Check Point Web Gateway vs NetScaler Secure Web Gateway [EOL] comparison

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iboss

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Ashok Ananthula

Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Cloud gateway has strengthened remote web security and now needs better Mac and ISP support

The problem our organization had is that iboss failed for the Mac devices. It is not able to give a successful agent for the Mac agents. That is where in 2025, we had to migrate to the Palo Alto-based platform. If your use case is for just Windows laptops,you can consider this platform as an option One issue is the data center resiliency part. In India especially, they are not tied up with the Tier 1 ISPs like Tata or Airtel; they were having Tier 2 ISPs and encountered many issues reaching few major sites that my organization depends on, and they were having problems that they could not fix quickly. They also lack a mechanism to route that traffic within their data center; rather, they ask customers to make a pac file change to route it to Singapore explicitly. It would be better if they route from their backend , i mean even if I send it to India DC, they should be able to route it internally to make that work; however, they fail to do that and ask the customer to route it in the pac file. Another suggestion is that in China, they do not have the proper setup; they used to have numerous problems with slowness and lack of premium circuits in China as well. That leads to multiple sites working slowly with latency-related issues. So the main issue is the ISP-related problems that need to be solved.

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KlavsThaarup

Senior Security Consultant at Orange Cyberdefense

Has improved threat visibility and centralized management but needs wider feature support

We have not worked much with granular control over web usage policies, so I cannot provide detailed feedback. We have not worked with the effectiveness of the multi-layered defense approach in threat prevention. Their product coverage is not as extensive as some competitors. They have fewer products and features compared to competitors. Support for operational technology (OT) is not as comprehensive in Check Point Web Gateway as it is in competing products.

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it_user1330167

Manager at a government with 501-1,000 employees

Enables our users to have access to our custom-built applications but it should be easier to manage

We haven't had any problems with scalability for the use cases we've got. There are around twenty users of this solution in my company. We don't have plans to increase usage. Now that everybody is working from home, everyone has their own laptop so coming through remotely is easy. All we have to do it set up the remote environment which is why we set up terminal servers. Everyone seems to work pretty well. We also use a terminal server which is less easy to manage.

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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

"I recommend iboss for organizations looking for strong cloud-based web security and centralized access control."

"iboss is among the few products providing inline filtering where no application is needed on the device. It operates on the network side and is not device-based. This feature was one of the main reasons why we stayed with them for so long."

"We were impressed by the solution's mental health function, which can detect if someone needs help. It scans what users are browsing and flags warning signs so we can check to see if they are okay. We've had to use it a couple of times."

"The iboss solution gives me the ability to scan the traffic through all the ports, through all the 131,000 PCP and UDP ports, and with this ability, we have the granularity also for consults over social media and applications on mobile, and this is an advantage that the customers are looking for right now."

"iboss is pretty scalable. They provide good support. The case managers you work with to coordinate what you need are pretty good."

"iboss is easy to use despite its complexity. Multiple engineers manage it, but it's significantly more straightforward to administer than traditional VPNs and web proxies."

"Deploying iboss leads to good return on investment, estimated around 70% to 80%."

"The main advantage of iboss is its cloud-based security centralized policy management, which helps organizations protect users working from different locations, secure access to cloud applications, and reduce security risks."

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"The implementation of this tool was straightforward."

"The product is very user-friendly."

"We are satisfied with the effectiveness of the multi-layered defense approach in Check Point Web Gateway."

"I think this solution is very helpful to our customers because its cloud-based security can be deployed quickly and maintained easily."

"SmartConsole is intuitive."

"You don't have to wander around the tool since it is very simple. You can grab and get a hold of the tool very quickly."

"Check Point Web Gateway is a reliable and stable solution."

"The Check Point Web Gateway is a great security asset, providing the website and application control our organization needs."

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"It is absolutely stable."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is dual authentication, which is good from a security perspective."

"From my point of view, this solution is stable and we haven't had any real issues."

