Forcepoint

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

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What is Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway?

Proactively secure the web with advanced, real-time threat defenses—full content inspection and in-line security scanning help mitigate risk and protect against malware.

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Awards & Recognition

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway won the following awards in the Secure Web Gateway category

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7 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2024

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway 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.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

7
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 Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Efficient Service
Effective Service
Includes Product Enhancements
Appreciates Incumbent Status

Feature Ratings

Average 80

DLP Functionality

URL Filtering

Malware Detection

Analytics and Reporting

Application Control

URL Categorization

SSL Scanning

Sandboxing

Mobile Device Protection

Rule Based Policy Engine

Bandwidth Utilization Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway Reviews

Wahed Ali S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Feb 2026

My Forcepoint Review

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway from other similar products?

A bit easy to use compare to cws and chances of outages very less due to its being in multi cloud

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Url filtering Ip shunning

What do you dislike most about this product?

Technical support

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do a poc first to test if it fulfils your business requirements, customisation and technical support

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

David H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Overall a solid product. Slow Development.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway from other similar products?

Support is good, technology is solid.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It works well. Smooth UI that make sense once you get a understanding of the basics and lingo.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's interaction with Cloudflare and developing work arounds is an ongoing issue for over 12 months. The inability to use a local agent on VDI machines is annoying. I believe their system only supports a 1 to 1 matching of user to machine. Doesn't report well for multiple users on the same machine.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try it out, speak with current users.

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Friendly Negotiation

Cons

Slower Product Innovation

Dharan K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Great 👍 and informative

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway from other similar products?

Very innovative and beginner friendly

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration and customisation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Scalability

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Include AI features for more productivity

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

What is Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway?

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

7 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway?

Pros

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

DLP Functionality Define policies to prevent loss of sensitive electronic data. Capabilities include content-aware DLP.

URL Filtering Manages and controls websites that end users can visit. Filters unwanted websites based on URL and can support real-time reputation incl. certificate validation

Malware Detection Detects malware based on signature-based and heuristic engines

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Application Control The solution provides ICAP support, anti-circumvention support, and an auto-record function of all traffic session details.

URL Categorization The solution performs real-time unknown URL categorization supported by an out-of-the-box library of policies.

SSL Scanning Scan and monitor websites with SSL security for malicious content.

Sandboxing Inspection of executable files in a protected environment to detect malicious behavior. Performs real-time analysis of web objects using browser code emulation.

Mobile Device Protection Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Rule Based Policy Engine The solution comes out of the box with a library of customizable policies covering device type, user ID, user group, and multiple attributes.

Bandwidth Utilization Management The solution can limit bandwidth usage by controlling uplink and downlink traffic on certain websites and time-based policies.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway Reviews

Wahed Ali S.

My Forcepoint Review

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

David H.

Overall a solid product. Slow Development.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Dharan K.

Great 👍 and informative

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

DLP Functionality

URL Filtering

Malware Detection

Analytics and Reporting

Application Control

URL Categorization

SSL Scanning

Sandboxing

Mobile Device Protection

Rule Based Policy Engine

Bandwidth Utilization Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

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