Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Bridgecrew comparison

Akamai and Palo Alto Networks are both solutions in the Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) category. Akamai is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.7, while Palo Alto Networks is ranked #29. Akamai holds a 8.0% mindshare in CWPP, compared to Palo Alto Networks’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Palo Alto Networks users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Bridgecrew are network security solutions. Akamai is noted for its pricing and user support, while Bridgecrew stands out for advanced features.

Features: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation provides robust micro-segmentation, visibility across hybrid cloud environments, and strong network control. Bridgecrew offers exceptional infrastructure-as-code security, seamless DevOps automation, and a comprehensive feature set.

Room for Improvement: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation users seek enhanced scalability, better interoperability with third-party tools, and improved adaptability. Bridgecrew users recommend expanding policy granularity, integrating better with CI/CD pipelines, and increasing integration depth.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is appreciated for its straightforward deployment and responsive support. Bridgecrew, although slightly complex to deploy, is supported by comprehensive documentation and community help.

Pricing and ROI: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is recognized for competitive setup costs and favorable ROI due to effective savings. Bridgecrew, while more costly upfront, offers high ROI with increased productivity and enhanced security.

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As of April 2025, in the Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) category, the mindshare of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is 2.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is 8.0%, up from 5.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bridgecrew is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Andrew W

VP - Information Technology at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Tells us about vulnerabilities as well as their impact and helps to focus on real issues

Looking at all the different pieces, it has got everything we need. Some of the pieces we do not even use. For example, we do not have Kubernetes Security. We are not running any K8 clusters, so it is good for us. Overall, we find the solution to be fantastic. There can be additional education components. This may not be truly fair to them because of what the product is going for, but it would be great to see additional education for compliance. It is not a criticism of the tool per se, but anything to help non-development resources understand some of the complexities of the cloud is always appreciated. Any additional educational resources are always helpful for security teams, especially those without a development background.

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KlavsThaarup

Senior Security Consultant at Orange Cyberdefense

Offers micro segmentation capabilities and easy to setup

It's micro-segmentation The label-based segmentation is the most valuable feature. There are always areas for improvement. It doesn't support a PAAC solution (Platforma as a service) in the cloud. So that could be improved. In future releases, I would like to see more integration with other…

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DanielSieradski

DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Multi-cloud, good scanning, and offers extensive guides

The challenge is that they charge you per resource. We had an issue where Google Cloud was generating secrets for our application configurations by the hundreds, which we would be charged by Bridgecloud. Our price would have surged to an insane amount due to the automatically generated secrets that we don't even use for anything, which isn't part of our security concern. What we would like to know is if there is a way that we could exclude those from our resources so that we're not billed for that. We don't monitor that. They ignored me for a month through four emails asking about that. They were just totally unresponsive. Then after a month, I said, "I guess you don't want our business." And they responded, "Oh, we're sorry to hear that." I'd say "You're sorry to hear that? Why didn't you respond to any of my emails?" If you're trying to pay them less money, then they want to get rid of you. They don't want to talk to you. That's what it came across as. It's not like we weren't looking at spending thousands of dollars a month with them. We just weren't looking at spending $8,000 versus $2,000. That was a bit frustrating. Generally, I do like their product. It's a useful product. It's good. We wanted to use it. However, since they blew us off, it left a bad taste in our mouths. Their sales team needs a little bit of a jostle to get themselves together. We'd like to see better monitoring and the ability to deny certain resources from being scanned.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The offensive security where they do a fix is valuable. They go to a misconfiguration and provide detailed alerts on what could be there. They also provide a remediation feature where if we give the permission, they can also go and fix the issue."

"Our organization is growing steadily, so our infrastructure is expanding, and we're managing more technical resources. Singularity Cloud Security helps us track our resources so that we don't get lost in the overwhelming volume of things and ensures we follow best practices. The solution gives us better visibility into our resources and enables faster resolution."

"I would rate SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security a ten out of ten."

"SentinelOne's behaviour analytics are valuable because they detect anomalies and malicious behaviour that signature-based solutions might miss."

"SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security offers several valuable features, most notably the rapid vulnerability notifications that provide timely alerts regarding our infrastructure."

