BrowseControl by CurrentWare vs. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
BrowseControl by CurrentWare	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	BrowseControl is a content filtering software for configuring content access to websites and Windows applications based on user, device, department, or other Organizational Unit (OU). BrowseControl's content filtering features allow administrators to configure the internet and application usage permissions of the students, employees, and patrons that use computers within their network. Content filtering policies for websites, applications, and files can be…	$6 per month per user
Forcepoint SWG	Score 9.7 out of 10	N/A	The Forcepoint ONE Secure Web Gateway (SWG) is one of the three foundational gateways of the Forcepoint ONE all-in-one cloud platform. Forcepoint ONE SWG monitors and controlsany interaction with any website, including blocking access to websites based on category and risk score, blocking download of malware, blocking upload of sensitive data to personal filesharing accounts, detecting shadow IT, and optionally providingRemote Browser Isolation (RBI) with Content Disarm andReconstruction (CDR).	N/A

Pricing

BrowseControl by CurrentWare

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

Editions & Modules

10-99 Users: $6
per month per user
100+ Users: Volume & prepurchase discounts available. Please contact sales for info.
Per User Per Month

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
BrowseControl by CurrentWare	Forcepoint SWG
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Price per license is based on purchase volume. There are additional discounts available for educational organizations, non-profits, managed services providers, and for businesses that pre-purchase multiple year plans.