"Our primary use case is for when our employees are working remotely, this gives them access to our custom-built application."

"As the solution is now, we are able to satisfy all of our requirements."

Cons

"The dashboards for local use could be better."

"I appreciate that iboss's single pane of glass console gives centralized visibility into web traffic, user activity, security policies, and alerts from one dashboard, allowing us to quickly investigate incidents and monitor policy violations without switching between multiple tools, improving operational efficiency; however, the dashboard customization and reporting could be more flexible."

"Its pricing could be better."

"I have heard they are doing DDoS filtering, but I am not certain if they are implementing it correctly."

"Iboss is growing so fast that it is often hard for them to keep up with the challenges."

"Sometimes, obviously, there are bugs."

"The reporting feature needs improvement."

"Sometimes the agent stops working in iboss, and we have to reinstall the agent."

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"Some documents needed to implement with the best practices are difficult to understand, take longer than expected to apply, and sometimes even require support."

"Most of the time, we are struggling when it comes to getting support."

"There is room for improvement in support because the solution needs multiple regions to reach certain features and validations."

"The tool's stability needs improvement. The biggest problem is with updates."

"Perhaps the latency in the administrative part of the portal would be a point of improvement."

"The solution should improve integration."

"Check Point Web Gateway could add an end point access function."

"The learning curve is complex for new users."

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"I would like to see more monitoring, and there could always be deeper information to find out where issues are."

"It would be helpful if this solution would collect information about people who are connecting from external devices so that we can rate their user experience in using the virtual desktops."

"The price of this solution is a little bit high and can be improved."

"The pricing of this solution can really be improved."

"In terms of improvement, it should be easier to manage. We have a small team and don't have much expertise, we need things that are easy to manage."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is expensive compared to one of its competitors."

"The overall pricing for iboss is very competitive and transparent."

"It is not expensive, and it is also not cheap. iboss is priced right in the sweet spot for the number of features it offers."

"We have not priced the solution recently, but they were competitive with other vendors in the past."

"We had the cost of purchasing a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs. However, the following year, the cost of just licensing was similar to what was paid the previous year for a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs."

"It is probably in line with other solutions, but I do not deal with the financial side."

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as a seven out of ten."

"Our customers pay a licensing fee annually or once in three or five years, per their requirements."

"The price is very high."

"This program is very, very expensive."

"It is expensive. Licensing is on a yearly basis. You need to do the support subscription."

"The product is not cheap. It is expensive."

"The price is on the higher side, even when compared to Azure Firewall Premium."

"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The product is neither too expensive nor too cheap, so it comes at a good price point for my company."

"The pricing of this solution can really be improved."

"Our annual fees are approximately $80,000 USD."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	14

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	21
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	9

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with iboss?

I think iboss could be improved by emphasizing the modular function even more during sales presentations and demonstr...

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What is your primary use case for iboss?

iboss is primarily used for content filtering within school districts and public K-12 school districts, and it can al...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iboss?

My experience with iboss's pricing structure, setup cost, and licensing model has been positive, straightforward, and...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Web Gateway?

It will be the same pricing as other solutions. Fortinet is the cheaper product, while Palo Alto and Check Point Web ...

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What needs improvement with Check Point Web Gateway?

As of now, I did not notice any significant areas for improvement. The interface of Check Point Web Gateway is far be...

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What is your primary use case for Check Point Web Gateway?

My main use case for Check Point Web Gateway was web filtering and application control. When I want to block social m...

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iBoss Cloud Platform

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Overview

iboss is the Zero Trust SASE platform that gives organizations complete visibility and governance over their AI, data, and applications through one unified platform, one console, one policy engine, and one data lake.

Your endpoints may already stop malware. Your data and application activity can still be invisible. iboss decrypts and understands every connection, then turns that signal into answers security leaders can act on.

The platform leads with three capabilities in this order: AI Security and Visibility, Data Security and Visibility, and App Visibility and Control. Zero Trust Network Access, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN sit underneath as the access fabric that carries those three. Trusted by global enterprises and government agencies.

