Cato SASE Cloud Platform Reviews

We have been using Cato Networks as a solution for firewall and secure web gateway.

It's provided us the solution for firewall and secure web gateway.

The main features we use are the firewall and secure web gateway.

There isn't much to improve as we have a close relationship with them, providing information for research and development. We cannot disclose further details due to a nondisclosure agreement.

We have been working with Cato Networks for two years now.

I would rate the stability of the solution as ten on a scale of one to ten.

We chose Cato Networks due to its scalability and ability to expand the network.

Our customer service experience is excellent, however, this might be due to our special partnership with them.

Positive

We did a lot of evaluations. Most competitors didn't meet our needs due to pricing and functionality.

The initial setup was done in-house and was simple.

The setup was handled in-house, without the need for consultants.

I would rate the pricing as seven out of ten. The pricing is flexible due to our special partnership with Cato Networks.

We compared it with competitors like Versa and Prisma.

I would definitely recommend Cato Networks to other users.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

We primarily use the platform for monitoring purposes. It serves as a SaaS solution integrated with SD-WAN and security functionalities.

The product's most valuable features include advanced firewall capabilities for robust security, a secure gateway for safe data transmission, and next-generation anti-malware for threat prevention. Additionally, the SASE framework integrates well with our operational needs, ensuring comprehensive security and compliance.

The product's technical support could be more responsive.

I have been using the Cato SASE Cloud Platform for around seven months.

I rate the product stability a nine. 

The product accommodates varying customer requirements effectively, facilitating easy scaling as needed.

I would rate the scalability an eight. 

The technical support services need improvement. 

Positive

The initial setup process was straightforward, taking about one to one and a half hours. It involved minimal complexities, handled efficiently by two individuals, primarily myself.

Based on studies from Forrester, our organization has achieved a significant return on investment of approximately 246% within less than six months of deploying Cato.

The platform is expensive. 

Cato's user-friendly dashboard has contributed positively to our experience, making it suitable for our current operational needs.

Integrating SD-WAN has significantly optimized our network performance by enabling path selection for optimal traffic routing, WAN optimization through protocol acceleration, and seamless traffic encryption without compromising performance.

I rate it an eight. 

In my company, we use the solution for multiple purposes, including for our employees involved in remote work. Cato Networks is helpful for my company since we need it to connect our headquarters in Germany with our branch office and plant in Korea.

The most valuable feature of the solution is SASE or Secure Access Service Edge since the team of Cato Networks does the monitoring, and it helps us if any incidents appear in our network service.

I don't find any weaknesses in the solution. I am very satisfied with the service from Cato Networks.

I think Cato Networks needs to promote its product globally. I am located in South Korea, and I can say that most people here have no idea about Cato Networks. I think Cato Networks should promote its network services in various countries.

I have been using Cato Networks for two years. I use the solution in my company. I don't remember the solution's version since it is a network service. I am a customer of Cato Networks.

It is a stable solution. I have never had any experience with Cato's setup box or network service being down for the last two years.

I think it is a scalable solution.

For Korea alone, 1,800 employees in our office use Cato Networks. I think one administrator for Cato Networks is enough.

The solution's technical support keeps an eye on our company's network service. If there is anything wrong with our company's network service, the technical support contacts us immediately and gives us good support. The technical support team's speed of response is really good.

I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

Positive

My company previously used MPLS for network service. The decision to switch from MPLS to Cato Networks was made by those at our organization's headquarters in Germany. MPLS was a really good service.

The initial setup of Cato Networks is very easy and straightforward.

The solution is deployed on a hybrid cloud.

For deployment, you just plug the cable into Cato's setup box and Cato's suite. The deployment can be done in 30 minutes.

Only one person is needed for the solution's installation.

I did the installation of the solution in our company.

The solution is reasonably priced since Cato Networks provides features like SASE and monitoring, which I am very happy with currently. The licensing costs of the solution are reasonable since, in our company, we just use the solution's service and don't need Cato Networks for many hours to operate.

I think our headquarters had considered various services like Palo Alto Networks and Cisco, but finally, they decided to use Cato Networks. From what I heard from my colleagues working in our company's finance department, the cost of Cato Networks is slightly lower than its competitors. The setup and deployment phases of Cato Networks are easy.

