Data Quadrant Awards 2021

Secure Web Gateway

SoftwareReviews names FortiWeb and Websense Web Filter & Security as Secure Web Gateway Data Quadrant Award Winners.

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Secure Web Gateway

Data Quadrant

Data Quadrants are proudly founded in 100% user review data and are free of traditional "magical" components such as market presence and analyst opinion, which are opaque in nature and may be influenced by vendor pressure, financial or otherwise.

The SoftwareReviews Data Quadrant evaluates and ranks products based on feedback from IT and business professionals. The placement of a software in the Data Quadrant indicates its relative ranking as well as its categorization.

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A thorough evaluation and ranking of all software in an individual category to compare software across every dimension.

user satisfaction rankings
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vendor capability comparisons
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business value scores
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individual feature evaluations
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emotional connection to products

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Note Software product placement is based on the scores provided by users, recency of the reviews, and review volume. Axes are dynamically adjusted based on the minimum and maximum values in the data set.

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Software Experience

When distilled down, the software experience is shaped by both the experience with the software and the relationship with the vendor. Evaluating enterprise software along these two dimensions provides a comprehensive understanding of the product and helps identify vendors that can deliver on both.

Product Features and Satisfaction

The satisfaction is captured in the overall satisfaction score, which is driven by the likelihood of users to recommend the software, combined with user satisfaction across top product features.

Vendor Experience and Capabilities

The vendor relationship is calculated in a weighted average of the satisfaction scores tied to vendor capabilities (e.g. software implementation, training, customer support, product roadmap) as well as emotional response ratings toward the vendor (e.g. trustworthy, respectful, fair).

Gold Medalists

15Reviews

Fortinet

FortiWeb

FortiWeb Web Application Firewalls provide specialized, layered web application threat protection for medium/large enterprises, application service providers, and SaaS providers. FortiWeb Web Application Firewalls protect web-based applications and internet-facing data from attack and breaches.

9.3

Composite
Score

+100

Emotional
Footprint

90%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

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18Reviews

ForcePoint (Websense)

Websense Web Filter & Security

Websense Web Filter & Security blocks Web threats to reduce malware infections, decrease help-desk incidents and free up valuable IT resources.

8.6

Composite
Score

+90

Emotional
Footprint

84%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

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Vendor Capability Awards

Availability and Quality of Training

FortiWeb

Breadth of Features

FortiWeb

Business Value Created

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Ease of Customization

FortiWeb

Ease of Data Integration

FortiWeb

Ease of IT Administration

FortiWeb

Ease of Implementation

FortiWeb

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Quality of Features

FortiWeb

Usability and Intuitiveness

FortiWeb

Vendor Support

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Vendor Capability Awards

Availability and Quality of Training

FortiWeb

Breadth of Features

FortiWeb

Business Value Created

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Ease of Customization

FortiWeb

Ease of Data Integration

FortiWeb

Ease of IT Administration

FortiWeb

Ease of Implementation

FortiWeb

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Quality of Features

FortiWeb

Usability and Intuitiveness

FortiWeb

Vendor Support

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Other Evaluated Vendors

18Reviews

McAfee

McAfee Web Gateway

McAfee Web Gateway delivers high-performance web security through an on-premises appliance that can be deployed both as dedicated hardware and a virtual machine.

8.5

Composite
Score

+90

Emotional
Footprint

94%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

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13Reviews

Cisco Systems

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Get advanced threat defense, advanced malware protection, application visibility and control, insightful reporting, and secure mobility. The Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) combines all of these forms of protection and more in a single solution.

8.5

Composite
Score

+90

Emotional
Footprint

85%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

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14Reviews

Zscaler

ZScaler Web Security

Zscaler Web Security provides unmatched security, visibility and control, going beyond the basics of web content filtering.

8.0

Composite
Score

+84

Emotional
Footprint

80%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

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15+
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24Reviews

Broadcom Inc.

Symantec Secure Web Gateway

An advanced network security service that enforces consistent internet security and compliance policies for all users regardless of location or device.

7.6

Composite
Score

+75

Emotional
Footprint

79%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

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15+
pages

For the full list of vendors in this space, click here.

SoftwareReviews Gold Medal Awards recognize outstanding vendors in the technology marketplace as evaluated by their users. Gold Medals are the capstone of an in-depth software evaluation report, and awarded using a proprietary, transparent methodology based on a composite satisfaction score that averages four different areas of evaluation: Net Emotional Footprint, Vendor Capabilities, Product Features, and Likeliness to Recommend. The Net Emotional Footprint Score measures user emotional response ratings of the vendor (e.g. trustworthy, respectful, fair).

Software Reports present comprehensive evaluations of software vendors on the above elements. Software buyers can use this data to make more informed, data-driven software purchasing and renewal decisions.