What are the most important features of Iboss?

- AI Security and Visibility: conversation capture, shadow-AI discovery, AI DLP, and agent governance across Claude, Co-Work, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, and emerging services.

- Data Security and Visibility: full SSL/TLS decryption, deep content inspection, MIP label compliance, and one-click compliance reporting.

- App Visibility and Control: signatureless CASB, dual risk scoring, in-app controls, and SSPM for major SaaS.

- Containerized Zero Trust SASE: dedicated containers, isolated SSL keys, one console, one policy engine, one data lake.

- Access fabric: ZTNA, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN under the same platform.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

- Complete visibility over AI, data, and applications from one platform instead of separate point tools.

- Encrypted traffic is inspected by default so data decisions use content and context together.

- Shadow SaaS and new web tools appear as they are used, with enforceable controls in one console.

- Native data sovereignty through dedicated containers, in-region inspection, and per-customer SSL key custody.

- Scale proven in published materials: 10M+ users, 100+ countries, 150B+ transactions, 2.5B+ threats blocked.

Economic buyers are CISOs, CIOs, and VPs of Security. Champions include security architects, network and infrastructure leaders, SecOps, and GRC. Primary segments: enterprise and business, financial services, government (including FedRAMP Gov Cloud), healthcare, manufacturing, legal and professional services, retail and hospitality, and MSP/MSSP partners. Education, including K-12, is one vertical among these.

iboss

Check Point Web Gateway is designed for network security with a focus on protecting against threats like malware and phishing. It offers cloud deployment, URL filtering, malware protection, and real-time threat intelligence.

Check Point Web Gateway ensures stable performance through a cloud-based infrastructure and offers a range of capabilities such as URL filtering, application control, and malware protection. It supports granular policies and real-time threat intelligence, playing a crucial role in enhancing web traffic filtering and compliance enforcement. The gateway provides intuitive security management features, including antivirus, DLP, encryption detection, and behavioral analysis. While it supports role-based access control and prevents access to malicious websites, there is room for improvement in response times and documentation. Users find challenges in interface appeal, deployment complexities, and authentication policy management. Cost and scalability concerns exist, with a need for enhanced mobile integration and endpoint accessibility.

What are the key features of Check Point Web Gateway?

User-friendly interface: Offers intuitive navigation and configuration.
Stable performance: Reliable operation with robust infrastructure.
Cloud deployment: Facilitates easy access and management.
URL filtering: Blocks unauthorized or harmful websites.
Application control: Manages and restricts application access.
Malware protection: Detects and prevents malicious software.
Intrusion prevention system (IPS): Alerts and defends against online threats.

What benefits can users find in reviews?

Granular policies: Tailored security measures for diverse needs.
Efficient monitoring: Real-time visibility into network activity.
Real-time threat intelligence: Updated protection against new threats.
Data loss prevention (DLP): Safeguards against unauthorized data exposure.
Role-based access control: Ensures appropriate user permissions and security.

In industries such as banking and e-commerce, Check Point Web Gateway is used widely for securing network infrastructures against data breaches and ensuring compliance. Its multi-layer architecture supports seamless integration with site-to-site VPNs and user access management, enhancing overall security.

Check Point Software Technologies

With SSL decryption, NetScaler Secure Web Gateway helps you cost-effectively eliminate blind spots in your environment and strengthen your security posture.

Citrix

Sample Customers

Trusted by global enterprises and government agencies.

Morton Salt, Medical Advocacy and Outreach, BH Telecom, Lightbeam Health Solutions, X by Orange, Cadence, Nihondentsu, Datastream Connexion, Good Sam, Omnyway, FIASA, Pacific Life, Banco del Pacifico, Control Southern, Xero, Centrify, Tradair, Laterlite, Phoenix International, Unisinos, Wilkin Chapman, Connexus Energy, Mutua Universal, Smart & Final, Central New Mexico Community Colleg, Grupo Financiero Multiva

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