Cato Networks is a product for those who want their enterprise network service to provide them with SASE and some features similar to SD-WAN.

The interface of Cato Networks is good. I am not sure of the solution's integration capabilities with the third-party tools. Cato Networks helps with the integration part of the ticketing system in our company. It is very helpful to identify issues and manage the process of troubleshooting. The documentation that Cato Networks provides is good.

I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.

We use the solution to access network and security platforms. It also offers in-built WAN and zero-trust security models. It is possible to detect and mitigate the incident using Cato.

The solution helps customers with well-integrated features, including security and network visibility.

The solution provides all the essential technical features combined in a single platform.

Adapting the solution for tier-one businesses with complicated environments and pre-existing technologies like VPN is challenging. They should improve this particular area. Also, they should include a web application firewall feature.

The solution is stable. However, sometimes, the console operates at variable speeds on the servers.

The solution is easily scalable in terms of firewall protection.

The solution's technical support is available 24/7. Once, we raised a ticket for our customer, and the executive immediately reached us in 10 minutes via Zoom meeting. Further, he solved the problem in the next 20 minutes. I am impressed with their service.

Positive

The solution's initial setup process is easy. Also, it is inexpensive to deploy domestic internet lines using the socket. It has automated functionality as well. The provisioning in the administration screen takes an hour to complete remotely. Also, replacing MPS lines with the solution takes a month. Here, we use second cellular lines as a backup. We are able to switch one to three lines per day.

The solution's pricing is flexible. The customers can pay as per their requirements. Although, it is more expensive than Palo Alto and Fortinet products.

I rate the solution a seven out of ten. Its pricing is flexible but could be even better.

We are using Cato Networks primarily to secure our connectivity between branch offices and remote workers.

Prior to using Cato Networks we had to buy individual licenses for our remote users for VPN, and the VPN was not always-on, they had to remember to turn it on and remember to turn it off. When we went to Cato Networks it was an always-on automatic VPN, it reduced our help desk calls by about 10 percent.

The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good.

From a functional standpoint, the solution is very good. Their onboarding process is very good. The service just works out of the box.

Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place.

I have used Cato Networks within 12 months.

Cato Networks is stable, we have never had an issue.

The scalability of Cato Networks is very good. It can scale well.

We have approximately 75 people using this solution in my organization.

The biggest place where I see that the company can improve would be in their sales force because I get contacted by partners' ongoing trying to sell Cato Networks. I have had three different people from Cato that are trying to contact me close to every month. There's that lack of communication internally where we are having multiple people contacting us.

I rate the support from Cato Networks a four out of five.

Positive

I have previously used SonicWall, and Juniper NetScreen.

We switched to Cato Networks because of scalability, manageability, price, and security features.

The initial setup of Cato Networks is simple. The full deployment took us three months. However, we had to manage remote sites which took a long time for scheduling. Each site only took one hour to complete.

We did the implementation of Cato Networks in-house.

I am the only one who does the maintenance and support of Cato Networks in my organization.

We have seen a return on investment from using Cato Networks. Year over year our costs are down by approximately 10 or 15 percent for maintaining the inner branch network.

I rate the price of Cato Networks a four out of five.

We evaluated Cisco, Sophos, and Fortinet before choosing Cato Networks.

Cisco costs too much, Fortinet didn't scale easily, and Sophos wasn't robust enough and this is why we chose Cato Networks.

I rate Cato Networks a nine out of ten.

The solution is used for secure web browsing and setting up segregated networks. It is used for network security.

The VPN works really well. The product is efficient and easy to use. The ease of use is extremely good.

The solution is not cheap. The security could be improved further.

I have been using the solution for two years.

The tool is very stable. We haven’t had any issues. I rate the stability a nine out of ten. It’s difficult to understand whether the occasional stability issues are due to Cato or our local service provider.

Our whole company is using the tool in the USA and internationally. It can scale up to thousands of endpoints. The product is more suitable for enterprise environments.

We used Cisco AnyConnect before. We switched to Cato Networks because it is more secure. It also integrates with SSO.

