What is our primary use case?
I have multiple enterprise customers in India, and I am working with multiple regions, like Asia, Indonesia, and Singapore. Many customers are using this endpoint solution. It is widely used by customers.
Apex One has multiple features and use cases including internet protection, web reputation, URL filtering, firewalls, and anti-malware functioning. There's virtual patching and it can help us to prevent exploitation attacks. They can help you to patch vulnerabilities on the machines.
How has it helped my organization?
The solution has helped our organization by protecting our endpoints from malware and web threats. It also helps us to block ports and provides features like IPS. IPS has multiple signatures and rules which can help us to patch vulnerabilities.
It is available on our OS platform and will automatically scan our machines daily or weekly. It also provides an EDR option. With EDR, we have DLP and application control as well, so we have lots of features that we can use to protect our endpoints from ransomware and phishing attacks.
What is most valuable?
The solution is good for patch management and protecting against vulnerabilities. It's great for protecting endpoints.
It is easy to set up the solution.
Technical support is helpful.
It's quite stable and reliable.
We can scale the product.
What needs improvement?
There are some limitations, including around URL filtering. Sometimes HTTPS sites are not blocked properly. The proper display of the page is not properly working. We're putting in a feature request and hopefully, it will be resolved next quarter.
Feature-wise, pretty much all features we need are present.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for more than two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
I'd rate the stability eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. We can expand our licensing or hardware if we need to grow.
I'd rate the scalability ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
We can raise a ticket with support and usually get a response within eight hours. There's a bit of a time difference. They are good. We find them helpful and responsive.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very, very straightforward. It is available under two offerings. One is on-premise, where we have to install the server and database. The other is the cloud. In the cloud, we have to just create our account, and we can just start using it.
The cloud option is very easy, and there is no need to maintain the server and no need to install anything. It will just create an account, and we can start using it within ten minutes. At the same time, the on-premise will take two or three of us to deploy it. We have to create three servers and then database services, and we have to install the application over that. It will take some time. Both are straightforward. They have created a guide for installation. If we follow the guide properly, we can get it installed properly.
There isn't a lot of maintenance needed for the cloud solution. If we choose an on-prem deployment, we will have to maintain the server and database. We also have patching from time to time, which we also have to test. On the cloud, the backend team handles any necessary maintenance.
What other advice do I have?
We're partners.
I'm working with the latest version of the solution.
I'd recommend cloud deployment as it is so fast to set up and easier to maintain.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner