We performed a comparison between McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks and others in Secure Web Gateways (SWG)."The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"The solution is stable."
"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 user interface is easy to configure."
"It enables us to manage bandwidth for users based on their privilege levels. For example, if a user wants to use a certain application or resource, we can provide access based on their privileges."
"Symantec Proxy’s technical support is very good."
"The solution is scalable."
"The Symantec antivirus suite and the proxy component are the most valuable feature."
"We can address and rectify issues promptly, resulting in consistently positive outcomes."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"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."
"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"
"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."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"The product should provide more integrations."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
"The initial setup is actually quite complex to install because our users don't have admin rights on the boxes and there's no remote install option by an administrator."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"Technical support is an area that requires some improvement."
"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."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is ranked 23rd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 1 review while Symantec Proxy is ranked 14th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is rated 10.0, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service writes "A scalable and user-friendly tool that provides an easy-to-configure user interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate SWG, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Fortinet FortiProxy and Skyhigh Security, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Zscaler Internet Access and Symantec Secure Web Gateway.
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