Symantec Secure Web Gateway vs TitanHQ WebTitan comparison

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Broadcom and TitanHQ are both solutions in the Secure Web Gateways (SWG) category. Broadcom is ranked #27, while TitanHQ is ranked #23 with an average rating of 7.0. Broadcom holds a 1.5% mindshare in WSG, compared to TitanHQ’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 57% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of TitanHQ users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Symantec Secure Web Gateway and TitanHQ WebTitan are two products competing in the web security solutions category. Based on the comparison, Symantec leads in security features, while TitanHQ excels in deployment ease and customer support.

Features: Symantec Secure Web Gateway is known for its advanced threat protection, real-time web traffic analysis, and strong threat detection capabilities. TitanHQ WebTitan offers flexible filtering options, an intuitive management interface, and comprehensive reporting tools.

Room for Improvement: Symantec could improve its deployment complexity, user interface simplicity, and customer service accessibility. TitanHQ may enhance its threat detection capabilities, provide more advanced reporting features, and expand its integration options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TitanHQ WebTitan offers a straightforward cloud-based deployment with minimal setup time and efficient support service. Symantec requires more extensive planning and resources for deployment, although it does offer comprehensive guidance from its service team.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec Secure Web Gateway has a higher initial setup cost, though this is justified by its extensive security features that aim for long-term ROI in threat management. TitanHQ WebTitan provides a more competitive pricing structure with quicker ROI due to lower initial costs and efficient filtering capabilities.

To learn more, read our detailed Symantec Secure Web Gateway vs. TitanHQ WebTitan Report (Updated: September 2026).

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iboss

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Secure Web Gateways (SWG) category, the mindshare of iboss is 3.2%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Secure Web Gateway is 1.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TitanHQ WebTitan is 1.4%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Secure Web Gateways (SWG) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
iboss	3.2%
TitanHQ WebTitan	1.4%
Symantec Secure Web Gateway	1.5%
Other	93.9%

Secure Web Gateways (SWG)

Featured Reviews

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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Kedar-Kulkarni

Principal Consultant at CSaaS

Monitors traffic effectively but struggles with integration challenges

I find that the technical support is mediocre, at least for the Middle East. I frequently face challenges when contacting OpenStack through the distribution channel. It should be more straightforward. I notice that customers work with partners, not directly with Symantec, relying on local company integrators for support. Symantec becomes the level two or level three support, which requires navigating through a supply chain that is quite extensive.

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Pusa Alexandru-Catalin

Managing Partner at Cabinet Avocat Pusa Alexandru Catalin

Provides basic email protection features but needs improvement in learning capabilities

TitanHQ does a middle-of-the-road job like Bitdefender and SensorNet, and it has a learning feature, though it's not as advanced as previous technology. In the past, I used a far superior product with no false alarms and minimum spam. This tool learned quickly from my inbox, offering simple yet useful features, such as two links embedded in the email footer indicating whether the email was spam or not.

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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 students were always protected, and the content filtering worked very well, seeming to work better than other products we had tried previously."

"Technical support is pretty sharp and very responsive."

"I would say iboss is a very good product; its scalability is very good, and it's seamless for the user."

"iboss is definitely very good in terms of service."

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

"The iboss system is highly reliable. The false positive rates are small compared to some other systems we've experienced through other partner agencies who use competing solutions."

"Its initial setup was straightforward."

"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."

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"It is a stable solution."

"It offers an easy initial setup."

"Overall, this product is okay and it does the job that it is supposed to do."

"In terms of most valuable features, I like the ICAP capability and URL filtering the most."

"We've tried other endpoint security solutions but this tool seems to be the best when specifically comparing the endpoint security features."

"Typically, Symantec is more or less like any other platform that performs proxy functions."

"In terms of stability, it's fine, as we have never had downtime because availability is AWS' responsibility since it is hosted on their servers, so availability is not an issue."

"I find the product to be very straightforward."

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"The DNS proxy is also valuable. It has nothing to do with blocking websites, which we can do by sending all our DNS requests through WebTitan. However, the DNS proxy gives us more information about the machine sending the request. If you cross-reference that information with WADA, you can determine which user is making the request and create a user-specific policy or profile."

"The solution offers very good self-authentication. It has a lot of protocols and ways to authenticate users by ID, or by Active Directory Integration. It's able to take credentials from the Active Directory Domain Controllers."

"The most valuable feature is web filtering, where we are able to blacklist and whitelist sites on the fly."

"We can actually see that WebTitan has saved us a good number of times, occasions when we would have had some type of malware payload delivered, but we have seen that it was blocked."

