good at CASB as compared to other players."
"The initial setup of Netskope CASB is easy, it is not complex."
"Technical support is pretty good."
"Its deployment is very easy and quick. Their technical support is also very good."
"The client size and architectural components in Netskope are far better than other solutions."
"The most valuable features I found in Zscaler Internet Access are the restriction of users for a particular URL, the security feature related to stopping DDoS, and the VPN."
"Zscaler Internet Access's best feature is the granular policy controls."
"The most valuable features of Zscaler Internet Access are it's on the cloud, high network performance, and the interception of users is very easy."
"Zscaler Internet Access has helped us reduce the time that we spend managing security policies by about four hours a week. We can use this time to focus on other things, especially the IT team."
"The most valuable feature of Zscaler Internet Access is that it is a consolidated solution, it comes with many features, such as DLP."
"We don't have to buy equipment to use it. And when our engineers set it up on our side, we just configured a few settings and we were in."
"For our needs, the cloud-native proxy architecture is a very good solution. We are moving away from on-prem appliances and moving more toward cloud-based solutions. Zscaler is a good fit for our strategy. This architecture helps with cyber threats because we inspect most of the traffic and we can see that a lot of threats are stopped directly in the secure web gateway."
"Zscaler Internet Access protects using data loss prevention. If you have a CASB exposing your cloud out into the network, then Zscaler Internet Access will go ahead and control that unknown cloud application in the CASB, protecting it. There is also data detection with exact data match. This improves the data coming into your cloud so you are protecting it."
"It could be improved by having a local data center and caching, which can provide protection support. I would like to be able to channel my intel and my network traffic to their clouds, and this feature is not available. Advanced protection or any malware file support, which might be required, is not available."
"Cisco Umbrella should introduce an on-premises device."
"I would like them to make some videos, practical videos, the kind with steps that people can use to learn and deploy"
"If the security issues are taken care of it would be better."
"Data reporting could be improved."
"User interface could be a little smoother and more intuitive."
"I think it's a very basic solution, and because of that, Cisco Umbrella would not be a suitable solution for large companies."
"If we're trying to deploy it to a Mac through Meraki, it's impossible. The method of deployment for a Mac, and the features available in Meraki, are not compatible at all."
"Deployment and policy tweaking were two areas where improvement needs to be made."
"There should be some granular custom roles that are not available. However, this is on the road map. There are many devices that do not have the Zero Trust feature and other enhancements available which they should have."
"The solution is still pretty new to the CASB environment."
"In some cases, when you have a lot of policies, it can get confusing for users and you can get lost in the GUI."
"They could improve their mobile agents as they have some limitations."
"There could be better integration with other solutions."
"The configuration in the cloud model could be improved upon."
"Third party integration with other cloud applications could be improved. Sometimes the API won't be working, but Netskope is taking it seriously. They accept all the feature requests, and they are trying to provide whatever we ask from them."
"An improvement would be if they could provide an out-of-the-box experience, like 20 to 30 features all ready to go. In comparison, LogRhythm offers out-of-the-box features. With Zscaler Internet Access, there is firewall IPS, multiple security services, filtering, DLP, and CASB browser isolation. These are things that all users are going to be using. However, when an administrator or architect would start building this, I would definitely need to engage professional services to help clients do it."
"Sometimes, support isn't available."
"Zscaler Internet Access could improve by adding a VPN feature."
"Zscaler Internet Access can improve by adding traffic filtering based on the DNS."
"One thing that they could improve is the ability to import rules from other platforms."
"I don't know whether it's Zscaler or not, however, sometimes I can't access my time management. I need to wait and try again a few hours later. Typically, if I let some time pass, I can access it again."
"The reporting functionality could be a bit easier to use. There is a reporting function, but it's quite hard to do any good reporting, from a user-management perspective. For example, if a department manager wants to know how his department is using the web, there is a way to get the data, but it's quite cumbersome to get it and show it well. And that's true for comparing between departments."
"What could be improved in Zscaler Internet Access is its price. It could be cheaper."
Netskope CASB is ranked 3rd in Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) with 16 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 14 reviews. Netskope CASB is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Netskope CASB writes "Network proxy that provides visibility during deployment and allows you to control PII". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Internet Access writes " AI decision-making on quarantined documents reduces manual work". Netskope CASB is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma SaaS by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler SASE, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Skyhigh Security, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Prisma SaaS by Palo Alto Networks, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Fortinet FortiGate.
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