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Cisco Secure Web Appliance vs. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Secure Web Appliance

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Web Appliance (formerly Cisco Web Security Appliance [WSA]), powered by Cisco Talos, protects by automatically blocking risky sites and testing unknown sites before allowing users to link to them, helping with compliance. It is available models S690, S390, and S190.N/A

    Forcepoint SWG

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AThe 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
    Cisco Secure Web ApplianceForcepoint SWG
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Secure Web ApplianceForcepoint SWG
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Cisco Secure Web ApplianceForcepoint SWG
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Forcepoint
    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    We have used many content filter devices in the past. None of them seemed to cover (at least at the time) the sheer amount of features that Forcepoint has for us. The cost of Forcepoint seems to be (again, at this time) under the cost of all the competitors we have installed or …
    Incentivized
    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    When we had Barracuda it was not capable of SSL inspection. IronPort has some more granular aspects that I liked. What really sold me on Forcepoint was the single pane of glass for web, email and DLP.
    Incentivized
    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    Forcepoint Content Gateway was surperb in every way over Cisco Web Security Appliance and provided better protection with better customization.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Secure Web ApplianceForcepoint SWG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.8
    (9 ratings)
    7.8
    (75 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)