"I can go in and unlock something easily if I need to. For an adult, I can reset it if something has slipped by. It's very easy to set it up and block what I need to block."

"Among the valuable features of WebTitan are the ability to white-label it, which is important for us, the fact that it is fully a cloud platform... and the ability to integrate with Active Directory"

"It's extremely stable. I would say it's flawless. We did have some concerns that, if it did fail, all internet access would stop for our people because the proxy wouldn't be there. That concern has subsided over the years because it's proven that it doesn't really fail."

"The web filtering is the most valuable feature. The OTG client was the determining factor."

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Cons

"The area I would like to see improvement in is the ability with in the reporter to navigate directly to the content the user is traversing. It is kind of there, but it's not perfect. Quite frequently, I receive links that lead me to pages with error messages."

"I'd like to see them accelerate development on the security side, particularly around data loss prevention."

"The reporting feature needs improvement. It doesn't give you the expected results. It is quite difficult to get the specific reports needed, and it is not as intuitive as the rest of the platform."

"Our iboss subscription access should be more secure with an OTP or VPN etc. It is easy to gain access if, for example, hackers obtain my username and password."

"I would rate iboss an eight out of ten because it provides strong cloud-based security threat protection, centralized policy management, and visibility into web traffic. I would give it a higher rating if automation, reporting, and troubleshooting capabilities could be improved further."

"The easiest device I have set up was the Barracuda line of products."

"The endpoint-type solution is an area that needs some improvement."

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

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"It needs to be easier to set up rules for what sites it should allow or not allow us in certain areas of our computer for programs. It would also be nice really nice to have it give you better information about what it's finding. A lot of the alerts we get are very difficult to understand what it's actually telling you. It's too generic."

"I think the worst thing that we're experiencing is very poor and inadequate technical support."

"The reports could be better."

"The major challenge is their support. The support from Broadcom is quite poor. It takes forever for them to get back to you, and when they get back to you, they ask you for so much information, which makes it more difficult. That's the only problem I have with Broadcom. This is one of the reasons why we are switching to another solution. Another reason for switching is that we have a plan to adopt solutions in the cloud so that we can offload the administration efforts to the vendor. In future releases, they can improve its reporting and the process for rules creation. They can also improve Broadcom on things such as security information and event management so that from my same platform, I can carry out functions and probably block websites. Such a feature would be nice. Currently, Broadcom is integrated with McAfee to block access to certain sites automatically. It would be nice if they can expand their integration to IBM Resilient Security Orchestration and Automation Response."

"The interface could be made more user-friendly."

"I find that the technical support is mediocre, at least for the Middle East. I frequently face challenges when contacting OpenStack through the distribution channel."

"Difficult and time-consuming to deploy and update."

"The Credential ID part where you need to register it: Sometimes, it does not register a device, for some reason."

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"The fact that all of our clients are pointed to the DNS proxy for DNS has caused us some problems."

"I would like to have a live chat feature with their support. This is one of the things that I like that they haven't offered yet. If they have live support, then at least I can work with an engineer when I have a problem and not have to wait for the engineer to respond."

"There are some small bugs in the real-time login environment. There is a real-time login and you can see which URLs are blocked or allowed for every user. They should make sure this is resolved in future releases."

"On occasion, we whitelist a site and it still gets blocked. To get it working, we have to remove it and then re-add it a couple of times, until it finally takes hold."

"The interface is a little dated and a little awkward at times. That's a minor problem. It's workable."

"It works for us, and I have no real complaints about it. It is self-intuitive, but it could have intuitive help where you don't have to email somebody asking how you do something. They might already have it, but I've never used it."

"The only thing I can think to change would be to give more options under the various categories for what you want to be blocked. There should be a way to be super specific."

"There were a few little glitches in the beginning when rolling out the client app that resides on laptops."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"Symantec Secure Web Gateway is less expensive than one of its competitors."

"Pricing and licensing is stunted and licensing is expensive. We have many customers who are now thinking about other solutions due to the cost."

"There is an additional charge for advanced security features."

"The cost could be lower, though it is not currently prohibitive for larger companies."

"It's very reasonably priced. We don't have to go for a monthly plan or anything like that. There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fee."

"The pricing of WebTitan is good. It's the right price. We paid more and more for Cisco Umbrella."

"We pay an annual subscription for this. They have good pricing. They are not expensive compared to other solutions that we evaluated. I like the fact that it is just one price for the year. I don't have to worry too much about fluctuations."

"The licensing, although I can't remember the exact cost, was very affordable. I want to say it was maybe $40 per license."

"It's very aggressively priced, which is something that we definitely like."

