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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Meraki vMX

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ACisco's Meraki Virtual MX (vMX) is a virtual instance of a Meraki security & SD-WAN appliance, dedicated specifically to providing the simple configuration benefits of site-to-site Auto VPN for customers running or migrating IT services to an Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).N/A

    Forcepoint DLP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AForcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protects sensitive data everywhere it resides and moves, across endpoints, cloud apps, web, email, and on-premises environments. It delivers unified policy management and centralized control from a single console.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Meraki vMXForcepoint DLP
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meraki vMXForcepoint DLP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meraki vMXForcepoint DLP
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    87%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Meraki vMXForcepoint DLP
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Cisco Meraki vMX and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki vMX
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
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    Ratings
    AES 256-bit Encryption10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Kill Switch10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support9.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split Tunneling9.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    IP Address Masking9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections8.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Cisco Meraki vMX and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki vMX
    -
    Ratings
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Data Encryption00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
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    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki vMXForcepoint DLP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    7.7
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.3
    (12 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meraki vMXForcepoint DLP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I think for us in our deployment model where it spoke to the hub, it certainly makes ideal sense. I would probably say with anyone that's signed in Azure or a cloud platform, obviously VMX appliance may not be suited. Anyone on Old Legacy MPLS may struggle to see a purpose for SD-WAN overlay of the top. But I think if you really want to introduce network communications that are low cost effective, solid in terms of availability and performance, a Meraki sdwan solution with the VMX appliance in the cloud is ideal.
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    Forcepoint
    -Where companies need to secure their attachment, which goes outside, means from their company to outside -Where companies need to ensure their client's personal information -Where companies need DLP. They need to look for Forcepoint only, as they have the upper hand over the rest of their competitors.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • It handles load really well.
    • It brings simplification to the whole piece of networking network, so it makes it simple for us to diagnose and troubleshoot issues put in place as changes.
    • It has pretty good site to site firewall control.
    • It works well in Azure, so it ticks all our boxes.
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    Forcepoint
    • It has predominantly protected us from unauthorized parties and has provided us with better visibility and control over our data.
    • This software has also successfully prevented us from both malicious and accidental tasks, which are quite flexible actions when it comes to the violation of data loss prevention policies.
    • This product has been successful in improving compliance and even mitigating compliance violations, which further facilitated IT security.
    • I think there is room for improvement, as the user interface is slightly rough and difficult to adopt in the beginning. The software also hangs up at a few instances, which leads to some wasting of time and annoyance, but other than that, this software is good. The technical staff should work on the complexities for a better user experience.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Client VPN: Cisco Meraki vMX in general needs to implement multiple VPN profiles/ group policies for client VPN
    • Alerts: Cisco Meraki vMX in general should be more consistent in sending alerts. We should receive alarms instantly.
    • Event logs: More in-depth event logs for all Meraki products, such as system crashes, etc.
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    Forcepoint
    • Forcepoint technical support--specially for users who go with essential support--is challenging to get support on time. You need the ticket to be raised long beforehand to get support from TAC. However, in the case of enterprise support, its is not like this technical person will come on a priority basis.
    • However it comes with higher prices, especially for SMB, it is allowed to pay that amount for support only.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Forcepoint
    We have been fairly happy with the product and how it has worked. We have looked at other vendors for url filter and such and have not found one that meets our needs or does what we have been doing with Websense. The product has been fairly stable and we have only had a few issues in the past. We have all seen that it was one of the highest leaders from the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant for Web Gateways.
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    Usability
    Cisco
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    Forcepoint
    For us, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention was difficult to administer, did not work well when it did work, was incredibly expensive for the feature set you get, and was difficult to uninstall when we moved on from the software. Once it was fully set up, it worked occasionally for us.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
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    Forcepoint
    Support from Forcepoint has been lacking. When calling in with a high priority issue we rarely are able to work with a technician immediately. The queue waits are very long and when you get through there are no support engineers available and we need to wait for a call back for hours it seems.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki vMX is great for small to medium businesses. It is easy to use with little out-of-the-box configuration. There is an easier learning curve on the Cisco Meraki vMX than on the SonicWall devices. We went with the Cisco Meraki vMX because we had the physical appliances already in place and the virtual appliance tied into our system seamlessly.
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    Forcepoint
    User friendly solution that makes it easy to deploy and manage. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention very effective to protecting our valuable data on endpoints and where data lives like in the Cloud, server and on-premises disk drives and its valuable to just set policies once and start utilizing Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention solution.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    This question is hard. A chain of retail or gas stations hypothetically that have simple networks in nature would flourish and scale quite well with Meraki. A chain of banks or something more complex that has more complex requirements doesn't scale very well or at least presents many caveats. Routing has always been a big setup with Meraki but I've always managed to 'get by'.
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    Forcepoint
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Standardizing: We can use the same "template" setup for multiple customers
    • Management: Easy to manage along with the rest of the Meraki products
    • Stability: Using Cisco Meraki vMX instead of VNGs in Azure provides better stability with auto-VPN between the Cisco Meraki vMX and other networks
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    Forcepoint
    • The exchange of financial documents with customers creates extreme risk as data loss could result in financial and reputation damage to the customer. The cost of deploying Forcepoint is fractions of pennies compared to the potential financial impact of data loss.
    • There is some administrative overhead associated as false positives are inevitable, requiring a manual review and a potential loss of productivity.
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