VENDOR: Trend Micro
WHAT: The Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance and the Advanced Reporting and Management module work together to become a serious web security and reporting tool.
PRICE: $15.82 per seat for 1,001-2,000 users.
VENDOR: SpamTitan
WHAT: A comprehensive web management appliance.
PRICE: $850 per year for 50 users.
VENDOR: Sophos, Inc.
WHAT: Features a solid URL and reputation filter that uses more than 50 different categories to scan web pages, as well as real-time malware scanning to protect the enterprise from several web-based threats.
PRICE: $2,495 hardware, plus $18.33 per user.
VENDOR: SonicWALL
WHAT: The NSA can not only be a powerful content filter but a full security gateway as well.
PRICE: $4,995 for appliance, plus $2,830 for CFS bundle for one year
VENDOR: Optenet
WHAT: Offers a multitude of deployment modes for the enterprise, including proxy, bridge, sniffer, ICAP and gateway or router deployment.
PRICE: Subscription price with standard support for 1,000 users: $10.20/user for one year = $10,200.
VENDOR: M86
WHAT: A highly configurable web filter and reporting engine designed for even the largest of environments.
PRICE: $24,415
VENDOR: iBoss Web Filters, a division of Phantom Technologies
WHAT: The iBoss Enterprise Filter includes a massive array of protection from web-based threats, as well as control over applications and web browsing.
PRICE: $1,500 for the hardware/ software, plus one-year activation/updates: $795.
VENDOR: GFi
WHAT: Provides out-of-the-box protection that can be deployed as a standalone service or as a plug-in for Microsoft ISA Server.
PRICE: $725 for 25 seats.
VENDOR: EdgeWave
WHAT: This product boasts a solid feature set, including categorized web and application databases, a botnet database, dynamic anti-virus engine and dynamic application protocol classification.
PRICE: $18,250 for 1,000 users, including appliance, one-year subscription and one-year basic maintenance.
VENDOR: Cyclope
WHAT: The Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy is an application that can be installed to a server within the environment to turn it into a web filter.
PRICE: $12 per user, with 50-99 user group, for one year, and 30 percent of purchase renewal after one year.
