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Umbrella pros and cons

Vendor: Umbrella
4.2 out of 5

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PROS

Umbrella provides transparent and clear costs, making it a cost-effective option compared to other platforms.
Umbrella positively impacts organizations by enhancing DNS security and blocking malicious traffic.
Umbrella reduces cybersecurity incidents by blocking access to unsafe websites and preventing malware attacks.
Umbrella improves risk reduction and operational efficiency through its comprehensive security features.
Umbrella offers cloud-delivered security layers without requiring hardware, enhancing web security and restricting unauthorized traffic.

CONS

Umbrella has tier-restricted features that lack advanced functionalities unless more expensive subscriptions are purchased.
Umbrella faces challenges with reliability when VPNs are established, leading to potential operational issues.
Migrations and deployments of Umbrella require specialized users, making the process cumbersome.
There are incidents where Umbrella blocks legitimate sites, causing administrative burdens with whitelisting.
Umbrella's output accuracy is around 10 to 15% lower than market threat intelligence, affecting trust in its categorization efficiency.
 

Umbrella Pros review quotes

Udaykiran Mp - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Il Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 12, 2026
Umbrella has positively impacted my organization because it has turned a different situation around; we see at least billions of traffic being protected and classified regarding what sort of traffic is going in and out.
DP
System Administrator at Relay Human Cloud
Jun 1, 2026
Umbrella has positively impacted my organization by significantly improving web security and reducing exposure.
reviewer2866413 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 30, 2026
After introducing Umbrella, most of the malicious emails or malicious sites that users access have been very much secured, and most of the security threats are now blocked by Umbrella.
Learn what your peers think about Umbrella. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
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AmitKumar22 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Frontier Business systems
May 24, 2026
My advice is to go ahead with Umbrella; it is a very nice product with good customer support plus a return on investment, as you are investing $1 and you are getting a value of $10.
Sanchit Makkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Soc For Ddi at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 7, 2026
Overall, Umbrella is a great product, and I have not seen any room for improvement.
reviewer2836914 - PeerSpot reviewer
Field on-site engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
May 7, 2026
The job was done properly without getting into specific or complex situations, and it replied to our expectations.
Sayantica Ganguly - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 8, 2026
Umbrella has positively impacted our organization by being tool-based and user card driven.
reviewer2855808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer at a renewables & environment company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 12, 2026
Umbrella has positively impacted my organization because previously, we were not having any visibility on what was coming in and what was going out, and currently, with the help of Umbrella, we are able to restrict what can go out and what can come inside, which is really helpful for each and every organization, not only for us.
ZN
Manager, Information Technology at a hospitality company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 29, 2026
Before using Umbrella, we had a lot of complaints about users accessing websites and malware being downloaded onto the user's device, but after using Umbrella, issues related to malware have really reduced, and we are now fully satisfied.
MP
Associate Manager at Chevron
Jun 9, 2026
Umbrella positively impacts my organization by protecting us from cybersecurity threats and malware.
 

Umbrella Cons review quotes

Udaykiran Mp - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Il Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 12, 2026
The accuracy of Umbrella's output is slightly missing, around 10 to 15%, and it does not provide accurate categorization compared to available market threat intels.
DP
System Administrator at Relay Human Cloud
Jun 1, 2026
Occasionally, Umbrella blocks main business websites, requiring recurring manual review and whitelisting.
reviewer2866413 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 30, 2026
Umbrella could be improved with notifications.
Learn what your peers think about Umbrella. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
906,887 professionals have used our research since 2012.
AmitKumar22 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Frontier Business systems
May 24, 2026
User experience of Umbrella can be improved, with less backhauling traffic, better browsing performance, and fewer VPN dependency complaints.
Sanchit Makkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Soc For Ddi at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 7, 2026
Umbrella has a tier-restricted feature in the base package that lacks advanced features such as URL-level filtering or inspection and requires more expensive subscriptions.
reviewer2836914 - PeerSpot reviewer
Field on-site engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
May 7, 2026
A ten would be the case where we would never encounter any issues, or the proactive work would be really well done without any problems.
Sayantica Ganguly - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 8, 2026
I think Umbrella is a good tool, but it needs to be improved, especially because of the most recent scenario of AI-driven attacks.
reviewer2855808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer at a renewables & environment company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 12, 2026
Umbrella can be improved by providing something on a day-to-day basis so that users can be aware.
ZN
Manager, Information Technology at a hospitality company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 29, 2026
I want to highlight one concern: Umbrella can be bypassed by using the Play Store and other applications, which is something your team could look into, as users are bypassing the filter and accessing the websites.
MP
Associate Manager at Chevron
Jun 9, 2026
I think Umbrella can be improved regarding AI capabilities.

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