"Singularity Cloud Native Security provides us with a platform to scan instances when they are getting created, and the dashboard helps us to identify the critical issues."

"It integrates very well. We sell different products from different vendors. We know that the SentinelOne Singularity platform can be integrated with several different solutions from different vendors."

"The most valuable feature of PingSafe is its integration with most of our technology stack, specifically all of our cloud platforms and ticketing software."

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"That is primarily because I've seen increased rules. It's kind of caught us a little off guard. With GuardiCore, I have had to deal with their technical support and engineering team in Israel. They are amazing. They are very quick to adapt."

"Initially, I liked the telemetry part. But later, we used the microsegmentation features that we were able to deploy and found that they really stood out from other vendors. It allows us to see microsegmentation as distributed services."

"The real bonus is the fact that we can secure applications, all the way down to the individual services, on each host. It's actually more granular security than we can get out of a traditional firewall."

"The most valuable features of the solution are the maps and ring fencing that help monitor events."

"This tool greatly helps in understanding the footprint of the attacks."

"The tool is a complete package that offers many features like visibility. You can get a graph with real-time workflows and visibility into server-to-server communication. We get visibility into many things happening within our environment."

"Guardicore makes its own rule set automatically, so we can work fast when creating a rule set."

"Application Ring-Fencing and Deception Server, which is basically like a honeypot, are pretty useful features."

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"New users don't have too many problems with the product. They have a lot of training documentation around it."

"In cases where they have automatic remediations, you can click a button and it'll just fix the configuration for you."

Cons

"They can add more widgets to its dashboard. A centralized dashboard with numerous metrics would improve user understanding."

"Bugs need to be disclosed quickly."

"The areas with room for improvement include the cost, which is higher compared to other security platforms. The dashboard can also be laggy."

"One of our use cases was setting up a firewall for our endpoints, specifically for our remote users... We were hoping to utilize SentinelOne's firewall capabilities, but there were limitations on how many URLs we could implement. Because of those limitations on the number of URLs, we weren't able to utilize that feature in the way we had hoped to."

"The areas with room for improvement include the cost, which is higher compared to other security platforms. The dashboard can also be laggy."

"SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security could be improved with easier integrations to the Singularity Data Lake, particularly for various vendors."

"We can customize security policies but lack auditing capabilities."

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"Supports become difficult when it's for a big organization. For a small organization, medium organization, it still makes sense, however, for a big organization, it makes life difficult."

"Needs more customization of honeypots and a vaster catalog of systems able to be mimicked."

"It would be very helpful for beginners if the solution had more windows to help with the terms inside instead of going to the documentation."

"Kubernetes is not installed in the way we need it."

"They can maybe improve their customer service just because they are kind of a small organization, and customer service isn't as big as others such as VMware."

"Sometimes, the speed needs improvement, especially when it comes to the generation of maps, where it can be a bit slow."

"It doesn't support a PAAC solution (Platforma as a service) in the cloud."

"Guardicore Centra should incorporate automation so that we don't require to write custom scripts and APIs. The tool also has limitations on rules where it allows only sixty thousand rules. Our clients have also commented that there are too many manual clicks and effort to do changes. I think that the incorporation of automation can help our clients make changes with confidence and without the possibility of human error."

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"The biggest issue that I see companies run into is that they immediately think that, "Oh, this solution will be right, simply due to the name." But that's the same issue Splunk runs into. People will immediately jump to Splunk being the best SIEM tool, just because they're the largest. When in reality, QRadar, LogRhythm, and all these other ones are performing similar functions and would actually fit better in some people's environments. Therefore, it's important a company does its homework and does not assume one size fits all."

"We'd like to see better monitoring and the ability to deny certain resources from being scanned."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"PingSafe falls somewhere in the middle price range, neither particularly cheap nor expensive."

"SentinelOne is quite costly compared to other security platforms."

"It was reasonable pricing for me."

"PingSafe's pricing is good because it provides us with a solution."

"I would rate the cost a seven out of ten with ten being the most costly."

"Singularity Cloud Security by SentinelOne is cost-efficient."

"Singularity Cloud Workload Security's pricing is good."

"I wasn't sure what to expect from the pricing, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a little less than I thought."