The solution is cloud-based.

A third-party company deployed the tool for us.

The solution provides good value. We can limit the incidents and potential issues.

People buying the solution must remember that it must be a part of their security rollout for secure networks and VPNs. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We use the tool in our backend and offer it to our customers; we have a lot of customers interested in using the solution, including BPOs international MPLS lines replacement, banking, and finance branch to DC, and telecommunications companies. 

Cato is usually a cloud-native platform. However, it can be integrated into sites using sockets or by integrating the existing firewalls or routers with IPsec. The tool is flexible and has a powerful management User interface

When we hit the pandemic, it became challenging to migrate us and customers to have an auto-scaling VPN for the remote user. Cato gave us much hope because it works as fast as we need. It also helps our customers replace MPLS lines, or simply interconnect branch HQ and Cloud using its SASE. It stands out against other brands, which is why I highly rate it. 

• Competitive Cost with great features

• Full cloud native SASE with very skilled and responsive technical support

• The UI is accessible and user-friendly

• Integration was very straightforward

• My customer saves millions of pesos when we remove the line dependency for MPLS/IPVPN for domestic and international sites.
  

When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate.

A little tweaking or improvement of the UI in terms of logging when troubleshooting. Overall the UI is perfect and very powerful. It will remove your stress when you came from silo solutions and old-school multi-branch connectivity.

Extra plugs via API would be a welcome feature, as the solution is a closed loop. Readily available external integration points would make our job easier for customers looking to integrate monitoring tools.

We have been working with the solution for about two years. 

The solution's stability is excellent; we didn't encounter any issues in a year. Cato Networks had a massive outage in 2017 or 2018, but they fixed it.

The solution is highly scalable because Cato Networks has its fully-fledged cloud and independent infrastructure. This is an advantage over other solutions dependent on AWS, for example, because a small business migrating to enterprise-level could be required to shut down its system for the upgrade. However, with Cato, it's much easier to scale up and down. I recently worked with a call center and was able to increase their capacity as they requested, which is very helpful in the IT industry.

We have 15 users in our company, and our largest deployment for a client is 22,000.

The technical support is very hands-on, even during the deployment process. They are skilled at helping their customers, so I rate them highly. As a dev, I didn't have to do anything, Cato took care of it, and I don't have any negative feedback for them. Our customers and we are delighted.

Positive

The initial setup was straightforward. 

The product is very competitively priced, and that's compelling. They don't charge the customer based on the operational cost like other brands such as Palo Alto. Cato has its own fully-fledged cloud, with their own data centers, equipment, and so on, which is an advantage. I rate the solution five out of five for affordability. 

I compared many solutions because I received an initiative to find one to fit into our market. I asked the industry leaders for POCs, and Cato stood out because of their platform; they were the first in the SASE domain.

I rate the solution nine out of ten. 

If we require remote site deployment, for example, if we have applications sitting in an on-premise data center, there are two ways of doing that. We need an IPsec channel going from the data center to Cato Cloud, and the first way of doing that is using the existing network component, either router or fiber, as long as they have IPsec. Second, we can use Cato Network's sockets if we want visibility, packet loss monitoring, the SD-WAN component, etc.

Cato Networks is an excellent solution in the retail sector, especially for companies with multiple sites or international branches, like Jollibee. The product is less applicable for a telco because it can conflict with the consumer-facing side of the operation. Cato can accommodate VPNs with a remote access solution, and SD-WAN is necessary, allowing business to connect their international sites using the solution as the platform.

Our primary use case for this solution is SD-WAN, establishing third-party connections via Psec and remote feedback.

The product is very simple and everything can be done very quickly.

The product could provide more advanced features for networking.

We have been using this solution for approximately two years.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable, and we may eventually increase our usage.

The customer service and support team provide fast responses.

The initial setup was very fast.

We implemented it via a third party. However, we do it in-house now because of its simplicity.

We have seen a  return on investment.

I cannot comment on the exact cost of the product. It is expensive but profitable in the long term.

We evaluated other suppliers before choosing this product.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. The product may be complex for users with few years of experience, but overall, it is a simple product to use.