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VMware SASE

Composite Score

7.7 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is VMware SASE?

VMware SASE Platform provides secure, reliable, and optimized access to traditional and new applications for mobile clients, branches, and campuses with a single, holistic solution. The secure access service edge (SASE) platform that converges cloud networking and cloud security service to deliver flexibility, agility, and scale for enterprises of all sizes.

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Awards & Recognition

VMware SASE won the following awards in the Secure Access Service Edge category

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8 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

9 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

VMware SASE Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love VMware SASE?

0% Negative

12% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Enablement for Security Teams

SD-WAN

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Network Sandboxes

Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)

Zero Trust

Data Analytics / BI / AI

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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VMware SASE Reviews

Fabby J.

Role: Finance
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Review of Digital Innovation - VMware Sase

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates VMware SASE from other similar products?

The flexibility and choices of available solutions for varying needs of business is something that is unique to VMware. VMware SASE provides is excellent for cloud networking and security.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The best part that I like about it is providing secure network access to remote workforce, given the increase trend of remote working this is a must needed solution.Thus giving trust and reliance on data shared over network by different team working from different locations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

With continues availability of upgrades and updates i do not think there is any think that there is anything that I dislike or count as a drawback. There is sometimes slow in processing on network but given the software is quite larger this is common and would improve with the availability of updates.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Indeed a good invetsment.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Muhammad F.

Role: Finance
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Cloud Networking & Managing Secure Access

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates VMware SASE from other similar products?

The feature that differentiate with other alternatives is cloud networking which is its secret ingredient.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As a personally I like its ability to connect people, apps and devices from anywhere and policy-based secure access service edge. 

What do you dislike most about this product?

Since its comparatively new in the market, so far have not noted any feature that I dislike. Since it is heavier therefore, sometime it makes apps bit slower but i think with the continuous upgrades it will improve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A good investment for large companies having different branches in multiple locations and need team secure connectivity.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Sweta S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Excellent tool for network security management.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates VMware SASE from other similar products?

I absolutely love this product for the fact that it provides unmatched security to the distributed workforce the liberty to work from anywhere. Since it's cloud based, it's easy to scale as well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The best thing I like about this it's security features from any kind of devices accessing the system. Also,optimised experience it's gives to the users even in degraded network condition is highly commendable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

With the plethora of features it gives there rarely anything that a user can dislike. However from the operations stand point I feel that the cost can be optimised a bit.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend this product to any organisation who aim for a secured access to their app from different sources and truly want to establish a hybrid team with flexibility to work from anywhere.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

VMware SASE Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love VMware SASE?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Enablement for Security Teams Enablement for Security to know the layers of protection deployed and not just rely on the carrier to only provide the connection.

SD-WAN Separates the data and control plane from its hardware, virtualizing the network.

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) Next-generation firewall capabilities that include web filtering, advanced threat protection, intrusion prevention system, and Domain Name System security.

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) Provides protective capabilities that leverage effective web request inspection prior to reaching the API such as Next-Gen WAF, RASP, DDoS etc.

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS Organizations may want to migrate away from traditional MPLS and leverage a platform to provision convergence and flexibility regarding deployment of security.

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) Intermediary between an organization's users and one or more cloud services, allowing the enforcement of certain types of security policies in the cloud.

Network Sandboxes Sandboxes are used to safely execute suspicious code without risking harm to the host device or network.

Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Protects corporate users and networks from web-based malware, controls employee behavior on the Internet, and helps prevent data loss.

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) Separate your users' web browsing activity from the local network and its infrastructure, preventing browser-based attacks on the network.

Zero Trust Provides features that enable a zero trust architecture, including device authentication and user contextual risk based authentication.

Data Analytics / BI / AI Integration of capability to mine data from incoming sources (SIEM, logs, vulnerability tools, threat databases, etc) in real-time and apply rules.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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VMware SASE Reviews

Fabby J.

Review of Digital Innovation - VMware Sase

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Muhammad F.

Cloud Networking & Managing Secure Access

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sweta S.

Excellent tool for network security management.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Enablement for Security Teams

SD-WAN

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Network Sandboxes

Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)

Zero Trust

Data Analytics / BI / AI

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement