ControlIT as a Cisco Umbrella Alternative

See how ControlIT compares with Cisco Umbrella: web filtering and private access as one overlay, on infrastructure you choose, priced per deployment.

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What it replaces

What this actually does

Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Secure Access are cloud-delivered security service edge platforms, licensed per user. ControlIT controls internet access and private access differently: as one overlay, on infrastructure you choose.

Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-delivered service covering DNS security, a secure web gateway, a cloud-delivered firewall and a cloud access security broker. Cisco Secure Access extends this into a full security service edge platform, adding zero-trust network access and VPN-as-a-service, also cloud-delivered.
Cisco licenses Umbrella per seat
one licence per covered internet-connected user, with pricing set by quantity and term rather than published as a fixed rate.
ControlIT Web Gateway covers URL, category and application filtering, and ControlIT Secure Access covers private connectivity to internal applications, delivered as one overlay rather than separately licensed services.
ControlIT runs on infrastructure you choose
your data centre, your cloud, or hosted by Computer Port, rather than only a single vendor cloud.
Access decisions use the Active Directory groups you already run, with no cloud identity connector to configure.
ControlIT is priced per deployment, not per user seat, so headcount does not change the licence count.