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Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Illumio comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security enhances detection, reduces incident response time, and saves over 30% in costs and resources.
Sentiment score
6.3
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation enhances security, cuts costs, boosts efficiency, and offers real-time threat intelligence despite integration challenges.
Sentiment score
6.4
Illumio is praised for its cost-effectiveness, operational value, East-West traffic visibility, and time-saving benefits.
The detailed information PingSafe gives about how to fix vulnerabilities reduces the time spent on remediation by about 70 to 80 percent.
Security and Compliance Manager at Bidgely
After implementing SentinelOne, it takes about five to seven minutes.
Cloud engineer at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Our ability to get in and review our vulnerability stance, whether daily, monthly, weekly, or whatever it might be, has drastically improved over our prior provider.
IT Support Specialist at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
I have not seen a return on investment in terms of specific metrics like time saved or reduced risk, but I can say that reduced risk is significant.
Senior Security Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
I observe extensive return on investment with Illumio.
Senior Security Consultant at Orange Cyberdefense
Illumio is known to be the cheapest solution among the security solutions we evaluated.
IT Specialist at Allianz
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
SentinelOne's customer service is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with improved satisfaction post-acquisition despite occasional support variability.
Sentiment score
6.8
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation's customer service is praised for responsiveness, knowledge, and effective problem resolution, though response times vary.
Sentiment score
1.0
Illumio's customer support is generally satisfactory with 24/7 availability, though some report delays and varying helpfulness levels.
When we send an email, they respond quickly and proactively provide solutions.
Security and Compliance Manager at Bidgely
They took direct responsibility for the system and could solve queries quickly.
Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Having a reliable team ready and willing to assist with any issues is essential.
Director, DevOps at Relay Network
Even if we raise an issue on non-working days like Saturdays or Sundays, we receive prompt responses.
IT Specialist at Allianz
From my experience, they are very responsive.
Technical Associate at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security offers scalable solutions, seamlessly integrating with systems and efficiently supporting dynamic and growing environments.
Sentiment score
7.2
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers seamless scalability and versatility for managing and rapidly expanding across large distributed environments.
Sentiment score
6.5
Illumio excels in scalability, supporting cloud expansions and large installations, receiving positive ratings from diverse users and teams.
I would rate the scalability of PingSafe 10 out of 10.
Sr DevOps Engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees
The SentinelOne Singularity Cloud exhibits high scalability.
Security Analyst at Intersistemi Italia s.p.a.
We've automated in our MDM so any device that we start in our MDM automatically installs SentinelOne.
IT Support Specialist at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
It scales very well, and I can keep adding agents and scale as much as needed.
Senior Security Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
Scaling it to a large level is not an issue for us.
Cyber Security Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
SentinelOne Singularity is praised for reliability and stability, despite occasional UI glitches and communication delays.
Sentiment score
7.5
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is reliable with stability, frequent updates, and requires label-centric thinking, scoring 7-9/10.
Sentiment score
7.7
Illumio is considered stable and reliable, with users praising its SaaS option and rating stability 8.5 out of 10.
SentinelOne Singularity Cloud is incredibly reliable.
Security Analyst at Intersistemi Italia s.p.a.
I would rate it a ten out of ten for stability.
Sr security engineer at Halodoc
As a security tool, our primary focus is on the results it delivers, rather than the aesthetics of the dashboards themselves.
Cyber Defence Analyst at a media company with 51-200 employees
Illumio is a stable solution with no glitches or bugs reported, making it a reliable product for us.
IT Specialist at Allianz
 

