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PROS

iboss significantly reduces bandwidth bottlenecks and ensures uninterrupted internet connectivity by routing traffic directly to its data center, bypassing office circuits.
It provides comprehensive security features, including malware detection and zero tolerance for advanced persistent threats, enhancing security posture.
iboss offers granular setup capabilities with customizable filters and controls, contributing to its effectiveness in content filtering and data loss prevention.
The cloud-based console allows for seamless offsite device filtering, ensuring traffic doesn't revert back to the network, maintaining efficiency and security.
Users experience reduced operational costs and improved management efficiencies through iboss's consolidated management and straightforward initial setup.

CONS

iboss struggles to provide a successful agent for Mac devices, leading to a migration to another platform.
The integration is challenging, requiring manual import of sites, which becomes cumbersome with thousands of websites.
Pricing, setup costs, and licensing of iboss are expensive.
SSL decryption issues arise, especially in a BYOD environment with users favoring apps over web browsers.
There are complaints about complexity in zero trust implementation and network interface limitations of the on-premise hardware.
 

iboss Pros review quotes

Ashok Ananthula - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 19, 2026
As I mentioned, the return on investment is significant, as it saved our office locations' bandwidth because when you are working remotely at home, your internet traffic routes directly to iboss and will not go to your office building, saving bandwidth bottlenecks and ensuring that issues with our building internet circuits will not impact your internet connectivity because you are directly going to the iboss data center.
Varshini B - PeerSpot reviewer
cyber security specialist at cyvogenix
Jul 21, 2026
Consolidating management into iboss's single pane of glass has helped my organization reduce operational costs by around twenty to twenty-five percent.
Gui DOMINGUES - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 13, 2026
I would say iboss is a very good product; its scalability is very good, and it's seamless for the user.
Learn what your peers think about iboss. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
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Praveen Kumar Nakkalapally - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Devops Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 1, 2026
iboss is definitely very good in terms of service.
Matt Crockford - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Cybersecurity at SES Water
Oct 24, 2024
We were impressed by the solution's mental health function, which can detect if someone needs help. It scans what users are browsing and flags warning signs so we can check to see if they are okay. We've had to use it a couple of times.
reviewer2701851 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director
May 7, 2025
I would rate the technical support of iboss a solid 10 without a shadow of a doubt.
Apr 2, 2025
First of all, the security policies are essential. I do not have to rely solely on Active Directory for our users.
Jack Hamm - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of Security and Engineering at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Sep 20, 2024
iboss is easy to use despite its complexity. Multiple engineers manage it, but it's significantly more straightforward to administer than traditional VPNs and web proxies.
SC
Educational Technology Coordinator at a performing arts with 201-500 employees
Apr 16, 2025
The console is cloud-based, which is something I really appreciate.
reviewer2704137 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect I at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 9, 2025
We chose iboss for both zero trust and proxy (SWG) because their SWG was superior.
 

iboss Cons review quotes

Ashok Ananthula - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 19, 2026
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, and that is where in 2025 we had to migrate to the Palo Alto-based platform.
Varshini B - PeerSpot reviewer
cyber security specialist at cyvogenix
Jul 21, 2026
I think iboss could be improved by making reporting and dashboard customization more flexible, and simplifying troubleshooting policy issues.
Gui DOMINGUES - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 13, 2026
iboss can be improved because the integration could be better; you need to import all the sites that you access today, and there are a few problems whenever you import thousands of websites, making the integration process messy for the users.
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Praveen Kumar Nakkalapally - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Devops Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 1, 2026
I have heard they are doing DDoS filtering, but I am not certain if they are implementing it correctly.
Matt Crockford - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Cybersecurity at SES Water
Oct 24, 2024
The reporting feature needs improvement. It doesn't give you the expected results. It is quite difficult to get the specific reports needed, and it is not as intuitive as the rest of the platform.
reviewer2701851 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director
May 7, 2025
Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing, iboss is not cheap, and that's my only concern.
Apr 2, 2025
Our iboss subscription access should be more secure with an OTP or VPN etc. It is easy to gain access if, for example, hackers obtain my username and password.
Jack Hamm - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of Security and Engineering at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Sep 20, 2024
I'd like to see them accelerate development on the security side, particularly around data loss prevention.
SC
Educational Technology Coordinator at a performing arts with 201-500 employees
Apr 16, 2025
One thing I would like to see differently with their Zero Trust platform is that some of the AI aspects related to high-risk activities have more false positives.
reviewer2704137 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect I at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 9, 2025
For zero trust implementation, we encountered complexity issues, especially with a large infrastructure company ExxonMobil.