We compared Netskope and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform based on our users' reviews across four parameters. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Netskope offers comprehensive data protection capabilities, advanced threat protection, advanced analytics, and granular policy enforcement. Netskope has competitive pricing options, positive ROI, and excellent customer service. Versa SASE Platform features robust security measures, efficient network connectivity, advanced analytics, simplicity of use, and reliable customer support. Users praise its customer service and support, reasonable pricing, positive ROI, and ability to integrate multiple functionalities.
Features: Netskope is praised for its comprehensive data protection and advanced threat protection. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is commended for its robust security measures, seamless integration, and reliable customer support.
Pricing and ROI: Netskope offers competitive pricing options and a straightforward setup process, ensuring a smooth experience. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform has reasonable pricing, good value for money, and flexible licensing terms. Netskope has shown positive ROI by providing enhanced security, data protection, cloud service control, and cost savings. Versa SASE Platform offers improved network security, simplified management, better performance, cost savings, and flexibility, resulting in significant value and ROI.
Room for Improvement: Netskope could improve its interface, customer support, performance during high traffic, and reporting capabilities. On the other hand, users of the Versa SASE Platform suggest enhancements in performance, reliability, user interface, navigation, documentation, and integration options.
Deployment and customer support: Netskope’s setup is considered to be quick, easy, and straightforward. Deployment can be done rapidly, especially on the cloud, although there may be some complexities involved in the implementation phase. The deployment process for Versa varied depending on factors such as the configuration, predefined setups, and designated policies. It generally took between one to two hours. However, for some users, deployment took 35 working days, with the number of engineers and architects depending on the number of sites. Customers have expressed satisfaction with the customer service and support provided by Netskope, citing prompt resolution and knowledgeable assistance. Versa's SASE Platform is highly praised for its top-notch support, responsive service, and efficient resolutions.
The summary above is based on 25 interviews we conducted with Netskope and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"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 solution is stable."
"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."
"Their technical support is very good."
"The initial setup of Netskope CASB is easy, it is not complex."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that the support is very good and the dashboards are easy and intuitive to use."
"Netskope's control is user-friendly and comprehensible. It also helps in conveying information effectively as a company, making it crucial for customer satisfaction."
"The client size and architectural components in Netskope are far better than other solutions."
"Netskope has a diverse portfolio range, which includes cloud access security brokers, content filtering, behavior analytics, and security management."
"Netskope is a really good product. I cannot segregate which features are the most valuable. We find most of the features to be valuable. It gives us what we are looking for."
"The most valuable feature of Netskope is protection."
"The product has a dynamic VPN feature for SD-WAN."
"Versa is a good centralized solution, where you're setting up your infrastructure in a data center type thing."
"The solution is stable and suitable."
"The flexibility is a great feature."
"Their dashboard is also a good point for us and the customer. The solution is very clean and easy."
"The necessary enhancement pertains to the controller segment, specifically addressing the issue of frequent flapping when a link is left. In the case of Versa Unified, if a link experiences frequent flapping within an entire branch, it triggers instability. Hence, it is imperative that the overall routing system is not contingent solely upon the active dial branches."
"It's very powerful, especially for engineering teams."
"Our customers are very satisfied with this solution. They have not mentioned any areas for improvement."
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"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."
"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."
"It needed some fine-tuning on core business sites that we used, which were sensitive to what we term a man-in-the-middle certificate by design. Some sites were not tolerant because they presented as potentially malicious. So, we just had to make some tweaks so that it would bypass or interpret it."
"It should have user behavior analysis and diverse analysis."
"Setting up policies is something that we having been doing, and if the vendor were to provide example use cases that included different implementation options then it would be very useful for us."
"I deduced two points: one for their feature modification and one for the feature maturity of the solution."
"The configuration and user behaviour analytics can be improved."
"There should be some granular custom roles that are not available. However, this is on the road map. There are many devices that do not have the Zero Trust feature and other enhancements available which they should have."
"They could add endpoint security features."
"Netskope CASB can improve by working more similarly to a VPN technology instead of a proxy. They then could have visibility on the endpoint device. Most clients have some tools where they check the endpoint health or other things, such as the security posture, or if they want to access the resources. For example, if they should have antivirus running, this kind of posture check should be available but it is missing."
"We are thinking about how to make customers consolidate the loads to an SD-WAN network so that the customers can have bigger chunk from the SD-WAN side so that customers can have critical data be transferred with NPS VPN and non-critical data or some labeled traffic can be transferred by the SD-WAN network. I think it's a very important direction for digital transformation."
"The smaller units lack a lot of functionality."
"We've had the odd occasional stability issue with software upgrades."
"The solution's current customer support is not that good. So, they need to improve that. Also, the solution's UI is quite complex, so they need to simplify it."
"The VPN feature is relatively new. It came out two releases ago, and they're still fixing that up."
"The stability of FlexVNF's controller and devices could be improved."
"The UTM features can be improved. It should offer better functionality."
"SASE is the next big thing that is coming up, and it needs to be developed in Versa. This is the only thing that needs to be adapted very quickly by Versa. With the pandemic going on, I would like to see more features for working from home. They have launched Versa Secure Access (VSA), but it is currently immature. They need to tighten it up for work from home and SD-WAN concept."
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Netskope is ranked 4th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 35 reviews while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is ranked 13th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 20 reviews. Netskope is rated 8.4, while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Netskope writes "Network proxy that provides visibility during deployment and allows you to control PII". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform writes "A flexible, stable and scalable solution ". Netskope is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Cisco Umbrella and Forcepoint ONE, whereas Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Juniper Contrail Networking. See our Netskope vs. Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform report.
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