We considered multiple providers to address these needs, but Cato enabled us to meet all of them with a single platform.
We’ve reduced our networking opex by 50 percent and more since moving from MPLS to Cato.
With Cato Cloud, I increased bandwidth, replaced two things with one solution, improved user experience, maintained performance and uptime, and made IT more agile. That’s what I call a huge win.
great support team!
What do you like best about the product?
The support team is extremely knowledgeable and ready to help!
What do you dislike about the product?
with anything that has a software component, there will be bugs. however their team fixes them quickly once found.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
we are using cato as another layer of security for our network as well as a vpn.
Easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
The simplicity of Cato. Nice UI and easy to use. Support response time is super quick!
What do you dislike about the product?
The admin portal is a little slow and buggy at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Getting VPN solution for all our workstations.
We have a fairly distributed employee base where many of them are never in a corporate office. They are now full-time VPN users which means that their computers talk to the domain and now fully participate in corporate policies.
Great user Interface
What do you like best about the product?
The user interface is very friendly. Easy to setup VPN for users
What do you dislike about the product?
Minor network issues that I need to resolve. Most likely on my end. Only been using for a couple weeks hard to review
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solved vpn issues across multiple sites. VPN is very easy to use. I just started using this a couple weeks ago hard to give a fair review
Great product, Great team
What do you like best about the product?
The support. The team is excellent. They know their business and want to see you succeed. Their response time on issues in excellent. Also the core system is much easier to administer than having separate firewall/VPN on each site.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not much. They are a startup still (though the product is definitely stable), but from time to time you'll find a feature still missing.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Talk to the team about your intended implementation. They are a fast growing company, so are still seeing new use cases. Your case will get put to the core engineers if they haven't seen it before.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We brought 5 offices and 80+ VPN users under one SD-WAN with unified administration. And with Cato we were able to use standard business internet, 10X the download/upload speeds over our MPLS for a lower cost. We also opted for the network level anti-virus and TLS-inspection
Happy with my experience.
What do you like best about the product?
Automatic firewall security updates, no end of life hardware notifications to buy expensive new equipment or I would no longer receive firewall updates. Ease of use, specifically with VPN's to remote sites.
What do you dislike about the product?
Would like to see filtering at the user or individual machine level instead of site level.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Seriously consider Cato if you are nearing end of life on you security appliances.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The uptime between remote sites has improved greatly. Set up time adding new sites is much faster and very easy. I feel more comfortable with my security level at all of my remote sites, because I would sometimes not pay the expensive annual fee and stop receiving updates to the firewall on my old device. I also have a much better view of what is going on at all of my sites on the dashboard, which has helped more than once finding trouble with my Internet providers.
Cato
What do you like best about the product?
The easy of installation and configuration of the solution. Easy to manage and provide fast connection via the VPN solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
Can't work on private network, else I think is a very good product.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Ease of management and provide oversight of your network.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing multiple sites and security issues, with this it can be manage using a single portal that provide overall view of the network.
Cost Savings and better security!!
What do you like best about the product?
Cato has the most amazing support team! They are always on top of anything I may need help with. I also love the fact that my network security is now mostly "hands off" from an internal staff perspective.
What do you dislike about the product?
Currently, I have no dislikes related to Cato. If there was anything I could wish for, it'd be the ability to prioritize packets on our network, and I believe that is in development at Cato.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I highly recommend this product! It's been a great service and helped us reduce overhead costs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving issues with security across the board. Cato Networks has saved us a ton of money on MPLS circuits. We are now connected thru Cato, so we are able to have far less expensive Internet Pipes in all of our multiple offices. Cato has helped us reduce the security overhead, including costs of equipment and cost of staff time.
CATO Networks enriched VPN alternative
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to simply connect remote offices with security features. Ease of use for typical administrator. Lot of features packed which is great for smaller companies: NextGen Firewalling, URL filtering, Malware Protection IPS, Forensics and Extrusion Prevention.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not a 4G / LTE nor Wireless socket option to go with device which is mandatory for our application of this kind of solution. Potential weakness in number and locations of DC's.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connecting remote offices with central location and applying security with reporting. Quick and fast deployment.