Digital Guardian vs Safetica ONE comparison

Fortra and Safetica are both solutions in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category. Fortra is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0, while Safetica is ranked #26. Fortra holds a 2.5% mindshare in DLP, compared to Safetica’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Fortra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of Safetica users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Digital Guardian and Safetica ONE are key players in the data loss prevention market. Digital Guardian holds the upper hand in enterprise-grade deployments due to its robust performance capabilities, while Safetica ONE leads with user-friendliness and efficient resource usage.

Features: Digital Guardian provides comprehensive policy enforcement, in-depth data visibility, and excels in endpoint monitoring along with insider threat detection. Its rule sets for data classification are particularly valuable, supporting quick identification and examination of PII data. Additionally, Digital Guardian enables forensic analysis with advanced analytics. In contrast, Safetica ONE emphasizes intuitive management and a streamlined endpoint agent that simplifies the setup process. It focuses on easy identification and prevention of potential data breaches, along with strong data leak protection, catering to both security needs and compliance requirements.

Room for Improvement: Digital Guardian could enhance user-friendliness and possibly simplify its deployment model to appeal to medium-sized businesses. Improving real-time data monitoring across diverse platforms may further strengthen its offering. Streamlining complex features could make it more accessible to users with limited technical backgrounds. Meanwhile, Safetica ONE may strengthen its appeal to larger enterprises by expanding its advanced analytics capabilities. Adding more sophisticated endpoint monitoring and insider threat detection tools could enhance its competitive edge. Further, the scalability options of Safetica ONE might be improved to handle larger enterprise environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Digital Guardian requires a complex deployment model, which is ideal for large-scale environments with dedicated support, ensuring comprehensive customer service. Safetica ONE offers a quick and straightforward deployment process, well-suited for medium-sized businesses. Its customer service is commendable, making it highly appealing for smaller teams that need efficient support.

Pricing and ROI: Digital Guardian involves higher initial setup costs, targeting large enterprises that can benefit from its extensive feature set and scalability for a higher ROI over time. It presents significant long-term value for larger enterprises. On the other hand, Safetica ONE offers a more cost-effective pricing model, making it attractive for smaller organizations looking for quick ROI. Its focus on operational efficiency is suited to cost-sensitive buyers.

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As of March 2026, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of Cloudflare One is 1.7%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Digital Guardian is 2.5%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Safetica ONE is 2.0%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Digital Guardian	2.5%
Cloudflare One	1.7%
Safetica ONE	2.0%
Other	93.8%

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Featured Reviews

Cobe Van Coller

Network Architect at IP Dimension

Cloud security has improved remote access and has reduced costs for smaller client sites

I have used Cloudflare One's Identity-Aware Proxy, and it is quite straightforward from what I have seen so far. The app registration on the Azure side integrates fully into Cloudflare, and I am very satisfied with that part because it is easy to set up. The integration of Cloudflare One's Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust Network Access works without any issues. That part is pretty automatic, and if you complete the rest of the setup, it comes together by itself with no issues from my side. What makes it nice is that we can actually start replacing on-site firewalls at this stage for the smaller clients because it does not matter if they go to a coffee shop or work from home; they are still secured by the same connection. The hops get shorter and you get better latency. We have done testing to see if it is better. One thing that we did notice with our proof of concept with our current client is that they have people connecting from the UK. When they used their previous VPN solution, uploading CAD drawings and other files to the server took a long time. They mentioned that it is much quicker on Cloudflare One's solution. I definitely believe that is part of the improved performance, and I am satisfied with that as well. What is nice about Cloudflare One is that it makes the setup easier and also easier to train technicians to maintain it. Compared to legacy systems, we do not need to get fancy firewalls in place that are costly. That is definitely also a cost-saver with Cloudflare One.

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Syed Mubeen

Cyber Security Researcher at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Enterprise data protection has supported regulatory compliance and integrates with classification tools

In terms of functionality, many features are valuable in Digital Guardian, as the first thing for most customers is that they are using solutions such as Boldon James and Titus, which fall under the classification side, and Digital Guardian can easily integrate with this data classification solution and has a very granular level of configuration and policy tuning. Digital Guardian's data protection policies are indeed useful for my clients. Regarding Digital Guardian, I find it to be a very good solution, and in fact, it is an enterprise-level solution that has very tight integration with most of the products, with Fortra but also with others.

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Sobaan Shamsi

Sales Attendant at Zoffec Infotech

A cost-effective solution that can be used for regulatory compliance, but its stability could be improved

ESET Safetica is a basic endpoint-level DLP solution that gives the basic functionality at the browser gateway or endpoint ESET Safetica is a cost-effective solution for customers who need a small quantity along with a competitive price. Users who want the solution for compliance are procuring…

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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

"The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."

"Cloudflare is simple to use."

"Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks."

"It will take the blow rather than our applications should an attack occur."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform removes the risk of exposing the applications to the public."

"Cloudflare DDoS is better than its competitors for its security, deployment, and scalability."

"Cloudflare, in my opinion, was easy to implement."

"The solution has different options that can be used to differentiate DDoS attacks."

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"For the price in the market, it is a little bit higher than Symantec and Forcepoint, however, I believe, especially in the manufacturing industry, it is the only solution that makes sense for them."

"In Digital Guardian, they have the cloud correlation servers that give you visibility work like EBR and the correlation server works very well for security analysis."

"Data security is now one of the most important aspects for any organization."

"Some of the features that are highly appreciated are its robust data loss prevention capabilities, flexible deployment options, and the ability to monitor data transfer across multiple vectors."