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"GuardiCore has made some new changes to the license now. We've seen monthly and annual licenses based on a subscription. We have a few clients that pay anywhere from $25,000 a year."

"This is not a cheap solution but you have to consider the bigger picture, which is what it is giving you."

"Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does."

"The customer would complain about the cost."

"The price is the same as other products in the market. There's no price argument to choose one or the other product, it will cost the customer approximately the same."

"The solution is reasonably priced and I would rate it a six out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"The pricing is too high."

"Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is expensive."

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Computer Software Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about PingSafe?

The dashboard gives me an overview of all the things happening in the product, making it one of the tool's best featu...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingSafe?

It is cost-effective compared to other solutions in the market.

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What needs improvement with PingSafe?

The documentation could be better. Besides improving the documentation, obtaining a professional or partner specializ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Guardicore Centra?

I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. I know other micro-segmentation t...

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What do you like most about Guardicore Infection Monkey?

Initially, I liked the telemetry part. But later, we used the microsegmentation features that we were able to deploy ...

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Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore

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Overview

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security protects cloud workloads, offering advanced threat detection and automated response. It integrates seamlessly with cloud environments and secures containerized applications and virtual machines against vulnerabilities.

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is renowned for its efficiency in mitigating threats in real-time. The platform integrates effortlessly with existing cloud environments, ensuring robust cloud security management with minimal manual intervention. Securing containerized applications and virtual machines, it excels in threat intelligence and endpoint protection. However, improvements are needed in performance during high workload periods, and more integrations with third-party tools and better documentation would be beneficial. Users often find the installation process complex, support response times slow, and the dashboard's navigation unintuitive.

What are the key features of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Real-time Threat Detection: Identifies and mitigates threats as they occur.
Automated Response: Automatically responds to threats to minimize impact.
Ease of Deployment: Simple setup process with scalable options.
Machine Learning Insights: AI-driven insights enhance threat prevention.
Seamless Integration: Integrates with cloud environments for unified security management.

What are the primary benefits or ROI to expect from SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Enhanced Threat Mitigation: Improved security against real-time threats.
Reduced Manual Intervention: Automated processes save time and resources.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing security requirements.
Centralized Management: Manage security across platforms from a single console.
Advanced Threat Intelligence: Provides in-depth analysis and protection.

In specific industries, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is implemented to safeguard critical data and infrastructure. Organizations in finance, healthcare, and technology depend on its real-time threat detection and automated response to protect sensitive information. Its ability to secure containerized applications and virtual machines is particularly valuable in dynamic environments where rapid scaling is necessary.

SentinelOne

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a software-based microsegmentation solution that provides the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. It enables you to prevent malicious lateral movement in your network through precise segmentation policies, visuals of activity within your IT environment, and network security alerts. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation works across your data centers, multicloud environments, and endpoints. It is faster to deploy than infrastructure segmentation approaches and provides you with unparalleled visibility and control of your network.

Akamai

Bridgecrew is a comprehensive cloud security platform that helps organizations automate security and compliance across their cloud infrastructure. With its powerful capabilities, Bridgecrew enables teams to identify and remediate security issues in real-time, ensuring a secure and compliant cloud environment.

One of Bridgecrew's key features is its ability to continuously scan cloud infrastructure for misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance violations. It provides a centralized dashboard that displays the security posture of the entire cloud environment, allowing teams to quickly identify and prioritize security issues.

Bridgecrew also offers automated remediation capabilities, allowing teams to fix security issues with just a few clicks. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to remediate each issue, making it easy for even non-security experts to address vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

Another notable feature of Bridgecrew is its integration with popular DevOps tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Jira. This allows teams to seamlessly incorporate security into their existing workflows, enabling them to catch and fix security issues early in the development process.

Bridgecrew also provides detailed reports and compliance documentation, making it easier for organizations to demonstrate their adherence to industry standards and regulations. It also offers continuous monitoring and alerting, ensuring that any new security issues are promptly detected and addressed.

Bridgecrew is a powerful cloud security platform that automates security and compliance across cloud infrastructure. With its continuous scanning, automated remediation, and integration capabilities, Bridgecrew helps organizations maintain a secure and compliant cloud environment.

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Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE

Rapyd, BetterHelp, Brex, People.ai, Globality

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