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Exinda vs Symantec Proxy comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Exinda
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
WAN Optimization (6th)
Symantec Proxy
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Enterprise Networking solutions, they serve different purposes. Exinda is designed for WAN Optimization and holds a mindshare of 5.0%, up 3.3% compared to last year.
Symantec Proxy, on the other hand, focuses on Secure Web Gateways (SWG), holds 4.2% mindshare, down 8.4% since last year.
WAN Optimization
Secure Web Gateways (SWG)
 

Featured Reviews

EH
Nov 1, 2020
Gives us the ability to prioritize network traffic into a hierarchy
Creating the custom application is a bit awkward. I kind of have to guess my way through it sometimes. A lot of working with this solution is really intuitive. I have picked it up mostly on my own. I'm sure that there are some things that maybe I hadn't thought of or really hadn't considered, and I think it would be good just to promote some day courses. I don't really see a whole lot that comes out for Exinda as far as training or informational sessions through our normal resellers. It would be cool to know more about the solution by utilizing educational resources or even have Exinda promoted a bit better.
Mel Stevenson - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 6, 2023
A scalable enterprise-level tool with advanced features that provide accurate database categorization
We use the product for malware filtering, content filtering, and reporting The CPL code is the best feature of the solution. We can get the tool to do extremely advanced things with the command line code. The database categorization is extremely accurate. The solution must add a new category for…

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Pros

"The most valuable features are the shaper, accelerator, and the reporting... it will shape the traffic better than, for example, a Cisco, because it's more gentle on the shaping side of things. Suppose you were selling a 20-meg link. Because you can shape to the nth degree of traffic, the 20-meg link feels like about a 30 to 40-meg link."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to manage the traffic at the application layer. It makes things a lot easier. We're not digging for port numbers and IP addresses and different services... It makes us far more responsive in our ability to do things and speed up the process. We're a very small shop, so having something that's straightforward and easy to use is a big help."
"Exinda can show you which product uses how much throughput and can help you manage it."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create policies where we can tailor them to the customer. It enables us to prioritize apps and users for bandwidth."
"It has the ability to prioritize, providing an automatic optimization. I can put it in a hierarchy and know that certain devices will be prioritized over others. It is able to identify the traffic. It can pick out whether if its a Zoom meeting (or something like that), then it's able to put that somewhere in the hierarchy based on the traffic type."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to provide very granular classes of service. That's important because it allows us to prioritize certain traffic types over others, to a very granular level."
"The solution is scalable."
"Symantec Proxy’s technical support is very good."
"The product is very good, and the URL filtering database is great."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"This is a stable and robust solution with many features."
"It enables us to manage bandwidth for users based on their privilege levels. For example, if a user wants to use a certain application or resource, we can provide access based on their privileges."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Proxy is the support and autoscaling."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
 

Cons

"The updating of applications that the system knows about could be a little quicker. For example, Zoom had been out for a while, but it took a while for it to show up as an application that Exinda could natively handle. We had to write some things in order to handle Zoom, initially."
"It should improve the quality of service. It can improve their connection to the internet and your IP."
"There might be room for improvement in the speed and throughput of some of their devices. They're getting a bit slow on some of the bigger devices. It would be helpful if there were some sort of an ISP model."
"A lot of working with this solution is really intuitive. I have picked it up mostly on my own. I'm sure that there are some things that maybe I hadn't thought of or really hadn't considered, and I think it would be good just to promote some day courses. I don't really see a whole lot that comes out for Exinda as far as training or informational sessions through our normal resellers. It would be cool to know more about the solution by utilizing educational resources or even have Exinda promoted a bit better."
"In terms of improvement, one thing that has always frustrated me about it is that when you look at real-time monitoring, you can only filter it by IP address. You can't filter it by anything else. It would be good if we could filter by VLAN."
"What I don't like is the fact that I haven't purchased the overall management interface. That is the interface that allows you to manage multiple Exindas. Personally, I think Exinda should provide that for free. I think that if you buy more and more Exinda boxes, you shouldn't then have to incur a charge for the overall management software. While I can manage each Exinda separately, if they provided me with the overall management platform for free that would probably encourage me to buy more appliances."
"Activating the SSL inspection is one of the challenges. We are currently moving to the O365 cloud, and one of the challenges is the performance when all of our users are connected to O365 by a proxy."
"One area for improvement in Symantec is the lack of a reporting server or dashboard integration with SIM."
"The solution is quite complex."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is priced well for the market, for what it needs to do."
"The pricing and licensing are pretty fair and really competitive. There are other SD-WAN solutions that are pretty costly because they build in a service where they'll manage it for you, which is really great. I don't know if Exinda has that option as well. However, we are a small shop and cost-conscious. For things like this, we are accustomed to self-managing and this solution suits us just fine. For a tool that gives you, like the graphs and reporting, it has a fair price point."
"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to others on the market."
"The price is too expensive compared with that of another solution."
"The solution is very expensive."
"There is a license needed to use Symantec Proxy."
"The tool is pretty expensive."
"There is a different department that looks into the licensing part."
"In terms of cost, it is expensive. Its pricing has been a challenge for us since its acquisition by Broadcom."
"The product is highly priced. There are no additional costs apart from the standard licenses."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Real Estate/Law Firm
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
8%
 

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Symantec Proxy?
We can address and rectify issues promptly, resulting in consistently positive outcomes.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Proxy?
The product is highly priced. There are no additional costs apart from the standard licenses.
What needs improvement with Symantec Proxy?
In future releases, we look forward to the cloud side. So, I would like to see more improvements in the cloud.
 

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