Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange Platform Reviews

Our primary use case of this product is as a VPN solution. I'm the head of IT infrastructure and we're a customer of Zscaler. 

The ZPA is a unique feature which offers VPN along with all the additional security we need while using the VPN network. This is a cloud solution and it has all the features inbuilt for all security requirements. The other big advantage is that it doesn't require you to sign in every time like typical VPN connections. Usually, whenever you want to connect to VPN, you need to open the VPN, sign in and authenticate with your multi-factor authentication. With this solution, you open your laptop and you are connected to your VPN. Authentication is required about once a week and that's it. 

This is a great solution, I'm just searching for an alternative because the costing or the commercials for this type of solution tends to be a little high, although we have been using it for a year already. We've found it to be more expensive than other products. However, we also know that unlike other VPN solutions, this one has many features that any organization would like to have. We're looking for an alternative product that offers similar services or features.

I've been using this solution for a year. 

This is a very good and stable solution that has all the requirements for your security solutions. If you have this, you don't need any other services or any other security solutions in your data center or on your premises other than this. It's a one-stop shop.

I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10. 

When I am outside of the company, I use Zscaler Private Access. I use Zscaler Private Access in the home, hotel, or wherever for remote working. It is a VPN.

We have a minimum of three to five thousand users minimum supported with Zscaler Private Access. It could be much more. They use it in the same way that I am using it. 

We have more solutions for connection with third party suppliers where we include contacts.

The only advantage I see is no more connection is required by the users. It is attached to the single-side logon with our key directory. That is the most valuable feature. 

With AT&T, we had another way to connect with the user. We had no single-side logon solution. Zscaler Private Access is a single-side logon solution.

We don't need to connect anymore. It is automatically connected when you log on in Windows. That is the only advantage I see because it is a bit slower.

We are supporting our supply-chain in India. Our connections through Zscaler have degraded drastically. Improvements are required in speed and bandwidth. 

The biggest disadvantage is there are no SCMP network layers available. The older network connection checks cannot be done because it's not included in the solution. 

We are programming our old solutions and they have not included support for legacy Windows. This is a huge disadvantage for me.

SCMP support would be one of the biggest improvements in my opinion. More speed improvements are also required. Very simple. 

If I need to monitor a third party supplier, if I have no SCMP, I cannot do the monitoring.

Some data may be cached if it is not available. This another important issue we have which needs to be improved, i.e. when the availability is not given the cache should not be used. 

At least we need Zscaler Private Access to make sure that the cache represents what is available to the users.

I am not involved in technical support for Zscaler Private Access. I create a ticket in our technical system and wait for an answer. I am still a project leader for this.

Everything is predefined so there is no mistake possible. Zscaler Private Access is attached to the active directory user. It is very easy. It is good.

We deployed with a system and it went very quick. It's a cloud solution. There is no private software to set up. Zscaler Private Access is quite easy and convenient in this way.

The installation was done at the global level. We did not use a reseller. Our company has since been merged with another corporation. We have now ninety thousand employees.

I was not involved in the choice of the solution. This was decided by our global network people.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Zscaler Private Access at only a three or four. 

The biggest disadvantage is the lack of SCMP network systems.  Also, the quality of the bandwidth is limited. We use normal internet access, not a fiber-optic line. 

The difference is huge, like flying in first-class vs. economy class. We stay in the economy class. The commercial company is saving money, but the end-user has lost the experience.

We use the product for inbound and outbound DNS scanning.

The platform provides data protection.

The product’s most valuable features are inbound and outbound scanning and API control.

There could be additional ways to define proximity. Additionally, they should provide some exclusion options for specific policies and an ability to control the DLP engine.

We have been using Zscaler Cloud DLP for four to five years.

I rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten.

For the DLP feature, I rate the scalability a seven out of ten.

We used Netskope before. However, we switched to Zscaler as we wanted a cloud-based DLP product. If we compare the two products, Netskope is better, but scaler is a good solution for cloud DLP.

