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Inderjeet Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Good web filtering and good internet security notifications with a nice interface
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the web filtering capabilities."
  • "Sometimes applications crash on some machines, and we’d like Zscaler to give us some information as to why that may have happened. We’d like more detailed reports."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution primarily for security purposes. We are blocking other sites which are not SSL in our Indian organization.

We are refusing authorization for users to access unauthorized sites. We are blocking through Zscaler. It’s for web filtering.

How has it helped my organization?

Many of us are working from home, and we are still able to do the filtering of websites for our workers, wherever they are.

What is most valuable?

I like the web filtering capabilities. Those are very good.

It offers sound internet security notifications.

There aren’t too many bugs, and it is easy to debug when necessary.

There are good Outlook features available.

It is stable.

The scalability has been good.

I like the user interface.

What needs improvement?

I’m not sure if any features are lacking. I’m mostly happy with it. That said, I’m not familiar with every area of the product. I need to study it a bit more.

Sometimes applications crash on some machines, and we’d like Zscaler to give us some information as to why that may have happened. We’d like more detailed reports.

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For how long have I used the solution?

We’ve been using the solution for two or three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It’s a stable product right now. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn’t crash or freeze. It’s reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It’s scalable. We can add to it. It’s easy to expand.

We have 3,000 to 5,000 users on the solution currently. It’s basically used by everyone in the organization.

How was the initial setup?

I wasn’t a part of the initial setup. I can’t speak to how it went or if it was easy or hard.

What other advice do I have?

I’m a consultant. However, I’m just an end-user of the solution.

I’d give the solution a ten out of ten. It is working fine for us.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1254435 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head - IT Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Provides us with ease of access to VPN while providing security for our networks
Pros and Cons
  • "The ZPA is a unique feature which offers VPN along with all the additional security needed."
  • "It's an expensive solution."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case of this product is as a VPN solution. I'm the head of IT infrastructure and we're a customer of Zscaler. 

What is most valuable?

The ZPA is a unique feature which offers VPN along with all the additional security we need while using the VPN network. This is a cloud solution and it has all the features inbuilt for all security requirements. The other big advantage is that it doesn't require you to sign in every time like typical VPN connections. Usually, whenever you want to connect to VPN, you need to open the VPN, sign in and authenticate with your multi-factor authentication. With this solution, you open your laptop and you are connected to your VPN. Authentication is required about once a week and that's it. 

What needs improvement?

This is a great solution, I'm just searching for an alternative because the costing or the commercials for this type of solution tends to be a little high, although we have been using it for a year already. We've found it to be more expensive than other products. However, we also know that unlike other VPN solutions, this one has many features that any organization would like to have. We're looking for an alternative product that offers similar services or features.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for a year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a very good and stable solution that has all the requirements for your security solutions. If you have this, you don't need any other services or any other security solutions in your data center or on your premises other than this. It's a one-stop shop.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Sr. Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Provides good connectivity for remote work, has a hassle-free setup, and is priced moderately
Pros and Cons
  • "What I find most valuable in Zscaler Private Access is that it's a VPN. Its connectivity as a VPN is its most valuable feature."
  • "What could be improved in Zscaler Private Access is its notification. For example, if there's a speed issue, there should be a pop-up that alerts the user about it. If there is a network quality issue, for example, it isn't good enough to connect to, or the network quality is bad, there should be a notification from the solution. Zscaler Private Access also needs improvement in terms of its interface and security."

What is our primary use case?

Zscaler Private Access is mainly used for connecting to my company network through a VPN. It's used for remote work.

What is most valuable?

What I find most valuable in Zscaler Private Access is that it's a VPN. Its connectivity as a VPN is its most valuable feature.

What needs improvement?

What could be improved in Zscaler Private Access is its notification. For example, if there's a speed issue, there should be a pop-up that alerts the user about it. If there is a network quality issue, for example, it isn't good enough to connect to, or the network quality is bad, there should be a notification from the solution.

Zscaler Private Access also needs improvement in terms of its interface and security.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Zscaler Private Access for more than two years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zscaler Private Access is a stable product.

How are customer service and support?

In terms of the technical support for Zscaler Private Access, I didn't need any support yet, and I haven't spoken with the support team, so I can't rate them for now. I also have not heard anything about support from my colleagues or the IT team.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I haven't used other VPN solutions apart from Zscaler Private Access.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup for Zscaler Private Access was easy. It was a hassle-free setup. It took just a few minutes and I didn't even notice when the IT team installed it.

What about the implementation team?

Zscaler Private Access was implemented in-house. It was done by our IT team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing for Zscaler Private Access is moderate. It's acceptable, though I can't give you the exact price currently. It's not too expensive, and on a scale of one to five, I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing.

What other advice do I have?

I'm using Zscaler Private Access daily for eight to twelve hours.

More than five thousand people use the solution in my company.

I would rate Zscaler Private Access eight out of ten. Other products are more efficient and better than Zscaler Private Access, particularly in terms of interface and security, so I'm unable to give the solution a perfect score.

I don't know if my company is a partner of Zscaler Private Access, but I'm sure that it is a customer.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Bhupendra Nayak - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Consultant at Confidential
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
A reliable and scalable solution that provides good technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Zscaler Private Access are reliability, scalability, and availability."
  • "Zscaler Private Access needs to improve its collaboration with applications without compromising security."

What is our primary use case?

Zscaler Private Access is used for private data. You need to deploy Zscaler Private Access to put security and internal network after you build your application. The solution is used when you build an application and want to provide services to the public.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Zscaler Private Access are reliability, scalability, and availability.

