Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Tenable One Exposure Management Platform comparison

The compared Akamai and Tenable solutions aren't in the same category. Akamai is ranked #3 in MS , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 22.7% mindshare in the category. Tenable is ranked #9 in CTEM , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Tenable One Exposure Management Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Microsegmentation Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud and Data Center Security (1st), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (11th), Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (8th), Microsegmentation Software (3rd)

Tenable One Exposure Manage...

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (17th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (9th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is designed for Microsegmentation Software and holds a mindshare of 22.7%, down 27.3% compared to last year.
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), holds 5.6% mindshare, up 2.0% since last year.

Microsegmentation Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation	22.7%
Illumio	26.5%
VMware NSX	15.7%
Other	35.099999999999994%

Microsegmentation Software

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform	5.6%
Pentera	14.0%
Cymulate	13.3%
Other	67.1%

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

Featured Reviews

Ken Bauer

Senior Security Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees

Segmentation of legacy systems has protected outdated endpoints and reduces network risk

The best features Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers make it simple to see all of the connections that are being made to each of the endpoints, and they can be controlled by process and port. The ability to control by process and port helps my team day-to-day because, since there are hundreds of thousands of connections to some of these endpoints, looking at the Reveal Map makes it simple to audit and create rules for what we want to allow. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has impacted my organization positively because we find it difficult to remove the legacy systems, so it was very important to segment them from the rest of the network to protect them and protect the rest of our network.

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Jaya Shanker

IT Security Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has improved our vulnerability tracking and supports cloud-based monitoring with scheduled scans

We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is the licensing aspect. In the license, it becomes problematic because when we go to cloud security for vulnerability management, it will take five licenses instead of the one-on-one license that vulnerability exposure management requires. The license needs to be reviewed.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It will be a great deal for our partner as Guardicore provides excellent network and process visibility, allowing for advanced segmentation with a very friendly UI."

"That is primarily because I've seen increased rules. It's kind of caught us a little off guard. With GuardiCore, I have had to deal with their technical support and engineering team in Israel. They are amazing. They are very quick to adapt."

"The change control in GuardiCore has improved our efficiency by over 75% in terms of implementing security policies, and the efficiency of the security team was improved by over 100% in terms of analytics, monitoring, and responding to incidents."

"Guardicore makes its own rule set automatically, so we can work fast when creating a rule set."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its visibility."

"The impact of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is very important because it reduced risk for my corporation and organization."

"In terms of agility, Guardicore Centra is massively easier to control and manage."

"I found the solution to be stable."

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"I think it's a good product for risk-based or exposure-based vulnerability management."

"The feature of vulnerability management and discovery is what I use."

"For me, the setup has been an easy process."

"Tenable EP is a great overall product for our customers; it's great at helping customers to identify current risks, it helps customers manage their risk, users can effectively analyze risk and can assign team members to take a look at items as well, the solution is very easy to set up, technical support is very helpful and responsive, and the pricing is pretty good."

"We find Tenable One Exposure Management Platform vulnerability prioritization effective overall because, with the scheduled scan running on our set schedule, we can remediate any findings and check on the next schedule if issues are closed, making it much easier for us to monitor vulnerabilities."

"The solution is very easy to set up."

"The product gives us a lot of insight."

Cons

"Needs more customization of honeypots and a vaster catalog of systems able to be mimicked."

"Supports become difficult when it's for a big organization. For a small organization, medium organization, it still makes sense, however, for a big organization, it makes life difficult."

"The maps could go a bit faster. They are useful but slightly slow."

"Sometimes, the speed needs improvement, especially when it comes to the generation of maps, where it can be a bit slow."

"The integration with other tools could be improved."

"Akamai Guardicore Segmentation can be improved because keeping it up to date is difficult since it is SaaS-based and updates are not on a regular schedule; I have to reach out to my contact to ask them to update to a newer version, and it would be helpful if updates were on a regular cadence so that I would not have to remember to ask them."

"The product needs a few features like enhanced user policies and payload-level inspection to improve the offering."

"Needs more customization of honeypots and a vaster catalog of systems able to be mimicked."

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"The sensor update is a challenge that Tenable needs to address. Sometimes they behave abruptly, requiring me to rework reinstalling the sensors on the endpoints."

"The product has limited reporting capabilities and it isn't great at allowing for customization in reports."

"The license needs to be reviewed."

"It would be nice if the product provided an agent for enforcing policies."

"Tenable needs to provide a better way to manage private clouds."

"The sensor update is a challenge that Tenable needs to address."

"The product has limited reporting capabilities and it isn't great at allowing for customization in reports."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does."

"The solution is reasonably priced and I would rate it a six out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"The pricing is too high."

"GuardiCore has made some new changes to the license now. We've seen monthly and annual licenses based on a subscription. We have a few clients that pay anywhere from $25,000 a year."

"The price is the same as other products in the market. There's no price argument to choose one or the other product, it will cost the customer approximately the same."

"Compared to the pricing we were seeing from both Illumio and Edgewise, Guardicore was very competitive."

"The customer would complain about the cost."

"Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is expensive."

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"The pricing is fair."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	11

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Guardicore Centra?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that overall everything worked out really well. The pricing was flexible, and it has worked out well with our budget.

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What needs improvement with Guardicore Infection Monkey?

I think the pricing is very high. It is a big cost. The price of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is very expensive, but it is important to the enterprise. I think it is more or less.

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What is your primary use case for Guardicore Infection Monkey?

I use Akamai Guardicore Segmentation to block lateral movement of malicious software like ransomware. This is very important to protect my business and my corporation. I create labels for any asset...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable.ep?

I think the price of Tenable One Exposure Management Platform is reasonable for us.

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What needs improvement with Tenable.ep?

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What is your primary use case for Tenable.ep?

We use Tenable One Exposure Management Platform for vulnerability management in our internal application and external application, and also for cloud security. We are using the web application feat...

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Comparisons

Illumio vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Compared 33% of the time

VMware NSX vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

TrendAI Deep Security vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Compared 4% of the time

Zero Networks vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore

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Overview

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a software-based microsegmentation solution that provides the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. It enables you to prevent malicious lateral movement in your network through precise segmentation policies, visuals of activity within your IT environment, and network security alerts. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation works across your data centers, multicloud environments, and endpoints. It is faster to deploy than infrastructure segmentation approaches and provides you with unparalleled visibility and control of your network.

Akamai

You can now translate technical asset, vulnerability and threat data into clear business insights and actionable intelligence for security executives. Combine broad exposure coverage spanning IT assets, cloud resources, containers, web apps and identity platforms, with threat intelligence and data science from Tenable Research. Focus efforts to prevent likely attacks and accurately communicate cyber risk to support optimal business performance.

Tenable One is an exposure management platform that combines risk-based vulnerability management, web application security, cloud security and identity security.

Tenable

Sample Customers

Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE

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