Avast Secure Web Gateway (SWG) vs. Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avast SWG
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Avast Secure Web Gateway service provides cloud-based web protection for all employees and devices whether they are in or out of the office. With it, the user points DNS requests to the Avast network and is free from the complexity and overhead of traditional proxy servers and on-premise appliances. Avast’s SWG also protects roaming and guest workers as well. The Avast cloud SWG service, provided in partnership with the Zscaler threat network, blocks access to malware and bad locations on the…N/A
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (replacing the former McAfee Web Gateway) is presented by the vendor as high-performance on-premises web security, that can be deployed as dedicated hardware or a virtual machine. With it, users can enforce internet-use policies, analyze the nature and intent of content and active code entering the network, and use DLP technology to scan outbound traffic.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avast SWGSkyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Avast SWG

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Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Chose Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Zscaler Internet Access
Chose Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
The configuration of the Cisco Secure web appliance of even worse than the one of Skyhigh's Secure Web Gateway. The detecction rate was slightly higher but the visibility worse.
Chose Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Kind of flexibility in Deployment and Customization which we get with McAfee Web Gateway was the driving factor we went with it and it has met our expectations. After implementing the McAfee Web Gateway, the count of the service desk tickets raised by users related to the web …
Chose Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
We selected McAfee Web Gateway because is one of the best solutions from the market on the moment. The price is very good. Excellent integration with another solution from McAfee that we have implemented. The speed of the protection from my point of view is one of the best …
Chose Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Both had comparable feature sets with Web Gateway at lesser cost.
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Avast Secure Web Gateway (SWG)Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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User Testimonials
Avast Secure Web Gateway (SWG)Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
I have been using [Avast Secure Web Gateway (SWG)] for a very long
time in my organization, it is very easy to use with having the interface
created on a very advanced module. Designed with much-modernized UI and dashboard
is very pleasing to use and to have the best experience on it.
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Provides a lot of general protection for my business PC, including spam and email filtering, as well as email protection. Internet protection at real-time is very effective. There is nothing negative I can say about McAfee Web Gateway. It's the best security software ever for small and big companies. Buy with trust.
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Pros
  • I have been using this platform in my organization for securing the network for a very long time and I am satisfied with their services and features.
  • It helps me in blocking web threats before coming on the network automatically which saves my network from potential attack.
  • Completely functional UI with having all the features to have a fast and secure working environment.
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  • Very flexible rule configuration for tiered access. With AD integration, easily allow Internet access based on groups.
  • SSL inspection of web content. URL categories can be exempted from inspection such as financial or health.
  • Customizable block pages. Allows you to place your policy statement on the block page as well as explanations for why a page is blocked.
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Cons
  • The major drawback of using Avast secure web gateway that it sometimes slows down the system in blocking web threats.
  • Secondly, it is hard to set up the first time as it takes a lot of effort and time to completely integrate with the system to make it fully functional.
  • Starting scanning the web application and organizing network in the background which talks a lot of memory and slows down the other processes.
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  • UI
  • Malware detection
  • reporting
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Usability
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Excellent products based on all the needs we had. Most of our use cases has been able to implement. DLP is kind of difficult to implement but possible. However you needs a big team to handle the tools as it's capabilities and management is complex. Nevertheles you can find a way to leverage all the funcionality when needed.
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Alternatives Considered
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Kind of flexibility in Deployment and Customization which we get with McAfee Web Gateway was the driving factor we went with it and it has met our expectations. After implementing the McAfee Web Gateway, the count of the service desk tickets raised by users related to the web service issues have been decreased. And it has protected our office users and remote users as well.
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Return on Investment
  • I am facing a lot on my organization's websites that it shows a lot of ads on the screen which sometimes got a freeze on the page and takes the whole screen to play which is a lot of time-consuming and slows down the work.
  • Avast Secure Web Gateway [(SWG)] is one of the best protection solutions available in the market to secure network traffic.
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  • Unify SASE solutions
  • SaaS based
  • Single client
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