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Akamai Enterprise Application Access vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.8
Iboss customer service is praised for responsiveness, knowledge, efficiency, excellent support, proactive problem-solving, and dedicated account management.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.8
IBoss users seek improved reporting, security features, cloud integration, higher network capacity, intuitive configurations, and more efficient customer support.
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
iBoss provides scalable solutions for seamless bandwidth adjustment, supporting global expansion and efficient management of significant user loads.
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We have flexibility with our primary and backup nodes if there's a large amount of web traffic.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
6.4
Iboss offers competitive, transparent pricing with a per-user model, simplifying cost forecasting and enhancing budget predictability for enterprises.
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It offers the same features you would get from a vendor that charges 250,000 British pounds for a fraction of the price.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
iboss is highly stable with minimal issues; cloud transition improves performance, earning high stability ratings from users.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.7
Iboss provides scalable cloud security with advanced features like content filtering, SSL inspection, and seamless integration, enhancing user protection.
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Categories and Ranking

iboss
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Ranking in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (13th), Internet Security (4th), Web Content Filtering (4th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (8th), ZTNA as a Service (13th)
Akamai Enterprise Applicati...
Ranking in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
26th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (17th), Access Management (22nd), ZTNA as a Service (21st)
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Ranking in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (5th), WAN Edge (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) category, the mindshare of iboss is 1.6%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Akamai Enterprise Application Access is 1.1%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN is 2.7%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
 

Featured Reviews

Jack Hamm - PeerSpot reviewer
We experienced benefits immediately but the report generation is lagging
iboss excels on the networking side but lags slightly behind competitors like Zscaler and Netskope in terms of security feature parity. I'd like to see them accelerate development on the security side, particularly around data loss prevention. Using iboss for DLP instead of traditional endpoint solutions is preferable, but its current feature set requires some clunky workarounds. I'd also like to see better integration of DLP into the platform. Additionally, while it's improving, reporting can be slow at times. This is problematic when generating reports for executives who expect them immediately. I'd like to see further improvements in reporting speed and efficiency.
Bill Lee - PeerSpot reviewer
Very scalable, convenient, and stable protection against attacks
Our company uses the solution as a cloud perimeter and VPN. We don't need to use on-premises devices to open firewalls to inbound or outbound traffic.  The solution is very convenient and stable because you don't have to worry about attacks to public IPs or public networks.  The solution has two…
Sami-Isoaho - PeerSpot reviewer
To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything
To improve the product, the company, alone or with a good partner, should manufacture their own hardware brand with boxes to make the product more shippable. Implementing VMware is much more difficult, time-consuming, and expensive than implementing Fortinet or Check Point. With Fortinet, you pay a couple of hundred dollars for hosting and a low-cost firewall, there's only one box to ship to each site, and it's much easier to manage. Moreover, it would be easy for the large telecom operators and system integrators to sell the solution. It would also be a good fit for customers with multiple small offices, who I currently advise to choose hardware-vendor SD-WAN solutions over VMware.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Healthcare Company
5%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about iboss?
Content filtering is the most useful feature of iboss.
What needs improvement with iboss?
I have the same complaint about them that I have about other software companies. Sometimes when you call in support, ...
What is your primary use case for iboss?
We are a PreK-12 public school district, and we use iboss to filter internet content for our students at home and sta...
What do you like most about Akamai Enterprise Application Access?
The solution is very convenient and stable because you don't have to worry about attacks to public IPs or public netw...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Enterprise Application Access?
The license can be shared based on the number of active users. If you have 5,000 users but only 1,000 active users at...
What needs improvement with Akamai Enterprise Application Access?
The solution has two agents so should combine its enterprise application and security access into one agent. It is mo...
What are the biggest differences between Fortinet Fortigate and VMware SD-WAN?
One of our favorite things about Fortinet Fortigate is that you can deploy on the cloud or on premises. It is a very ...
What do you like most about VMware SD-WAN?
One of the key use cases for VMware SD-WAN was assisting a customer in the industrial zone. They required virtualized...
 

Also Known As

iBoss Cloud Platform
Soha
VMware SD-WAN, VeloCloud
 

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Sample Customers

More than 4,000 global enterprises trust the iboss Cloud Platform to support their modern workforces, including a large number of Fortune 50 companies.
Bugcrowd, InPowered, Spirent Communications
Redmond, Coca Cola, Roka Bioscience, MetTel, Deutsche Telekom, Rockford Construction,  The Bay Club, tru Independence, Triton Management Services, DevCon, AXPM
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