"For licensing, if I remember right, we told them how many users we have, and they told us the price, which we okayed. There were no add-ons. There might be a slight increase like everybody else, but there weren't any add-ons."

"The pricing is good. It's a substantial cost, but they've held their prices over the years, which has been good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

14%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

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	5
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

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 Symantec Secure Web Gateway?

I believe that pricing is on par with peers. Symantec and other vendors offer discounts when cutting a deal with a cu...

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What needs improvement with Symantec Secure Web Gateway?

AI-driven security could be helpful, yet how effective it will be remains unclear. I plan to evaluate whatever new fe...

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What is your primary use case for Symantec Secure Web Gateway?

I find the product to be very straightforward. I just install it and forget it as it continuously monitors traffic. I...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TitanHQ WebTitan?

The pricing of TitanHQ is more or less similar to other tools. I would be willing to pay more for a better service.

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What needs improvement with TitanHQ WebTitan?

The technology employed by TitanHQ doesn't learn enough and is still on the basic side. I had previously used 'only m...

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What is your primary use case for TitanHQ WebTitan?

I mainly use TitanHQ for email protection, specifically for no false alarms and minimal spam.

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Also Known As

iBoss Cloud Platform

Symantec Complete Website Security

WebTitan, WebTitan Web Filter

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

Symantec Secure Web Gateway provides robust endpoint security, offering seamless management, website blocking, and advanced threat protection, with cloud hosting and SSL interception.

Symantec Secure Web Gateway is designed to enhance web security through its endpoint security integration, effective website blocking, and SSL interception capabilities. Supporting numerous platforms, it allows swift deployment and comprehensive reporting, making it a preferred choice for companies seeking reliable antivirus protection and controlled internet access. Despite facing challenges with technical assistance and firewall functionalities, it stands out with its efficient threat-handling processes and user-friendly management features. Administrators benefit from straightforward URL filtering and a consistently active web-based cloud proxy, ideal for reducing infrastructure management issues.

What are the key features of Symantec Secure Web Gateway?

User-friendly interfaces and easy management allow for intuitive operation and administration.
Strong endpoint security integrates seamlessly with antivirus features and content filtering.
Website blocking offers controlled access to ensure safe browsing environments.
SSL interception ensures data protection and secure communication channels.
ICAP capability supports enhanced integration with other security appliances.
URL filtering applies customizable policies for secure, role-based internet access.

What benefits or ROI can be expected from Symantec Secure Web Gateway?

Streamlined deployment and management reduce time and resource investments.
Cloud hosting decreases infrastructure costs and maintenance requirements.
Caching boosts performance with faster load times and reduced bandwidth usage.
Easy initial setup minimizes configuration efforts and operational disruptions.

In industries where web security integration is vital, Symantec Secure Web Gateway manages client traffic, ensures seamless access control, and filters URLs with ease. Its capabilities, similar to Blue Coat's proxy services, offer less infrastructure management, making it ideal for sectors needing constant data protection.

Broadcom

TitanHQ WebTitan combines web filtering, content control, and security enhancement with flexible deployment options to protect online environments efficiently.

TitanHQ WebTitan offers powerful web filtering capabilities tailored for organizations, supporting HTTPS traffic and integrating seamlessly with Active Directory. Remote management and no software installation streamline operations, while reporting tools enhance monitoring. The OTG client provides extra protection for remote users, and customizable content restrictions bolster security.

What features make TitanHQ WebTitan effective?

Easy Setup: Quick and straightforward deployment without extensive installation requirements.
Comprehensive Web Filtering: Categorization, scoring, keyword filtering, and HTTPS support ensure robust protection.
Active Directory Integration: Facilitates seamless user management across networks.
Remote Management: Allows administrators to manage settings from any location without being on-premises.
User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation and management tasks for administrators.
OTG Client: Extends filtering capabilities and protection to offsite users.

What ROI should users evaluate?

Time Savings: Reduced setup and management efforts due to cloud-based and remote capabilities.
Increased Security: Enhanced content restrictions and category filtering safeguard against threats.
Scalability: Flexible deployment options for SaaS, on-premises, and mobile integrations support diverse infrastructure needs.
Compliance: Assists in meeting internet usage regulations and policies efficiently.

In diverse industries like finance, healthcare, and education, TitanHQ WebTitan is integral in securing internet usage. Its deployment as SaaS or on-premises optimizes web filtering and access control, allowing organizations to maintain compliance and protect sensitive data, ensuring safe browsing for employees and students alike.

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Sample Customers

Trusted by global enterprises and government agencies.

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Clarks, Pepsi, Purple, Comcast, Virgin, McDonalds, Sprint, Adtran, Xirrus, Eir, ViaSat

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