We performed a comparison between Skyhigh Security and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Web Gateways (SWG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."On the outside, the main differentiation is because Lookout ingest. They have ingested basically all of the apps for the last ten years and all the versions of all the apps, and we have that in a corporate database that allows us to do very large-scale machine learning and analysis on that data set. That's not something that any of the competitors really have the capability to do because they don't have access to the data set. A lot of the apps you can no longer get them because that version of the app is five or six years old, and it just doesn't exist anywhere anymore, except within our infrastructure. So, the ability to have that very rich dataset and learn from that dataset is a real differentiator."
"The protection offered by the product is the most valuable feature. It detects vulnerabilities or traps on our users' phones and then prompts them to clean up their devices. Tools we used previously would only discover, which required us to gather information on the backend, so Lookout is a welcome upgrade."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"I found the solution to be stable."
"They were very, very aggressive in the market to get a new market share or to take over market share while other companies were being broken up."
"Data loss prevention and user behavior analysis are two valuable features."
"It's an easy-to-use product."
"The stability is the most valuable feature. We haven't had any issues with the product."
"The solution performs well."
"It is easy to configure rules."
"It also prevents you from writing data to your Gmail and does not allow you to move your data outside of the corporate system. That is the most important feature for me."
"The Symantec antivirus suite and the proxy component are the most valuable feature."
"The content that we are getting is very good. Content caching is also supported."
"The CPL code is the best feature of the solution."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"The initial setup of Symantec Proxy is easy."
"We can address and rectify issues promptly, resulting in consistently positive outcomes."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Proxy is that it doesn't have any limitations. It also has a simple configuration, with only one window pane, unlike Zscaler, which has multiple window panes. Deploying the agent is also more straightforward in Symantec Proxy."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Proxy is the support and autoscaling."
"We just submitted an enhancement request reflecting the main area we want to see improvement in; the APIs. Currently, we're able to build dashboards, but it's somewhat backward because we use our MDM API to create them. Lookout should provide API to customers so we can query our data and use it in our cloud, and this is the only outstanding area for improvement with the product right now."
"From the analysis that we've done, they do seem to be maybe a step behind in trying to enter the market with a new solution. But when they do pick up, they do come out with some good products."
"The stability depends on the service from where you access it. Because sometimes, the place you are in, you have Gateway. You don't have Gateway. The gateway is overutilized. At the end, you need to go through their gateways. And this is the key point here. You have a tracking point. If it's not well orchestrated, and it scales up as you add more to the existing team, you will suffer"
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"McAfee Web Gateway could improve the reporting. We have the reporting on a separate server and sometimes the database becomes full. These aspects could improve."
"The cloud needs improvement with respect to DLP."
"They could be integrated with CASB. I think normally McAfee has this solution in the cloud, but for us the best is on-premise."
"The only thing we have faced is that sometimes, randomly, the portal becomes too slow."
"McAfee needs to add more products that could be managed from the cloud."
"The documentation could be improved."
"The performance of the tool can be improved to provide faster report generation."
"The Skyhigh for Google Drive interface and policy engine is a bit confusing and limited when compared against other Google Drive CASB capabilities."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The tool’s reporting features must be improved."
"Marketing needs improvement in Symantec Proxy, as it needs to catch up in sales here in the Asia Pacific region. Symantec Proxy licensing renewal also needs improvement."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
"Support response time and case resolution could be improved."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"One area for improvement in Symantec is the lack of a reporting server or dashboard integration with SIM."
Skyhigh Security is ranked 12th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 51 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 14th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Skyhigh Security is rated 8.4, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Skyhigh Security writes "Good scalability, but the technical support service needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A scalable enterprise-level tool with advanced features that provide accurate database categorization". Skyhigh Security is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Netskope , Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler CASB, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service, Zscaler Internet Access and Symantec Secure Web Gateway. See our Skyhigh Security vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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