Smoothwall SWG vs. Trend Micro Smart Protection Suite, with XGen

Smoothwall SWG is very suitable in companies where there is a lot of staff and power to distribute the bandwidth by areas and give priority to the staff that requires better service. It's also well suited for business that require protection of their data and services as it is constantly monitoring the network and does not let them enter dangerous sites.

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The best [way] for Trend Micro [Smart Protection Suite, with XGen] to stand out, would be to install it throughout the network, both computers and servers[.] I recommend this solution for both small companies and very large companies since currently the security of our data is very critical and many times the costs that they lead to when suffering from an attack are too high. [A] system like this is worth investing in.

• Real-time IP filtering is very favorable. That helps limit and restrict prohibited content.
• Elaboration of personalized reports of the activities or pages that users visit to make new blocking rules to the pages most visited by users that may damage the functioning of the servers.

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• Real time threat intelligence using updates from global threat intelligence network.
• Advanced built-in threat detection and response capabilities.
• Ability to detect advanced malware, behavior and communications.
• Flexibility to deploy with on-premise or cloud or hybrid.
• Single management console to manage all layers of security.

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• It is necessary for them to have more material or a community that can help expand knowledge about this software so users can use 100% of their tools.

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• Documentation is something that can be improved here.
• Licensing is overly complex and needs to be improved for different features/variations.
• Install is difficult.

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I have only had to contact technical support once, which in itself shows what a good product this is, and I received spot-on advice from the person I contacted.

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Smoothwall SWG has many tools similar to pfSense but in my opinion I like the graphical environment of smoothwall swg more. It is more didactic and simple to use for new users. Also pfSense lacks the tools for monitoring in real time and the elaboration of reports that helps to perform statistics on sites visited.

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Everything I've used and installed before and since has been easier to implement and support. TM had attractive pricing, however, that was negated by the overall experience.

• This software helps a lot and is very economical, since it is free and it can be installed in equipment with low performance. That is of importance to companies with little budget or who are just starting out in the market.

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• We have stopped multiple infections of ransomware from spreading.
• Lost some productivity when database crashed
• Updates tend to slow system down

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