The deployment time depends on specific business requirements. It is easy to deploy a standard functionality. However, it takes time for complex scenarios.

The product has reasonable pricing.

I rate Zscaler Cloud DLP a seven out of ten. I advise others to evaluate and understand their business use cases before purchasing the product.

Our role is as consultant, architectural, and pre-sales.

Rather than purchasing new VPNs and other architecture, our clients use Zscaler SASE to allow their workers to work from home due to COVID. 

It decreases the overhead that they are running when it comes to licenses for the VPNs and allows them to merge multiple technologies, such as the VPN capabilities, and the CASB solution.

The most valuable features of this solution are the CASB solutions, which is protecting their Office 365.

The interface needs a bit of work. It could be a little more streamlined and more intuitive.

We have been selling this solution for two years.

Our clients are using the latest version.

Absolutely, this is a stable solution. It has been what we expected.

The scalability by definition is kind of intrinsically built-in. Everything that I have seen is easy to scale.

My experience with technical support is that they have always been professional, on point, and very knowledgeable.

The initial setup was straightforward.

I would rate Zscaler SASE a ten out of ten.

It pretty much covers, like, if you implement it, it's going to cover, like, 80 to 90% of real estate for the organization.

On DLP terms, Zscaler Cloud DLP ensures that data doesn't go outside of the organization. So on the network level, Zscaler does a pretty good job.

The solution doesn't do a very good job of detection, but they definitely do a very good job of implementing the policies.

There is room for improvement in detection. From the detection perspective, like, how it detects the violations.

Another area of improvement is implementation through non-client connectors. The solution can be implemented in two ways. One uses the back file; the other one uses client connectors. So the client connector is pretty fast, but when it comes to non-client connectors and procedures, it's kind of delayed and slow. The policies don't reflect very soon. It takes, like, a day and, like, hours to get implemented. But if it's a client connector, it takes, like, two minutes. It's just so good.

In future releases, I would like to see two things. It's not more of a feature but more like an enhancement. So I would like to see an enhancement in their proximity when detecting credit card details and past support details, and PII data.

Another area of improvement is support. 

I have been using this solution for around nine months. I use the latest version 6.2.

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten.

Scalability is pretty good. I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. 

There is room for improvement in support. 

Neutral

The initial deployment is pretty easy. That's pretty straightforward.

We have definitely seen an ROI. 

The price is a little bit on the higher side, especially if you are going to add, like, packs or bundles to your subscription. But otherwise, it's pretty decent.

I would suggest to keep your policies simple. Don't complicate them because it depends on your organization and how you set it up. So once you are doing it, just keep it clean and simple.

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

It serves various purposes. Overall, it's pretty good. Not bad at all.

It has been helpful in maintaining our infrastructure. The granular level control it offers allows us to set application policies per application for each user.

The most valuable feature is policy creation and creating cloud instances.

Zscaler CASB need to improve the functioning of the application, especially the sanctioning of the application.

Another area of improvement is the granular level control of how you can assign policies based on user access. Currently, their granularity is not that good. They either give you access to CloudApp or not. User management can be improved.

I have been using this solution for a year. I use the latest version.

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. 

It is a scalable solution. 

Neutral

The initial setup was very straightforward.

We have seen an ROI.

I would advise other users to focus on properly managing the cloud instances and avoid overcomplicating cloud application policies unless it's absolutely necessary.

Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

We are using it for monitoring the global areas, which Zscaler considers for people who are roaming around the system to have a secure connection to internal applications.

It has made things easier and more secure while connecting to the client's private applications.

The most valuable feature is the manageability of the micro tunnels.

There is improvement in enhancing proper manageability, policies, and logs. So, log management could be improved.

Moreover, I'd just like to see an improvement in stability.

I have been using this solution for six months. We use the latest version 6.1. 

I would rate the stability a seven out of ten. 

Scalability is good. 

The setup is straightforward, but it's a little more technical. Nevertheless, it's pretty straightforward.

We have it deployed on both cloud and on-premises.

We have definitely seen an ROI. 

Overall, I'll rate it at nine out of ten.