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Product	Cisco Umbrella by Cisco View product	Cloudflare Gateway by Cloudflare View product
Overview
What it is	Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-delivered SASE & secure web gateway platform for secure web browsing and shadow IT governance. See features and SASE alternatives.	Cloudflare Gateway is a secure web gateway & DNS filtering for secure web browsing, shadow IT governance and cloud malware blocking. See features and SWG alternatives.
Product type	Cloud-Delivered SASE & Secure Web Gateway Platform	Secure Web Gateway (SWG) & DNS Filtering
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, SMB, Education, Healthcare, Retail, Financial Services	Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Technology, Enterprise, Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Cloud-delivered Anycast SaaS platform	Cloud SaaS / SASE Edge; Cloud SaaS; SASE Edge Architecture
Data residency	Global Anycast cloud architecture; regional data privacy compliance	Global Anycast edge (330+ locations)
Key features
What it offers	Recursive DNS security Cloud-delivered secure web gateway (SWG) Cloud access security broker (CASB) Cloud-delivered firewall (CDFW) Interactive threat intelligence SSL/TLS decryption Shadow IT discovery Secure web browsing	Cloud Secure Web Gateway DNS threat filtering Full SSL/TLS decryption Integrated antivirus scanning Data loss prevention Shadow IT discovery Secure web browsing Shadow IT governance
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	Cloudremote endpointsbranch SD-WAN edgecorporate networks	Corporate EndpointsBranch OfficesRoaming LaptopsMobile Devices
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Authorized	SOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001HIPAAGDPRCIPAPCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cisco Secure EndpointCisco SD-WANCisco MerakiCisco Secure ClientMicrosoft 365AWSSplunkQRadar	Microsoft Entra IDOktaGoogle WorkspaceCloudflare WARPSplunk
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseSMBEducationHealthcareRetail+1 more	Financial ServicesHealthcareEducationTechnologyEnterpriseCross-industry
Regions	Global	Global (330+ cities)
Vendor
Company	Cisco	Cloudflare
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	80,000+	5,000+
Founded	1984	2010

Cisco Umbrella

by Cisco

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Cloudflare Gateway

by Cloudflare

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Overview

What it is

Cisco Umbrella

Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-delivered SASE & secure web gateway platform for secure web browsing and shadow IT governance. See features and SASE alternatives.

Cloudflare Gateway

Cloudflare Gateway is a secure web gateway & DNS filtering for secure web browsing, shadow IT governance and cloud malware blocking. See features and SWG alternatives.

Product type

Cisco Umbrella

Cloud-Delivered SASE & Secure Web Gateway Platform

Cloudflare Gateway

Secure Web Gateway (SWG) & DNS Filtering

Best for

Cisco Umbrella

Cross-industry, Enterprise, SMB, Education, Healthcare, Retail, Financial Services

Cloudflare Gateway

Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Technology, Enterprise, Cross-industry

Pricing

Pricing model

Cisco Umbrella

Contact Vendor

Cloudflare Gateway

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare Gateway

Deployment

Deployment options

Cisco Umbrella

SaaSCloud

Cloudflare Gateway

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Cisco Umbrella

Cloud; Cloud-delivered Anycast SaaS platform

Cloudflare Gateway

Cloud SaaS / SASE Edge; Cloud SaaS; SASE Edge Architecture

Data residency

Cisco Umbrella

Global Anycast cloud architecture; regional data privacy compliance

Cloudflare Gateway

Global Anycast edge (330+ locations)

Key features

What it offers

Cisco Umbrella

Recursive DNS security
Cloud-delivered secure web gateway (SWG)
Cloud access security broker (CASB)
Cloud-delivered firewall (CDFW)
Interactive threat intelligence
SSL/TLS decryption
Shadow IT discovery
Secure web browsing

Cloudflare Gateway

Cloud Secure Web Gateway
DNS threat filtering
Full SSL/TLS decryption
Integrated antivirus scanning
Data loss prevention
Shadow IT discovery
Secure web browsing
Shadow IT governance

Platform & access

API access

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare Gateway

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare Gateway

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare Gateway

Multi-tenant

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare Gateway

Mobile app

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare Gateway

Supported platforms

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudremote endpointsbranch SD-WAN edgecorporate networks

Cloudflare Gateway

Corporate EndpointsBranch OfficesRoaming LaptopsMobile Devices

Compliance

Cisco Umbrella

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Authorized

Cloudflare Gateway

SOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001HIPAAGDPRCIPAPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cisco Umbrella

Cisco Secure EndpointCisco SD-WANCisco MerakiCisco Secure ClientMicrosoft 365AWSSplunkQRadar

Cloudflare Gateway

Microsoft Entra IDOktaGoogle WorkspaceCloudflare WARPSplunk

Industries

Cisco Umbrella

Cross-industryEnterpriseSMBEducationHealthcareRetail+1 more

Cloudflare Gateway

Financial ServicesHealthcareEducationTechnologyEnterpriseCross-industry

Regions

Cisco Umbrella

Global

Cloudflare Gateway

Global (330+ cities)

Vendor

Company

Cisco Umbrella

Cisco

Cloudflare Gateway

Cloudflare

Headquarters

Cisco Umbrella

San Jose, California, USA

Cloudflare Gateway

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Cisco Umbrella

80,000+

Cloudflare Gateway

5,000+

Founded

Cisco Umbrella

1984

Cloudflare Gateway

2010