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Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector vs. Smoothwall SWG

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    Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector protects against domain name service (DNS) data exfiltritation and blocks malware, phishing attacks, and other exogenous threats to enterprise network security and data loss.N/A

    Smoothwall SWG

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASmoothwall SWG is the web security gateway and content filtering from UK company Smoothwall.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Forcepoint SWG
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Forcepoint SWG
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    User Testimonials
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    Akamai
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    Smoothwall
    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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    Pros
    Akamai
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    Smoothwall
    • 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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    Cons
    Akamai
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    Smoothwall
    • 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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    Akamai
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    Smoothwall
    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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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
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    Smoothwall
    • 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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