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Product	Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps by Microsoft View product	Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway by Skyhigh Security View product
Overview
What it is	Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps from Microsoft focuses on cloud DLP. Key capabilities: DLP and SaaS security. Compare it with the leading Cloud Security alternatives.	See what Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway offers: URL filtering. It is built for Web Filtering, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Web Security tools.
Product type	Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)	Cloud-Native Secure Web Gateway
Best for	Cross-industry	Cross-industry, Global Enterprises, Education, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudHybrid
Deployment details	Cloud; Cloud	Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid; Multi-tenant cloud SaaS; Hybrid proxy
Data residency	Tenant region/service dependent	Global; US; EU
Key features
What it offers	Cloud discovery SaaS security Session controls DLP Threat detection App governance CASB Shadow IT discovery	URL filtering Real-time malware analysis SSL/TLS decryption Shadow IT control Cloud DLP integration SWG Secure Web Gateway Web Filtering
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: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	SaaS and cloud applications	Distributed employeesHybrid cloud networks
Compliance	Microsoft compliance ecosystem	SOC 2ISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft PurviewMicrosoft EntraMicrosoft Sentinel	Skyhigh SSESD-WANCiscoFortinet
Industries	Cross-industry	Cross-industryGlobal EnterprisesEducationRetail
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Skyhigh Security
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	San Jose, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	1,000+
Founded	1975	2011

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

by Microsoft

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Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

by Skyhigh Security

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Overview

What it is

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps from Microsoft focuses on cloud DLP. Key capabilities: DLP and SaaS security. Compare it with the leading Cloud Security alternatives.

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

See what Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway offers: URL filtering. It is built for Web Filtering, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Web Security tools.

Product type

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Cloud-Native Secure Web Gateway

Best for

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cross-industry

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Cross-industry, Global Enterprises, Education, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Contact Vendor

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Deployment

Deployment options

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

SaaSCloudHybrid

Deployment details

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud; Cloud

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid; Multi-tenant cloud SaaS; Hybrid proxy

Data residency

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Tenant region/service dependent

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Global; US; EU

Key features

What it offers

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud discovery
SaaS security
Session controls
DLP
Threat detection
App governance
CASB
Shadow IT discovery

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

URL filtering
Real-time malware analysis
SSL/TLS decryption
Shadow IT control
Cloud DLP integration
SWG
Secure Web Gateway
Web Filtering

Platform & access

API access

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Single sign-on (SSO)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Role-based access (RBAC)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Multi-tenant

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Mobile app

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Supported platforms

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

SaaS and cloud applications

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Distributed employeesHybrid cloud networks

Compliance

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft compliance ecosystem

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft PurviewMicrosoft EntraMicrosoft Sentinel

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Skyhigh SSESD-WANCiscoFortinet

Industries

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cross-industry

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Cross-industryGlobal EnterprisesEducationRetail

Regions

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Global

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Global

Vendor

Company

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Skyhigh Security

Headquarters

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Redmond, Washington, USA

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

San Jose, California, USA

Company size

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

200,000+

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

1,000+

Founded

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

1975

Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

2011