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MayankSharma4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Tech Machindra Limited
Reseller
Highly scalable, useful URL categorization, and easy setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Zscaler Private Access is the categorization of the dynamic URLs which keeps the customer's environment protected. The threats and the malware are correctly categorized."
  • "Zscaler Private Access's reporting is poor. We should have more insight into the reports regarding what is blocked and allowed."

What is our primary use case?

I work for a service provider for a defense customer. We are using Zscaler Private Access to connect to the Internet. This is how we keep our customers protected with the latest inspection of the URLs.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Zscaler Private Access is the categorization of the dynamic URLs which keeps the customer's environment protected. The threats and the malware are correctly categorized.

What needs improvement?

Zscaler Private Access's reporting is poor. We should have more insight into the reports regarding what is blocked and allowed.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zscaler Private Access for approximately four years.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the scalability of Zscaler Private Access a ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the support of Zscaler Private Access a five out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

There is a lightweight agent on six laptops and the agent reaches out to the SaaS-based cloud.

The process of deployment takes 15 to 30 days.

I rate the initial setup of Zscaler Private Access an eight out of ten.

What was our ROI?

I rate the ROI from Zscaler Private Access a seven out of ten.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is competitive. 

I rate the price of Zscaler Private Access five out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

If the reports were improved the customer would have more insight.

I rate Zscaler Private Access nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner
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DddGgggg - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology System Engineer at DRÄXLMAIER Group
Real User
Provides the ability to establish the connection between your public network and connect automatically to the intranet
Pros and Cons
  • "The best feature is the ability to establish the connection between your public network and automatically connect to the intranet connection."
  • "The stability could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for traffic and establishing the connection.

It's deployed on-premises.

There are 60,000 people who use Zscaler in my organization.

What is most valuable?

The best feature is the ability to establish the connection between your public network and automatically connect to the intranet connection.

What needs improvement?

The stability could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have worked with Zscaler Private Access for six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability as eight out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Zscaler as eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Bhupendra Nayak - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Consultant at Confidential
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
Provides seamless user experience, enhanced security, and real-time monitoring features
Pros and Cons
  • "The product provides a seamless user experience."
  • "The product is not reliable."

What is our primary use case?

It’s a SaaS platform. It enables enterprise security and provides the advantage of SaaS applications while protecting our valuable digital assets from cyber threats.

What is most valuable?

The product provides a seamless user experience. It provides enhanced security, SSO login, and real-time visibility. Data protection is fine.

What needs improvement?

The product is not reliable. ZTNA must be improved. It is slow sometimes. It is unreliable. It’s lengthy to troubleshoot.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is stable. There are no vulnerabilities. Everything works well. It provides real-time threat updates and monitoring.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is scalable. Almost 60 to 70% of the people in my company are using the solution. Our entire network is on Zscaler.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is good. When we raise an incident, the team provides support immediately. Support depends on whether we have a normal license or a premium one.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using other platforms like McAfee before. We switched to Zscaler because we needed a solution that is easy to handle, deploy, and monitor. We needed real-time monitoring.

How was the initial setup?

The solution provides ease of deployment. We do not require any physical appliance. We must have an understanding of the technology. There are two tunnels. We must know which tunnel is which tunnel will secure our network better.

The solution is deployed on the private cloud provider Zscaler Private Access and the public cloud provider Zscaler Internet Access. It is easy to deploy the tool on any cloud like AWS and Azure.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the product to others. The reliability and monitoring features must be improved. The traffic flow is slow sometimes. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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S Azeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technology Manager at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Stable product with self-maintenance capabilities and efficient remote access management
Pros and Cons
  • "The product's most valuable features are cloud-based services and secure internet access. We don't have to set up any physical appliances."
  • "There could be more DLP-related features. Additionally, there needs to be flexibility for integrating ISP features."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product to provide secure access to our customer's environment consisting of on-premise and on-cloud applications.

How has it helped my organization?

Zscaler Private Access simplifies the process of managing remote access. It doesn't require deploying and configuring physical appliances in various locations, similar to FortiGate.

What is most valuable?

The product's most valuable features are cloud-based services and secure internet access. We don't have to set up any physical appliances.

