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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alert Logic

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAlert Logic delivers managed detection and response (MDR) with comprehensive coverage for public clouds, SaaS, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Alert Logic is a LevelBlue solution since the January 2026 acquisition.N/A

    Cybereason Defense Platform

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACybereason EDR consolidates intelligence about each attack into a Malop (malicious operation), a contextualized view of the full narrative of an attack. Each Malop organizes the relevant attack data into an easy-to-read, interactive graphical interface, providing a complete timeline, the flow of the attack in the network, and any malicious communications. Remediation actions can be automated or accomplished remotely with a click. The Cybereason Defense Platform empowers analysts of all…N/A

    Forcepoint SWG

    Score8 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
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
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    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Alert Logic and Cybereason Defense Platform and Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
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    Cybereason Defense Platform
    9.1
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    7% above category average
    Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
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    Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Management00 Ratings9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware Detection00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    LevelBlue
    This is pretty good AV product - lightweight, easy to install, and easy on system resources. It will take some getting used to on the end user side, it doesn't scan in a traditional way, and it does not have a taskbar icon so it hard to know if it's working or installed. My only complaint would be the false positives which I know every AV system has, but the problem with Barkly is that it alerts the users with a message (which they freak out about) and it alerts IT with an email. Again, not a major issue, but it can be annoying until it is overridden. The override process is super easy though, so its again, not a big deal.
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    LevelBlue
    I'd recommend Cybereason due to it's efficacy, low TCO, low false/positive rate. The product was easy to implement and maintain. One of the major advantages of using Cybereason is that it requires minimal training for level 1 users to use the tool.
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    Forcepoint
    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.
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    Pros
    LevelBlue
    • Customer Service. Usually, I'd put the technical details up front, and they're good with that too. But the service from pre-sales all the way through onboarding and continued account management is top tier. Our onboarding schedule got messed up, partly because of us, but that was rather minor. I always get prompt replies to any tickets, and they've even reached out to discuss my feature requests. When it comes to security, it's critical to have a responsive team, and they've got it.
    • Detection seems good. It's hard to quantify exactly, but it seems that they always detect the bad actors. And when we get an alert, they include a bunch of details so we know what kind of scan they're trying to do, how far they got, etc. You can't prevent everyone from doing a scan on your IP, but it gives you a really good idea of where your soft spots might be. And if you're getting those low-level alerts, it's a reminder that it's there and working if you have a major event too.
    • Very easy setup. This goes back to their customer support to some extent, as they walk you through all the steps required. But it's also about their technical solution, it's not so overly complex that it's fragile, nor does it take a great deal of time to deploy. And it's been zero effort to maintain since then.
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    LevelBlue
    • EDR
    • Forensics
    • Mitigation
    • Response
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    Forcepoint
    • It prevents users from accessing websites that may have recently been created for the purpose of distributing malware.
    • It prevents users from accidentally or intentionally accessing websites that are considered inappropriate for a work environment.
    • It allows us to create different policies for different teams in our organization.
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    Cons
    LevelBlue
    • The interface is a little lacking from a search perspective but its not really meant for us to have to do the work
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    LevelBlue
    • Slow support
    • Bugs on their interface
    • Log extraction
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    Forcepoint
    • 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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LevelBlue
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    Forcepoint
    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.
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    Usability
    LevelBlue
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    Forcepoint
    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.
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    Support Rating
    LevelBlue
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    Forcepoint
    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.
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    Implementation Rating
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    Forcepoint
    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
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    Alternatives Considered
    LevelBlue
    I was using Alert Logic Insight for myself to improve my skills and ability to it. My organization was not happy using our previous website security program so I recommended for them to use this software. It has been more than 1 year and still, they are using this program without having any problem so far.
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    LevelBlue
    Cybereason provides superior protection than either Microsoft or CrowdStrike and a better TCO. We receive less false positives than with Microsoft Defender and Cybereason is easier for level 1 users to use.
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    Forcepoint
    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
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    Return on Investment
    LevelBlue
    • Return on Investment is measured in how protected our reputation is and Alert Logic contributes to this is a large way.
    • Alert Logic provides excellent information security assurance to the business and allows us to feel more proactive.
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    LevelBlue
    • Helps on threat hunting
    • MalOps is very good
    • When we face a bug, it takes too much time for them to respond
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    Forcepoint
    • Being a non-profit the cost is a bit higher than some competitors so our ROI takes a bit longer to recoup. I would really like to see better non-profit pricing.
    • The ease of doing a report on someone cuts down on the IT man-hours to do website tracking for managers as we can do it from a central point whereas in the past (prior to Forcepoint/Websense) we would have to ghost their machine to look for activity as well as their local servers.
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