Room For Improvement

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud needs better integration, enhanced functionality, improved user interface, and cost-effective, stable solutions with comprehensive support.
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation needs improvements in dashboard, integration, reporting, policy management, automation, and cost management for better usability.
Illumio requires better support, integration, security, and flexibility, with improved upgrades, visibility, and interactive tech sessions for users.
I would also like to see Cloud Native Security offer APIs that allow us to directly build dashboards within the platform.
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Detection should be in near real-time.
Solution Cloud Architect at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
If notifications are available, then it will be more helpful, easy, and time-saving.
Sr Security Analyst at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
In large environments, understanding all application dependencies and creating the right policies can take time and requires close coordination with application teams.
Team Lead, Technical Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
I think it is really valuable to take a course on Akamai Guardicore Segmentation because many things are not obvious in terms of how to do them correctly.
Senior Security Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
The price of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is very expensive, but it is important to the enterprise.
Cybersecurity at Embracon
They need to install an agent in the container world, while Akamai Guardicore does not need to install an agent, so they have native support that Illumio lacks.
Senior Security Consultant at Orange Cyberdefense
There could also be more examples of how the automations can be done using Illumio.
Cyber Security Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Another improvement might be around scalability, ensuring that as organizations grow, Illumio can handle even larger, more complex environments seamlessly.
DevOps at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security provides flexible, modular pricing that is competitive and valued by enterprises for cloud security solutions.
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers competitive pricing with significant value and flexible licensing compared to other options like Illumio.
Illumio's pricing is competitive and flexible, varying by workload and duration, appealing to enterprises over traditional firewalls.
With very little negotiation involved, we just let them know what we could pay and they were willing to meet us at slightly above what we paid with Sophos, which was still very fair for what we were looking at.
IT Support Specialist at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
I recall Cloud Native Security charging a slightly higher premium previously.
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
This would have been a poor return on investment, especially considering Wiz's high cost.
Lead Data & Cloud Security Engineer at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
The pricing was flexible, and it has worked out well with our budget.
Senior Security Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
I know that Illumio is the cheapest solution in the security area.
IT Specialist at Allianz
But when you compare it to firewalls, then it may not be that expensive.
Senior Security Consultant at Orange Cyberdefense
I think it's not very expensive if we compare it with Guardicore.
Cyber Security Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud offers AI-driven threat detection, intuitive interface, seamless integration, automated remediation, and enhanced security management.
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation enhances security with micro-segmentation, real-time threat detection, and centralized firewall management for comprehensive risk control.
Illumio enhances security and operational efficiency with centralized rule management, traffic analysis, and secure micro-segmentation features.
Cloud Native Security's cloud SIEM feature has been essential in preventing our most critical security incidents.
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The cloud misconfiguration feature gave us almost zero false positives.
Sr security engineer at Halodoc
PingSafe proactively detects and alerts us to such accidental exposures of sensitive information, including SaaS credentials.
Sr Manager DevSecOps at Bidgely
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation reduced risk because it blocked malicious ransomware and uninspected traffic.
Cybersecurity at Embracon
We can create a policy based on labels such as application, environment, or role, allowing only required communication and blocking everything else, which significantly reduces the lateral movement risk.
Team Lead, Technical Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
The best features Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers make it simple to see all of the connections that are being made to each of the endpoints, and they can be controlled by process and port.
Senior Security Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
Illumio helps in audit purposes by saving data and showing blocked traffic, ensuring no outside traffic is allowed.
IT Specialist at Allianz
The most important feature is the traffic review analysis, where we use the draft view and the reported view that helps us understand how the application interacts with other applications in the environment, and based on that, we are able to define the policies.
Cyber Security Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The dependency map is the most valuable aspect.
Technical Associate at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

SentinelOne Singularity Clo...
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Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security
3rd
Ranking in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (4th), Container Security (3rd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (3rd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (3rd), Compliance Management (2nd), AI Observability (2nd)
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security
1st
Ranking in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (8th), Microsegmentation Software (3rd)
Illumio
Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security
6th
Ranking in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Microsegmentation Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud and Data Center Security category, the mindshare of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is 2.7%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is 17.6%, down from 25.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Illumio is 18.4%, down from 24.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud and Data Center Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation17.6%
SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security2.7%
Illumio18.4%
Other61.3%
Cloud and Data Center Security
 