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Community Pulse
	BrowseControl by CurrentWare	Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
Considered Both Products	BrowseControl by CurrentWare No answer on this topic	Forcepoint SWG Anjum Arora Group ICT Head - Technology & Applications Chose Forcepoint SWG Cost effective User intuitive Self learning Incentivized Helpful? Boon Leng David Aw Deputy General Manager - Technical(ISD) Chose Forcepoint SWG Data Resolve - DLP - inDefend, Clearswift Endpoint Data Loss Protection (DLP) and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG We actually have replaced Forcepoint Web Security with Zscaler Internet Access and have been extremely happy with the change. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint [Web Security] services are [...] cost-effective and provide better ROI for small/medium and even large enterprises without losing any important features. They also have controls for all the channels and technology areas. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG We were not yet ready to replace the firewall, so we chose a separate solution that integrates with our network. We also looked at Ironport but could not get a supported configuration (our partner did not support it). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint Web Security provided off-network coverage which was not possible utilizing the on-premises deployment of the Cisco Secure Web Appliance that we were previously using. The Forcepoint Web Security product was more cost-effective for the specific feature set that we … Incentivized Helpful? Chandan Singh Rathore Senior Technical Consultant Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcpoint Web Security keeps my organization's users safe from malicious threats, including zero-day threats. It protects against zero-day threats with real-time threat intelligence and remote browser isolation, and provides deep content inspection for encrypted and unencrypted … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG I am aware of another cybersecurity specialist in another organization that utilized the Acronis Cyber Cloud for Enterprise but cannot speak to its usage. I can only say that the Forcepoint products and history of support alongside its powerful reputation is one of the largest … Incentivized Helpful? Ashish Chakraborty Head Information Technology & Security Chose Forcepoint SWG Netskope Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint Web Security is far superior to the rest. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint Web Security stacks up against them because Forcepoint is easy to install and get running. Forcepoint also has great support and notifies our organization when there are updates. I also appreciate the analytics and features Forcepoint has to offer. Incentivized Helpful? JL Justin Leos IT Manager Chose Forcepoint SWG To be honest, once using Forcepoint for our Web Security, I have not wanted to look anywhere else. The dashboard gives me quick insight of threats, productivity, and bandwidth usage. Again, this is a layer in my security and it fills many holes. I feel safe and I do like I can … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG We have evaluated Sophos, however, it proved to be overly complex to manage and administer compared to the Forcepoint solution. Incentivized Helpful? RG RAJEEV GUJRAL Sr. Project Officer (Tech. Mgmt.) Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint was one of the first web security appliances deployed by our organisation for content filtering and protecting from other complex web threats. Incentivized Helpful? GP Gareth Petersen Infrastrucuture Engineer Chose Forcepoint SWG We chose Forcepoint Web security over other vendors as it is the best in its class in my opinion. It is used by a number of large organizations and government agencies and it has enormous expansion/integration capabilities with other modules e.g. CASB, DLP which all play a … Incentivized Helpful? Andrea Bet Network & Security Administrator Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint permits out-of-office protection, and the adoption of an endpoint is a good hit for reaching this. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG The only other product that I have used does not stack up against Forcepoint at all. Given that they aren't nearly as powerful as Forcepoint. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG I purchased an up-and-coming product called SurfControl in 1999. Although I don't know who acquired SurfControl or when, I know that I just stuck with it, and I haven't had to evaluate another web security product in over 20 years, and that's a good thing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG FortiGate offers more granularity over the cloud, but the hybrid seems to be just what we need. We will be moving forward with the hybrid deployment over FortiGate. We would like to thank the POC engineers for helping us make this decision. We look forward to a fruitful … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG N/A Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG We have not evaluated any other products other than Forcepoint as we have been satisfied with the product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint Web Security is a much more robust web protection suite than TRITON, and much easier to manage once it is implemented. Incentivized Helpful? NG Niket Gaurav Cyber Security Specialist Chose Forcepoint SWG Blue Coat and Zscaler Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG Forcepoint's preassigned policies are a great way to get started. Sourcefire was much more transparent on what was happening to each packet and where it came from and to. But adding in rules and fine tuning the URL filtering was difficult. It took considerably more effort to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forcepoint SWG We have looked at proxy products ranging from firewalls to endpoint clients, Forcepoint Web Security has made a central environment that scales easily, allows for policy enforcement off-premises, that works with many web technologies, with little to no compatibility issues. We … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	BrowseControl by CurrentWare	Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	7.8 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	BrowseControl by CurrentWare	Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Over the years, [in our experience], the maintenance of the Forcepoint Web Security solution proved to be more cumbersome and troublesome with each version upgrade. In addition, it did not transition well to support the large increase of remote workers. We also experienced weird incompatibilities with the client. We have since replaced this solution with Zscaler Internet Access, a cloud-based secure web gateway solution with a client that behaves as expected, is more flexible, and requires significantly less administration. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	This package is one of the few that offers a category, quota time, that allows us to limit certain categories and or websites for staff that would normally be blocked for customers and may not be something that is needed in their day to day job duties. We allow staff one hour a day, broken down into six 10 min increments, to visit sites for shopping, travel arrangement and other areas that are more of a personal need than a business need. Forcepoint has a wide selection of categories that can be enabled, quota timed or restricted at a top-level or you can go more granular and drill down to subcategories to allow for only partial access. Incentivized AE Allan Eisenhauer Information Technology Coordinator / Purchasing Manager Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	The user access logs contain a lot of useless information. I understand this is very hard to tackle as I've seen this across any product that logs web activity. I would like to see more customization options of website block pages. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It is very stable, the organisation has "locked in" the product and has no plans to change or try another product. We have already renewed our 2019-2020 licenses. It is user friendly and people catch on easily when they first use it. The only downtime is when we install Microsoft updates! It has excellent reporting which help in determining how the organisation's Internet is used and also during both internal and external IT audits. Incentivized JJ Junie Johwa Senior Infrastructure Analyst Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Despite the intimidating Linux CLI when you use the appliance for troubleshooting, the web security usability compensates as most of the Administration of the system is done there. It is GUI based and has an easy to use UI where one can navigate around rather easily like getting reports, checking alerts, looking the whole setup under deployment to check if all services are running in one place though there are other parts to the system. Incentivized JJ Junie Johwa Senior Infrastructure Analyst Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	The is a quick first response to acknowledge your issue and the Engineers never take more than two hours to fix an issue and we hardly get issues looking at the fact that the system is pretty stable. There is also a robust Knowledge Base in the site for known problems. Incentivized JJ Junie Johwa Senior Infrastructure Analyst Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Research known issues with upgrading from the Support Knowledge base, this will enable you avoid road blocks along the way and reduce your dependence on Forcepoint Support Incentivized JJ Junie Johwa Senior Infrastructure Analyst Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	To be honest, once using Forcepoint for our Web Security, I have not wanted to look anywhere else. The dashboard gives me quick insight of threats, productivity, and bandwidth usage. Again, this is a layer in my security and it fills many holes. I feel safe and I do like I can just let it do its thing Incentivized JL Justin Leos IT Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	We have had potential malware outbreaks prevented because of Forcepoint Web Security Questionable access of certain materials on the internet has been prevented because of our implementation The organization's network resources now have more bandwidth because of the restrictions the application provides Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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