What needs improvement?

There could be more DLP-related features. Additionally, there needs to be flexibility for integrating ISP features.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Zscaler Private Access for a year as a partner.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product with self-maintenance capabilities regarding hardware and software patches and policies.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable product.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support services are good and based on SLA.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The product is easy to integrate. It takes a week to deploy for 1000 users.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Zscaler Private Access provides a limited number of solutions compared to FortiGate and ForcePoint.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the product a nine out of ten.

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Malik Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr.Technical Consultant at Meta Infotech
Real User
Leaderboard
Helps us manage network traffic and has an easy setup process
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup is easy."
  • "They should work on a replica account. There could be alerts and replica files sent to the DLP team during data collection."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product for the process protocol for tunnels to manage network traffic.

What needs improvement?

They should work on a replica account. There could be alerts and replica files sent to the DLP team during data collection.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Zscaler Cloud DLP for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability an eight out of ten. We encounter high latency for cloud data centers.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product’s scalability depends on specific requirements. We manage more than 50 Zscaler Cloud DLP accounts for customers. We have created certain rules to cover and manage our sensitive data. I rate the scalability a ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

They should assign an L2 engineer to resolve the issue. The L1 engineer takes time to identify and elaborate on the problem.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Our organization has used Symantec, Trend Micro, and McAfee.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. It doesn’t take much time and depends on the IP server requirements.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Zscaler Cloud DLP an eight out of ten. I recommend it for customer service companies to protect sensitive data.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lead Information Technology Specialist at ZF Group
Real User
Offers features like VPN, secure connections, and firewall functionalities and good stability
Pros and Cons
  • "It does the job. What it is needed for. I can use it for VPN, I can use it for secure connections, I can use it as a firewall. So the solution does the job."
  • "It has a limitation, if you are creating a rule or something for a web application or something, you could only add five users, not more than that. Five or four users are only included in a rule. If you want to create a rule for more than five or four users, you have to go through other methods, not particularly with the application. Working within the application with this method would be quite easy as compared to listing a URL or a normal IP address."

What is our primary use case?

The main purpose was to use it as a zero-trust solution. Or also to have control over the inbound and outbound traffic coming and going through the end user's device.

What is most valuable?

It does the job. What it is needed for. I can use it for VPN, I can use it for secure connections, I can use it as a firewall. So the solution does the job.

What needs improvement?

It has a limitation, if you are creating a rule or something for a web application or something, you could only add five users, not more than that. Five or four users are only included in a rule. If you want to create a rule for more than five or four users, you have to go through other methods, not particularly with the application. Working within the application with this method would be quite easy as compared to listing a URL or a normal IP address.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one and a half year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. Around 300 end users are using this solution.

How are customer service and support?

The customer service and support have a good SLA. They return queries on time.  

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What other advice do I have?

I would say go ahead because it has a quite friendly interface. It has a lot of stuff you can do. If you are using the old infrastructure technique, you would love it because you can control most of your endpoints network on the device by a single interface. That is the Zscaler.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Deepanshu Dhameja - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Support Associate at Tech Mahindra Limited
Real User
The solution breaks down at times but it is easy to deploy
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool's scalability is good."
  • "Zscaler CASB breaks down at times."

What needs improvement?

Zscaler CASB breaks down at times. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the solution for six months. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool's scalability is good. 

How was the initial setup?

The solution is easy to deploy. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution has increased prices this year. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Deepanshu Dhameja - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Support Associate at Tech Mahindra Limited
Real User
Helps to maintain data loads but needs to create a feature where it is works in offline mode
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is the best for storage."
  • "We have issues with the tool's maintenance and networking. It should be able to work in offline mode as well."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zscaler Cloud DLP to maintain data load and for storage reports. 

What is most valuable?

The solution is the best for storage. 

What needs improvement?

We have issues with the tool's maintenance and networking. It should be able to work in offline mode as well. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zscaler Cloud DLP is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is scalable. My company has 250-300 users. 

How was the initial setup?

Zscaler Cloud DLP's installation is difficult. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Zscaler Cloud DLP is moderately priced. We pay around 2 million rupees per year. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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