Avaliações do Cato Networks Suite

Cato integrates very smoothly with Windows 10 and is non-intrusive. Users will barely know it is running, except that everything works.

From an Admin perspective, it has easy to use dashboards to get an overview of your services. The support from Cato through all stages of set up and use are frankly excellent.

Nothing noticeably awry with this product.

The solution was easy to install, configure, and deploy, from the administrators perspective. The ability to have it auto start when a user logs in to their endpoint has saved countless hours on my service desk troubleshooting the issues that arise when an endpoint is off the domain for too long.

Currently the feature that gives me the most grief is the re-authentication sequence for the VPN client. If a user is actively using their system and the client goes to re-authenticate it opens a the SSO portal in a background tab in their browser, and then users are not sure how to proceed and our service desk gets calls. It would be nice if either the SSO portal was opened in the foreground, or there was "captive portal" behavior where if they tried to open up another site, they would get redirected to the SSO portal. Really it comes down to user training, but its not exactly intuitive as it stands.

easy deployment and simple admin panel to learn.

you will have a weekly maintenance downtime of about 15 mins.
they do update the software which is a good thing, but you will be down for that said period weekly which is a pain for operations who require 24/7.

- Edge firewall protection as a service rather than on-prem hardware that requires constant updating and lifecycle replacement/support.
- Remote access methods that connects remote users directly to private backbone network and from there to resources. Lessens requirement for all traffic to flow through main office network for resource access, removes insecure split tunneling for internet access.
- Ability to aggregate multiple WAN sources and software defined network QoS and traffic management, and redundancy should one WAN provider experience outage.
- Local PoPs mean users connect to closest/fastest ingress to Cato Network, including Ashburn AWS PoP and MS data centers for our cloud-based resources.
- AD directory sync to import VPN users and groups and also provide directory awareness (traffic can be labeled by specific AD user and/or machine).

Like any other change between vendor offerings, there is a learning curve on migrating existing policies and routes/uses to the new setup (for example, firewall setups and NAT/port forwarding were different than our Fortinet equipment). Frequent usage and help from deployment specialists have lessened this and increased our self-reliance and understanding for day-to-day use.

The interface is very easy to use. During down time I get the notifications I need to make sure things are running, and overall it's a very reliable system

It would be nice to make it easier to do network packet test on specific ip addresses to see if anything is getting blocked

I came to CATO from the Cisco world. I had 20+ years managing Cisco Firewalls/IPS/VPN/etc and one thing I required in a new solution was customization. The ability to fine tune security products to fit the specifics of different environments is critical in my opinion. CATO does require time to learn the system to get the most out of it, but it's no more difficult than Cisco firewalls.

I'm very happy with CATO. One thing I would like to see in the future is the ability to write custom IPS rules.

Cato offers a complete SASE suite that you can bring up really in a few hours. By choosing to connect your sites with the hardware appliance (Cato socket) you can have them online by simply connect the WAN port to the Internet. Alternatively, you can connect your exisiting infrastructure using IPSec or, in case of cloud subscriptions, using the virtual version of the socket. All the traffic and security rules can be defined using the cloud console, same thing for the network ranges to connect through the cloud router. Eveything is super-simple and super fast, leaving all the complexity of a global SD-WAN behind the curtain. Support team is available for any need and very fast in answers.

QoS rules are applied at the Cato PoP, sometimes we had slight issues over the last-mile where the traffic shaper failed to avoid line congestion. Especially the "Limit only when the line is congested" feature resulted ineffective in those cases.

I like it all. To be able to consolidate critical services into to ONE, with a single pane of glass to monitor and manage from...it's a winner. ZTNA is now needed more than ever, and to be able to include that with SDWAN, is a great way to go.

I think the user interface could be made to look a little nicer and user friendly. Also, on smaller accounts, more user friendly billing terms would be helpful. Other than that, no issues about the service offering, the quality of the install and support teams, or the pricing. It's all top notch.

Has desired features, ease of use and integration with other apps.

Want to be able to order direct and configure with CATO

1. Security - CATO VPN guarantees a secure connection when accessing client platforms
2. Single Sign On Feature saves a lot of login time (available for Windows, Google, etc)
3. CATO VPN is really fast and reliable compared to its competitors out there
4. They have an awesome support team. Always ready for feature requests.

1. The GUI can feel a bit cluttered. It's hard for a beginner to find what they are looking for
2. The Bulk/Mass user update feature is still missing
3. The CATO Client can keep on disconnecting sometimes

Deployment was quick and easy. After that we basically ignore it because it just works, all of the time. Problems and outages don’t happen any more. When we want to make a change we can do it quickly and easily and expert support is available 24x7 when we are doing something new and need some help

There is very little to complain about and nothing major at all.

Ease of use, remote accessibility. Clear crisp and easy to use Dashboard.

Reporting functionality - to cumbersome, not enough details no download capabilities.

Dashboard, the fluidity of navigating to where you want, the management piece of it, the help section but its mostly self explained to get to where you want to get to as long as you have some basic understanding. Some onboard training helps out as we had and once you use it you are pretty much up and running or use the help section

Nothing really, it can be intimidating when you 1st see it but its really not. I suggest taking the time to really click through all the options and visualize how the options can protect your network

The ability to detect abusive traffic, and tie our systems in together with a SASE solution without compromising performance.

a few domains are blocked as parked domains even though they are valid.

Simplicity of how we can now control our communications and security.

Cato pricing can be challenging and requires to evaluate internal communications and security costs to calculate a ROI.

Its so simple to setup a global network, security enviroment working from far away as well.

Need some more granularity in different ways we have seen the lastr years in normal NG FW software.

Ease of setup, configuration, maintenance, and VPN.

Every site requires a new bandwidth license which increases cost.

ease of use, easy to deploy, and administer intuitive interface

cost was a negative, but you pay for what you get and the higher price does reflect the quality of the suite

Known as the very first SASE solution. Able to support the basic features of most firewalls, which allows user to eliminate the need of firewall in their environment. ATP is very easy where just turn on/off. remote VPN back to office network is straightforward and easy.

Doesn't provide various kinds of reports, everything is only on GUI.

Easy to use, easy to manage. The integration was very smooth.

I don't see any products by Cato networks that need to be improved.

Centralised management of devices, managed in the cloud with no onsite appliances except for the socket.

The Analytics and Event Discovery can be a little slow at times but there is a lot of data there so understandable.

Secure Access Service edge and ease of monitoring remote branches

no Cloud Access Security broker feature

Easy to use, if your are looking for a simple environment, communication between branches and secure internet access this is the solution for you. If all of your sites are on the US.

Lack of some features. It's really expensive for sites outside the US

Ability to see what devices are accessing what services. Bandwidth management.

Limited bandwidth allowance for the money.

Ease to deploy and the capacity to support SD-WAN.

Limited VPN Routing, where you can specify IP's to route to the local ISP where the Cato Socket is deployed to.