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Skybox Security Suite vs Tines comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Skybox Security Suite
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
28th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Firewall Security Management (6th)
Tines
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
32nd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (20th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (42nd), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Skybox Security Suite is 0.5%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tines is 0.1%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

NenadMijatovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 8, 2024
Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use
Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature because it lets you focus on the most critical vulnerabilities. That's the important thing. Here in Serbia, there are not so many companies that have too many firewalls inside one company. So, they usually don't buy this model for Firewall Assurance unless there is some compliance. So you can prove that your firewalls are compliant. So, that model is not so important here in Serbia. It's for bigger companies. So, they usually buy network assurance to build the model of the network and vulnerability management to focus on the most important vulnerabilities. Moreover, Skybox can collect data for many vendors. From the endpoint protection vendors to the network equipment vendors to other security vendors. So, it supports more than one hundred vendors to collect data from them.
Del Tice - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 21, 2024
Automate daily tasks, phishing emails, ticket creation and IOC investigations
Support is pretty top-notch. If they identify an issue, they notify their customers. For instance, they monitor the tenants, and if a problem occurs, they send an email to inform you. They provide a lot of their support through Slack channels. Each customer has a dedicated channel where you can post questions or mention issues you’re facing. You’ll usually receive a response quickly. Recently, they’ve integrated AI into this process, so you often get useful suggestions within a minute. If needed, you can also request a human to take a look. Their response time is generally quick, although it might be slower at night since they aren’t available 24/7.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of Skybox Security Suite are all the modules that are provided, such as vulnerability assessments and network, and firewall assessments."
"The revalidation and policy recertifications are most valuable."
"It can be integrated with a vulnerability management solution. When a client comes, apart from pitching network and firewall change management, we are recommending having vulnerability management. So, rather than just having the audit of the firewall, they can integrate it with their vulnerability management solution, which could be Rapid7, Qualys, or any other solution. This provides them the most value out of the platform. That is the way we are approaching our customer base."
"When you import all the assets that you have, like desktops, servers, networks, devices, routers, and then firewalls, and other products, then Skybox makes like, a model of the network, but with context. So, it is not just a model in VIZIO. Or something like it like that. You get the model with context, and, like, it looks like a real network in a real-time. So you can check your network and the security of your network on that model."
"Robust modules can be used for different parts of network security."
"The most impressive feature is optimization and clean-up."
"The solution's most valuable and unique assets are the vulnerability management and change management solutions because they identify mistakes in the network before implementation which reduces risks."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Skybox Security Suite, and this is because I work on the security side, are the firewall assurance, the change manager and the vulnerability control. These three features are the most impressive from Skybox Security."
"One of the most valuable features is that it’s a low-code solution."
"The best thing is that it's no code, so it doesn't require coding knowledge."
"The tool was vendor-neutral."
 

Cons

"The price could be cheaper."
"The support could be improved."
"I've had issues with licensing where, when they were expiring and I asked for the updated licenses, I would the wrong ones. I think their process needs to be straightened out a little bit - I don't know if they fixed it already, it has been awhile. It wasn't as straightforward as it could have been."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It would be better, especially if a customer bought all four modules."
"The cloud site could be better. They should provide some use cases to help users."
"Skybox Security Suite's attack surface management feature needs improvement."
"The tool does not offer options for customization."
"The stability is something that is questionable. I don't know whether it is because of the kind of infrastructure we have or because of the product in itself. We're running it on a virtual machine right now. Maybe once a month, or once in every 45 days, it requires a restart because the application fails to connect. So I have to restart the whole Skybox Manager itself, the Skybox server itself, and then connect to it from our Skybox Manager."
"Tines was a little bit more expensive than Torq."
"Maybe Tines can add more features and demonstrations, like videos on how to use the features within the tool."
"They started implementing some AI, and their AI is isolated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the Skybox Security Suite can be expensive."
"Fully understand the total cost of ownership. They have gone to a new model where you have to replace the hardware every X amount of years at a very substantial cost and fully understand your intended number of nodes. To operate a firewall, you have to pay two licenses, a firewall node and a network node. If you are a reasonable-sized organization, this gets expensive very quickly."
"Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abroad, resulting in slightly higher costs. Its pricing is in the middle."
"Currently, the licensing costs me about $300 USD for the year. This is a huge amount for my environment."
"I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The product's pricing is excellent value. In terms of licensing, make sure you understand your network components, all your hops through your network, thoroughly, before you decide on the total cost. If you want to do point-to-point flow analysis and such, you need to have the configuration of all the devices in between point A and point B. A lot of people don't realize all their network components until they start using this product."
"The software is expensive. I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."
"Pricing is on the higher side. In terms of licensing, you should buy the complete suite rather than buying only the Change Manager. I think Change Manager with Vulnerability Control is something that would be interesting to look at."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Skybox Security Suite?
Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integrat...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Skybox Security Suite?
Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abr...
What needs improvement with Skybox Security Suite?
There is room for improvement in the product's user interface. It could be more user-friendly.
What needs improvement with Tines?
Maybe Tines can add more features and demonstrations, like videos on how to use the features within the tool. For example, when you click on a feature, it could show a video link explaining how to ...
What is your primary use case for Tines?
We use it for automations on the enterprise security aspect.
What advice do you have for others considering Tines?
If someone needs tasks performed daily that can be automated between different systems, and if there's a cybersecurity or SOC analyst team, they can also use it by creating various API calls, setti...
 

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Sample Customers

ADP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BT, USAID, Delta Dental, EDF Energy, EMC, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson
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