We performed a comparison between Cato Networks and Perimeter 81 based on Peerspot users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Cato Networks and Perimeter 81 both have pros and cons according to user feedback. Cato Networks is thorough and efficient, but requires enhancements in security and external compatibility. Its pricing is reasonable, but some find it costly. Perimeter 81 provides beneficial features like fast and safe VPN and single sign-on, but requires more customization options and educational resources. The customer service is effective and supportive, and the initial setup is simple. The pricing is affordable, but licensing details are not available. Overall, both products have a positive ROI, but it depends on the user's requirements and expertise.
"On the outside, the main differentiation is because Lookout ingest. They have ingested basically all of the apps for the last ten years and all the versions of all the apps, and we have that in a corporate database that allows us to do very large-scale machine learning and analysis on that data set. That's not something that any of the competitors really have the capability to do because they don't have access to the data set. A lot of the apps you can no longer get them because that version of the app is five or six years old, and it just doesn't exist anywhere anymore, except within our infrastructure. So, the ability to have that very rich dataset and learn from that dataset is a real differentiator."
"The protection offered by the product is the most valuable feature. It detects vulnerabilities or traps on our users' phones and then prompts them to clean up their devices. Tools we used previously would only discover, which required us to gather information on the backend, so Lookout is a welcome upgrade."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"The solution is stable."
"The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"It is a stable solution...it is a scalable solution."
"It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything."
"The most valuable feature of Cato Networks is the CASB and the documentation is useful."
"The solution is stable."
"The query and the SD-WAN are useful features of the solution."
"It's a pretty straightforward solution."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"Our operators can work from home without any problems."
"SD-WAN is one of the primary solutions offered by Perimeter 81."
"Logging back into Perimeter 81 is relatively user-friendly as I just need to re-type my Windows credentials in to access the VPN."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"We just submitted an enhancement request reflecting the main area we want to see improvement in; the APIs. Currently, we're able to build dashboards, but it's somewhat backward because we use our MDM API to create them. Lookout should provide API to customers so we can query our data and use it in our cloud, and this is the only outstanding area for improvement with the product right now."
"From the analysis that we've done, they do seem to be maybe a step behind in trying to enter the market with a new solution. But when they do pick up, they do come out with some good products."
"The stability depends on the service from where you access it. Because sometimes, the place you are in, you have Gateway. You don't have Gateway. The gateway is overutilized. At the end, you need to go through their gateways. And this is the key point here. You have a tracking point. If it's not well orchestrated, and it scales up as you add more to the existing team, you will suffer"
"I would like to see better integration with identity providers."
"A little tweaking or improvement of the UI in terms of logging when troubleshooting would be an improvement because it's very detailed."
"The price could be better."
"Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity."
"Cato Networks security could be better."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"The solution could be made more user friendly for the administrator to use the portal. It is difficult to use it for people who are not experienced with Cato Networks."
"The product may be complex for users with few years of experience."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"I'd love to learn more about all of the features. Maybe a monthly spotlight of features or having a banner that explains more ways certain features could be used would be helpful."
"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
"There is a very small amount of downtime."
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"I have found that the log-in/out process takes quite some time."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 4th in ZTNA as a Service with 21 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 5th in ZTNA as a Service with 22 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate and FortiSASE , whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access, Tailscale and Netgate pfSense. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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