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Cisco Umbrella vs EfficientIP DNS Firewall comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 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
8.5
Cisco Umbrella's support is highly rated for professionalism and efficiency, with prompt issue resolution and comprehensive assistance appreciated.
No sentiment score available
I would rate customer support ten out of ten due to the excellent assistance throughout the POC process.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.2
Cisco Umbrella requires better integration, user interface, features, pricing transparency, and support for improved user experience and deployment.
No sentiment score available
Making it more flexible and easy to deploy, particularly when integrating with other technologies like Active Directory and proxies, would be beneficial.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Cisco Umbrella efficiently scales for companies of all sizes, offering seamless deployment and flexible licensing for global users.
No sentiment score available
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
6.1
Cisco Umbrella offers flexible pricing from $20 to $40 per license, balancing features and costs with scalable plans.
No sentiment score available
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Cisco Umbrella is highly praised for stability, reliability, seamless connectivity, and consistently delivering high performance with minimal downtime.
No sentiment score available
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
Cisco Umbrella offers comprehensive DNS security, web filtering, malware protection, and easy deployment, enhancing user protection and policy management.
No sentiment score available
The DNS layer security provided by Cisco Umbrella is very effective for our security posture, offering us vast improvements in visibility over DNS queries and potential threats.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Umbrella
Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
110
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (1st), Internet Security (1st), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (2nd), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (3rd), Cisco Security Portfolio (2nd)
EfficientIP DNS Firewall
Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category, the mindshare of Cisco Umbrella is 25.8%, down from 29.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of EfficientIP DNS Firewall is 1.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Domain Name System (DNS) Security
 

Featured Reviews

Rohan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent
The most valuable thing is how easy it is to deploy. We did it with 9,000 users at my last job, and it took a week to get to all the endpoints. Doing that without having to physically touch all those endpoints was very simple. The single pane of glass management makes it very easy to manage your rollout. We get a lot of "single panes of glass" and, eventually, you need a pane of panes of glass. But it's always good to have a clear and graphical view, and Umbrella's is nice and easy to read. Definitely, of the panes of glass that we do have, it's one of the easiest to use. The single pane of glass is good to group users together and separate people out. Some people need different types of security. Some people are more vulnerable. Some have more highly valuable assets, like C-suite people. It's really good to be able to have end-users defined inside of that. You don't have to jump around. You don't have to figure out who's who. It's all done through one pane of glass. What most people don't realize is that it's running in the background, which is a really nice aspect when it comes to security. Often, when you deploy a security tool, it takes up CPU performance. Everything slows to a grind. But Umbrella is so simple and easy and it doesn't affect the end-user experience. It's the best of all worlds. It's nice when people realize that they're being protected when they go to the wrong site. I think people are happy that they're protected, but it's nice that they rarely notice it. It's generally easy to maintain network connectivity, but with Umbrella, the nice part is that whichever connectivity you're on, you're always secure. With Umbrella, as long as you're online, you're going to be protected.
reviewer1080873 - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to set up and use, and has a helpful network device inventory function
The vendor needs to do more to promote this product in certain regions, helping it to gain market share in territories where it is not widely adopted. The problem with this vendor is that they are too focused on revenue and sales numbers. If a partner is not able to generate the revenue that they're expecting, they put them on hold until they can generate interest and traction in their region for the products. It comes down to the management's mindset. They have a good product but they don't have much patience for a territory that is slow to adopt.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
22%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Cisco Umbrella?
Cisco Umbrella is easy to monitor, manage, and deploy.
What do you like most about EfficientIP DNS Firewall?
EfficientIP DNS Firewall is the hero of my network infrastructure. It provides reliable protection against DNS-based cyber threats, ensuring that my systems remain safe from malicious activities. I...
 

Also Known As

OpenDNS
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Sample Customers

Chart Industries, City of Aspen, Eastern Mountain Sports, FLEXcon, George Washington University, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Ohio Public Library Information Network, PTC, Richland Community College, Smart Motors, Tulane University, VeriClaim
De Montfort University, STMicroelectronics, Leeds Beckett University
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