Cisco Secure Web Appliance Pricing

“Unfortunately the price of license subscription made financial managers push IT dept. … For big enterprise companies it could be too difficult to find a better solution then Cisco WSA because of high performance, possibility to increase number of appliances, load balancing and real...”

“As IT administrators, we recognize the value of the product and what we get with it, but sometime it's hard to justify the cost of the license. … However, if you have small offices with a few users, it's hard to justify one big and expensive box that could cost more than the whole office infrastructure.”

“McAfee Web Gateway can be much more expensive, we tested it and it really is excellent in the usefulness it offers; however, the team did not adapt very well to how expensive the tool can be. … It is undoubtedly a platform that is worth having, however, the license costs could be better adjusted to small businesses so that it can be accessed more easily.”

“We negotiated a deal for a 5-year license that was far cheaper than just upgrading the hardware for our previous system. … It was relatively easy to convert our requirements to the Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance and the cost savings easily justified the switch.”