Cyren DNS Security (Cyren Web Security) vs. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cyren DNS Security (Cyren Web Security)
Score 2.9 out of 10
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Cyren DNS Security is an automated, location-based service for managing and protecting web usage. Delivered from the cloud as a SaaS service, it allows users to protect employees at headquarters, visitors in remote offices, customers at your retail stores, or students on a campus. With a simple setup you can block malicious phishing and botnet sites, stop people from accessing porn or gambling sites, enforce “safe search,” and ensure a good web experience for your users.N/A
Forcepoint SWG
Score 6.2 out of 10
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The 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
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Cyren DNS Security (Cyren Web Security)Forcepoint SWG
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Check Point Quantum Security Gateway
Check Point Quantum Security Gateway
Score 9.1 out of 10
Check Point Quantum Security Gateway
Check Point Quantum Security Gateway
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Score 6.7 out of 10
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Score 6.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cyren DNS Security (Cyren Web Security)Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(75 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
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8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cyren DNS Security (Cyren Web Security)Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
Cyren
For any form of company control on a larger scale where threats can have a very detrimental effect but not suited to SME scenarios was cost factor would be a key component and not require as much automation.
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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
Cyren
  • Category Control in multiple languages.
  • Simple interface controls whever I am.
  • Swift and experienced support team.
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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
Cyren
  • Some enhancements to filetype control as PDF's can be flagged wrongly preventing download as executables
  • Quicker log updating on the fly error checking.
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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
Cyren
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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
Cyren
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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
Cyren
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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
Cyren
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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
Cyren
Better price point and interface and system thinking ahead to the future and not re-using the same old systems.
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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
Cyren
  • Protected against some dangerous day zero threats.
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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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