"It has the added advantage of offering forensic analysis."

"It can scale from 100 to 10,000. There's no problem with the scalability."

"The technical support is really terrific."

"The most valuable feature of Digital Guardian is its reputation. They have scored high on the Gartner Magic Quadrant."

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"The most valuable feature is the data classification."

"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of Safetica ONE is simple."

"The most valuable things about Safetica ONE are its comprehensive features, competitive pricing, and a strong focus on data security and compliance."

"Safetica ONE is easy to use and set up. We can set up rules and policies quickly."

"When you subscribe to the DLP, the system manages and protects your files well from the cloud."

"The solution's most valuable feature is data leak protection."

"ESET Safetica is a cost-effective solution for customers who need a small quantity along with a competitive price."

"The current version of the solution is stable...It is easy to scale the solution."

Cons

"The free plan has limitations. For example, I can only set up three rules, and the application firewall is unavailable."

"Feedback could be enhanced."

"Our subscription plan for the solution has a limitation of bot signatures."

"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."

"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support."

"The onboarding process can be improved a little bit."

"Our customers no longer use Cloudflare because its service is subpar."

"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."

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"The initial setup is a bit more complex than other solutions."

"When considering potential areas for improvement, it may be beneficial for Digital Guardian to optimize its processes and reduce the computational demands on the system, particularly with regard to high CPU usage. Although Digital Guardian offers numerous benefits, it can consume a substantial amount of RAM and CPU power."

"My biggest lesson learned from dealing with this product is that they commit to something but they don't deliver it."

"The room for improvement with Digital Guardian is that it will be better with the Linux agent because it is the only DLP solution for Linux workstations. It still needs to upgrade the agents to the latest version for the Linux kernel."

"Technical support could be better."

"There are a lot of issues with the current version of the Endpoint agent. It's not stable, it's resource-consuming, and there are some performance issues. If they could improve the stability of the agent it would be great."

"Digital Guardian is an excellent solution but our experience with the partner has been the most horrible experience we have ever had with any partner."

"The solution has complexities around policy creation and deployment."

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"One area for improvement in Safetica is its firewall integration feature."

"Safetica One has every other thing that you need, so I cannot give Safetica NXT a higher mark because it does not have the full features of the enterprise solutions."

"Safetica ONE fails to support Linux."

"ESET Safetica’s stability could be improved."

"The solution's most valuable feature is data leak protection."

"The product needs to improve support."

"There are some minor issues with the price and support of the solution that needs to be improved."

"This solution could be improved if it was available on Linux as well. Currently it can only be deployed on Mac and Windows."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."

"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."

"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."

"The prices are slightly expensive."

"The solution is not that expensive."

"If I compare Digital Guardian with Symantec, the license cost is lower, but McAfee can be cheaper than Digital Guardian. It depends on how many licenses you plan to buy and how big the project is. The cost is not so high as Symantec, but not as cheap as McAfee. They can easily sell the solution for price."

"The cost was around $300,000."

"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten because Digital Guardian is expensive."

"The price of Digital Guardian is on the higher end compared to other vendors."

"The price of Digital Guardian is expensive."

"Digital Guardian has both, subscription and perpetual licenses, but I think when everything (all technologies) will go to the cloud they will only offer subscriptions."

"The pricing for ESET Safetica is less as compared to other solutions. The customers have to pay only for the license."

"The licensing cost for this solution depends on the deal size and your use case. In our instance, it costs $35 per user per year. This is a reasonable price."

"Safetica ONE is expensive."

"Customers need to pay for a yearly license per device."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	2

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Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS, Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

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Overview

Cloudflare One is a comprehensive platform for security, performance, and connectivity. It provides features like rate limiting, DDoS protection, and application access, tailored to enhance user experience while securing internet access and accelerating communications.

Designed to integrate security measures with ease of use and scalability, Cloudflare One offers a secure web gateway and zero trust network access. These features ensure seamless setup and operation, making connectivity reliable and protected. Users appreciate its integrated console, intuitive interface, and the ability to manage risk effectively. It offers straightforward deployment, improves latency, and boasts cost-effectiveness. While its onboarding process and documentation need enhancement, its value in content delivery and application shielding is notable. Despite challenges in integrating Cloudflare Access with existing VPNs and the need for better automation and support, it remains vital for DNS and infrastructure protection.

What features make Cloudflare One stand out?

Rate Limiting: Controls the traffic rate to prevent abuse.
DDoS Protection: Shields applications from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Secure Web Gateway: Provides secure internet access with seamless operation.
Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure, application-based connectivity without relying on traditional VPNs.
Access for Connectivity: Facilitates access to internal applications securely.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Security: Robust measures for DNS and browsing protection.
Performance: Enhanced site accessibility and communication speed.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing for its features.
Ease of Deployment: Straightforward and efficient setup process.

In industries like finance, retail, and technology, Cloudflare One is crucial for enabling secure remote access and protecting web applications against dynamic threats. It supports compliance access policies and enhances content delivery, playing a key role in safeguarding digital infrastructure.

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Digital Guardian is proud to be part of Fortra’s comprehensive cybersecurity portfolio, and one of the Data Protection family of products. Fortra simplifies today’s complex cybersecurity landscape by bringing complementary products together to solve problems in innovative ways. These integrated, scalable solutions address the fast-changing challenges you face in safeguarding your organization. With the help of the powerful protection from Digital Guardian and others, Fortra is your relentless ally, here for you every step of the way throughout your cybersecurity journey.

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Discover, classify, analyze, and protect data intuitively with a seamless user experience. Stop threats and stay compliant with regulations and industry standards.

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