Cisco Cloud Web Security vs. IBM Secure Gateway

Cisco Cloud Web Security

Cisco Cloud Web Security

13 Reviews and Ratings

IBM Secure Gateway

IBM Secure Gateway

7 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco CWS	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Cisco offers Cloud Web Security (a, internet security platform / web security gateway), based on technology acquired from ScanSafe.	N/A
IBM Secure Gateway	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	The IBM Secure Gateway provides a secure connection between anything and anything, allowing the user to quickly set up gateways to connect your environments, manage the mapping between your local and remote destinations, and monitor all of your traffic.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Cloud Web Security

IBM Secure Gateway

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco CWS	IBM Secure Gateway
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Cisco Cloud Web Security	IBM Secure Gateway
Top Pros	Pro Application security Pro Web application Pro Network security	Pro Ease of setup Pro Based management Pro Ibm cloud
Top Cons	Minus Bit complex Minus Real time Minus Time reporting	Minus Setting up Minus Use cases Minus Deployment options

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Cloud Web Security	IBM Secure Gateway
Small Businesses	1Password Score 9.1 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	1Password Score 9.1 out of 10	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises	Kaspersky Endpoint Security Score 8.8 out of 10	Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway Score 8.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco Cloud Web Security	IBM Secure Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (1 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Cloud Web Security	IBM Secure Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco Remote and telework but not for onsite filtering. Incentivized Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Read full review	IBM Datapower external connectivity is made easy with built-in client provisions in gateway servers. [There are] other use cases if you need to access resources in IBM Cloud with enterprise connectivity setup. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Cisco Flexibility Scalable Ease of administration Incentivized Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Read full review	IBM Ease of setup Integrated Datapower clients Console based management in IBM Cloud Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Cisco Intuitiveness of the UI Real time reporting Report detail Incentivized Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Read full review	IBM Product documentation on setting up various client use cases Flexible plan Deployment options beyond saas Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco CWS is on par with Forcepoint cloud web security. It offers flexibility and scalability. Incentivized Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Cisco Increased security Decrease in number of infections Incentivized Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Read full review	IBM Was able to quickly set up vpn tunnel with our IBM Cloud resources access. That helped to get quick time to market. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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