What needs improvement?

Zscaler Private Access needs to improve its collaboration with applications without compromising security. The solution needs to improve native security, seamless protection, and user experience. Users should be able to access the solution anytime, and it should be made easy to install and easy to understand.

Zscaler Private Access needs to improve its customization.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zscaler Private Access for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zscaler Private Access is a stable solution.

I rate Zscaler Private Access an eight out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution’s scalability is very good.

How are customer service and support?

The solution’s technical support is good.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is a little bit difficult and depends on your architecture knowledge.

What about the implementation team?

The solution's deployment time depends on the infrastructure, the number of computers, and the number of employees.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Zscaler Private Access can be an expensive solution, depending on the license type you will purchase.

What other advice do I have?

Zscaler Private Access is deployed on-cloud in our organization. I would recommend Zscaler Private Access to other users.

Overall, I rate Zscaler Private Access a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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reviewer2031612 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
User-friendly, easy to deploy with a good zero-trust feature
Pros and Cons
  • "Has a good zero trust feature."
  • "The pre-defined dictionaries could be improved."

What is most valuable?

In general, this is a good application and I really like the zero trust feature.

What needs improvement?

The pre-defined dictionaries could be improved. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for almost two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is pretty good. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is pretty good. 

How was the initial setup?

I've never set it up but I think the initial setup is pretty straightforward, and CASB is a good product for deployment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'm not involved in licensing but I know that the price is very competitive.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend this solution and rate it eight out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1738515 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Excellent proxy and content filtering
Pros and Cons
  • "SASE's most valuable features are proxy and content filtering."
  • "An area for improvement would be the ease of configuration."

What is our primary use case?

I mainly use SASE for proxy and content filtering.

What is most valuable?

SASE's most valuable features are proxy and content filtering.

What needs improvement?

An area for improvement would be the ease of configuration.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Zscaler SASE for two to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SASE is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

SASE is scalable if users need to increase the network it supports - it's quite transparent from the end-user perspective.

How are customer service and support?

Zscaler's technical support is quite good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is fairly straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise those thinking of implementing SASE to ensure that their technical requirements are well-established and that the transition process is understood. I would give SASE a rating of nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1641402 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of Engineering at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Allows you to employ data and is simple across the whole product suite
Pros and Cons
  • "It's one of the easier products on the market as far as set-ups and deployments. Even across their whole product suite, they've made it pretty simple."
  • "In the next release, I would like to see RE2 Regex supported."

What is our primary use case?

The use case is employing data, PII, and even HIPAA. I do public sector work for hospitals, counties, and local governments.

I am using the latest version of Zscaler Cloud DLP. I'm a licensed installer—a subcontractor. I do a lot of installs for different companies and retailers, and one company that I do in Salesforce. There are probably 20 or 30 instances of it that I'm actively involved in at any given moment.

The solution is deployed on Zscaler's private cloud.

What is most valuable?

It's one of the easier products on the market as far as set-ups and deployments. Even across their whole product suite, they've made it pretty simple.

The infrastructure supporting it can vary: GCP, Azure, and AWS.

What needs improvement?

It really comes down to the Regex that's being used from Zscaler's DLP. That's the one area that we find technical limitations because the rest of the industries use an RE2, and Regex and Zscaler just aren't there. It's not because of the technology and they can't code it. It's because of the cost of these actual Regex strings from a query perspective. There's limited flexibility from a Regex perspective as far as data matching and expanding your DLP dictionaries and libraries.

In the next release, I would like to see RE2 Regex supported.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for almost two years. We are an authorized seller.

How was the initial setup?

Setup is simple.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

My advice is to ensure that the solution meets your DLP use cases. I find that for 99% of the companies that are going to purchase this Cloud DLP, it has to fit their use cases. It's going to get into the Fortune 50s and the companies that are more security conscious and that are doing extremely complex DLP policies. Those folks will likely have some issues. It's not going to be a straight, "Hey, these are the DLP rules I have today. I want to move these over to Zscaler." 

That's one area where I think customers should do their own investigation and ensure that it fits their use cases before they jump in and purchase the product and then find out that maybe 25% of their DLP rules are too complex to be migrating.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:
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JibinGeorge - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at OPTIV
MSP
Top 5
Has valuable inbound and outbound DNS scanning features, but there could be additional ways to define proxy
Pros and Cons
  • "The product’s most valuable features are inbound and outbound scanning and API control."
  • "There could be additional ways to define proximity. Additionally, they should provide some exclusion options for specific policies and an ability to control the DLP engine."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product for inbound and outbound DNS scanning.

How has it helped my organization?

The platform provides data protection.

What is most valuable?

The product’s most valuable features are inbound and outbound scanning and API control.

What needs improvement?

There could be additional ways to define proximity. Additionally, they should provide some exclusion options for specific policies and an ability to control the DLP engine.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Zscaler Cloud DLP for four to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For the DLP feature, I rate the scalability a seven out of ten.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Netskope before. However, we switched to Zscaler as we wanted a cloud-based DLP product. If we compare the two products, Netskope is better, but scaler is a good solution for cloud DLP.

How was the initial setup?

The deployment time depends on specific business requirements. It is easy to deploy a standard functionality. However, it takes time for complex scenarios.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product has reasonable pricing.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Zscaler Cloud DLP a seven out of ten. I advise others to evaluate and understand their business use cases before purchasing the product.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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