Cisco Umbrella vs Speedify VPN

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Cisco Umbrella is well suited for almost all organizations. It works so well that both a small business and a large business can use it without issues. Technically it can even be used by devices that don't support the client installer, so it can basically be used anywhere by anyone. The only downside to Cisco Umbrella is that it doesn't fully support Terminal Servers, in that it won't do user-based filtering, which can be a deal-breaker.

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Professional in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees

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Speedify VPN is well suited to a variety of scenarios and possible uses. Just as one example, we wanted to increase our speed without upgrading platforms or memory, so we looked into VPNs. We chose Speedify and could not have been happier. It has helped us increase connection speeds and has been rock solid reliable.

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Filters content at the DNS level. Makes it a little harder for the sneaky ones to make it through.
Since this is at the DNS level, using their DNS servers (as a forwarder to your local DNS) it is extremely fast. Transparent.
Always being updated. Not dependent on "definitions" or algorithms - a site is either blacklisted or whitelisted.
Easy to implement, apply, maintain

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Dan Reynolds

Director of IT

BLDD ARCHITECTS INCArchitecture & Planning, 51-200 employees

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Combines multiple internet connections
Speeds up our connection
Keeps data safe and secure

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Keeping up to date on known malicious sites and blocking those is difficult for all vendors, but this could always be improved upon.
A more detailed descriptions of what is included the Security Categories would be useful. Generic descriptions are provided. For example, state lottery sites could be detailed in the description of the Gambling category.

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Randy Zuehlke

IT Security Manager

Reynolds, Smith and Hills (RS&H)Design, 1001-5000 employees

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Only one is ease of installation

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco Umbrella 10.0

Based on 3 answers

It is a great product. It is easy to manage and is affordable. We are a Cisco shop, so it is easily integrated with our other security suite of products to include Threat Response and SecureX.

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Randy Zuehlke

IT Security Manager

Reynolds, Smith and Hills (RS&H)Design, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Cisco Umbrella 9.4

Based on 4 answers

The product was easy to install and get running. To maintain the product is also a simple matter of maintaining lists of wanted and unwanted domains or URLs. The basic and advanced security features all do what they are intended to do with no known erroneous outcomes

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Randy Zuehlke

IT Security Manager

Reynolds, Smith and Hills (RS&H)Design, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco Umbrella 8.2

Based on 55 answers

We have been Cisco fans for quite some time. This product / support team lives up to expectations and the high degree of service we have come to expect from them. Whenever we had any sort of question / issue (which there were not many, as this was fairly seamless to integrate) they were responsive and helpful towards finding a solution

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General Manager in Corporate

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

Cisco Umbrella 9.0

Based on 2 answers

Overall, the implementation was smooth with little issues. Testing some of the advanced features and ensuring they did not impact our user population was the greatest challenge

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Randy Zuehlke

IT Security Manager

Reynolds, Smith and Hills (RS&H)Design, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

At the time that we purchased Cisco Umbrella, then OpenDNS, we did not evaluate other products. Since then, several competing products have been released. I intend to evaluate these in the future, as we have not been happy overall with Cisco Umbrella. The unexpected side effects and poor support have been very frustrating.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Difficult to say since I chose Speedify and have not yet used any other services. But based on my research, Speedify seemed to offer a better value fr the money, easier to install on various sets, and much better support. Thier support has been second to none and they have been right there when needed

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Saved us lots of technician time dealing w/ Malware and virus issues, I don't think we've had a malware incident this year for example. This was the main reason we bought the product in the first place. We've renewed 2 times because we see the value.
Umbrella helped us reduce the risk of CryptoLocker variants infecting our clients.

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Todd Swartzman

VP Operations

Realtime, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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More productive end users due to higher speed
Less time spent with our IT dept fixing viruses
Less time with IT dept with speed issues as well

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco Umbrella Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Speedify VPN Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0¹
Unlmited	49.99²
Teams	39.99³
Dedicated Server	$1,200⁴

1GB per user per month
per user per year
per user (5+) per year
per Server per Year

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Cisco Umbrella vs Speedify VPN

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Entry-level set up fee?

Cisco Umbrella Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Speedify VPN Editions & Modules

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