Featured Reviews

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Information Security Engineer at DataVigilant Infotech
Enables us to prioritize and effectively address critical security issues
Evidence-based reporting helps us to prioritize and solve critical security issues. The new visualization feature demonstrates how an attacker can enter the system, highlighting the potential path that can be exploited and outlining all the steps the attacker could take. With that visibility, we can ensure the perimeter is strong and attackers cannot enter, thus reducing the risk. It has helped us prioritize issues. The visibility into how an attack could happen is valuable. For example, it highlights the system vulnerability and outlines where an attack could propagate. The visualization helps me to prioritize remediation, and if I don't know where to start, I can check to see the score that enables me to prioritize issues. I am using infrastructure-as-code scanning, and it's one of the useful features. In pre-production, it identifies embedded secrets and misconfigurations, including issues with Kubernetes or some privileged containers. This feature allows us to pass the audit and secure IaC code so that it isn't easily exploitable by attackers. We can more proactively work to identify and resolve vulnerabilities by using the dashboard and the alerting system that SentinelOne provides. It helps us with audits and compliance. We can show the compliance in percentage. We can confidently say that our company or infrastructure is very secure. It has improved our security posture by 30% to 35%. It has reduced our false positives by 30%. It has helped teams collaborate better. The security team manages SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, and when it flags vulnerabilities, they are forwarded to DevOps for remediation. Previously, we needed to identify and report the issues, but there would be lapses in communication. Now, there is a centralized dashboard that anyone can look at and see the open issues and work on them.
Vibin Thomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead, Technical Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
Zero-trust micro-segmentation has strengthened security and improves east-west traffic visibility
While Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a very powerful solution, there are a few areas where it could be improved. One of the main challenges is the initial deployment and policy design complexity. In large environments, understanding all application dependencies and creating the right policies can take time and requires close coordination with application teams. The user interface and policy management can also be improved. As the number of policies grows, managing and organizing them becomes slightly complex. A more simplified or intuitive policy structure would help operational teams. Another area is integration with other security tools such as SIEM or SOAR platforms. While integration is possible, making it more seamless and easier to configure would add value. Additionally, the reporting and dashboard could be enhanced to provide more customizable and business-level insights, especially for management and reporting. One small improvement I would suggest for Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is having more automation capabilities for policy creation and recommendation. For example, AI-driven suggestions based on observed traffic patterns would help reduce manual effort during the initial policy design. It would also help to have more predefined templates for common use cases, especially for industries such as banking, to speed up deployment. Another area is enhanced reporting customization where we can easily generate business-level dashboards for management and compliance teams without any additional effort.
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Cyber Security Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Have created granular security policies based on roles and application behavior
The best feature that Illumio offers is that we can easily understand how to label the applications, how to install Illumio agent on the client machines, how to install the agent on the servers, and how to do the ring-fencing. The log analysis is very simple, and we can map the traffic very easily, such as the traffic view and map view. We have many views to do that, and then we have a topology environment where we can expand the topology and understand how we want to prepare our policy based on the requirement. These are some of the very good use cases that Illumio provides, which none of the other vendors can offer in such an easy and usable way. The most important feature is the traffic review analysis, where we use the draft view and the reported view that helps us understand how the application interacts with other applications in the environment, and based on that, we are able to define the policies. It has increased the business for the organization. We are creating business by supporting the client. The client is getting more security and is more confident in their network because they now have the micro-segmentation feature in their environment. This is new technology and that's how it helps the organization as a whole. The clients we support are benefited, and at the same time, we are making money out of it. This is definitely a good approach. After implementing Illumio, there has been significant progress. Most of the app owners now understand what applications are communicating, how these applications interact with others, and we are more aware of which application is talking to what other servers and applications, and their roles. For instance, whether an application is talking to the DB server or an app server. We have a more granular understanding of the traffic view. Additionally, after implementing Illumio, there is greater segmentation, and fewer incidents are occurring. There have been times when an attack was halted from expanding laterally.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business49
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise55
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with PingSafe?
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What is your primary use case for Guardicore Infection Monkey?
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My experience was really good because I think it's not very expensive if we compare it with Guardicore. I believe tha...
What needs improvement with Illumio Adaptive Security Platform?
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Also Known As

PingSafe
Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore
Illumio Adaptive Security Platform, Illumio ASP
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE
Plantronics, NTT Innovation Institute Inc.
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