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Cisco Umbrella 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Cisco Umbrella
Cisco Umbrella
4.4
(17)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Cisco Umbrella

Cisco Umbrella's cloud-delivered security enables an immediate improvement in security and compliance posture. That's because DNS is at the heart of every internet connection request. Securing the DNS layer means blocking malicious domains, IP addresses, and cloud applications before a connection is ever established. More than 30,000 organizations depend upon Umbrella DNS to deliver a fast, safe, and reliable internet experience that is simple to deploy and easy to manage. A recent study by GigaOM ranked Cisco #1 in DNS-layer security, and our DNS security contributed to Miercom ranking Cisco #1 in the industry in its laboratory testing of SSE threat efficacy. When you are looking to build upon DNS-layer protection with additional user protection capabilities, including ZTNA, SWG, CASB, DLP, and more, see Cisco Secure Access. Cisco Secure Access features a single client, single manager, and single policy construct protection for multi-function internet access protection and integrated ZTNA and VPNaaS application access.

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Cisco Umbrella Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request
Free Trial
Free Version

Cisco Umbrella Features

  • Popular features found in Cloud Security
    Access Controls/Permissions
    Alerts/Notifications
    Behavioral Analytics
    Compliance Management
    Incident Management
    Real-Time Monitoring
    Reporting/Analytics
    Threat Intelligence
  • More features of Cisco Umbrella
    Activity Monitoring
    Activity Tracking
    Audit Management
    Cloud Application Security
    Data Loss Prevention
    Data Security
    Endpoint Management
    Endpoint Protection
    Event Logs
    Firewalls
    Monitoring
    Network Security
    Policy Management
    Remote Monitoring & Management
    Risk Assessment
    Third-Party Integrations
    Threat Protection
    Threat Response
    VPN

Cisco Umbrella User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

5

53%

4

41%

3

0%

2

6%

1

0%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

3.9

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

3.9

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Leonardo M.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Quality Cloud Protection

5

My particular opinion is that it is a great tool from cisco since it is very intuitive. Also, Cisco adds a layer of DNS-based protection against malware, which is very useful.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
What I like the most about this device is its stability because it protects against malware and phishing in real time, and its stability in the cloud. organization. Besides the fact that the client interface is very intuitive.
Cons:
Having used this kit myself, I have not found a single fault as it is very easy to set up. Also, apart from the fact that we only have to configure what and how we want to protect and add PCs, we are quite comfortable with this product.

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Adir B.

Verified reviewer

Building Materials

51-200 employees

Used daily for free trial

Reviewed May 2025

Adir Ben Hamo

5

The deployment experience with Cisco Umbrella is notably smooth and fast—DNS-layer integration can be rolled out in hours, not days. For an organization with global sites, mobile users, and third-party contractors, Umbrella simplifies protection without requiring heavy infrastructure or VPN dependencies.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
4
Value for money
4
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
Ambrella acts as the first line of defense by blocking access to malicious domains at the DNS level, before a connection is ever established.
Cons:
This early-stage protection is vital in environments with legacy systems or remote operations (e.g., R&D labs, remote sites like Neot Hovav or Beit Shemesh).

Reasons for choosing Cisco Umbrella

Reason: Umbrella integrates natively with other Cisco platforms like SecureX, Cisco XDR, Meraki, and AnyConnect. Advantage: Enables centralized visibility, shared context across tools, and faster, automated incident response. CISO Value: Reduces operational complexity and leverages existing investments in Cisco infrastructure. Example: If you're already using Cisco Firepower, ISE, or AMP, Umbrella extends protection without

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Eli P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

Solid Security Software with Room for Improvement in Support

4

Overall, our experience with Cisco Umbrella has been positive. There are some negative changes that are expected when a smaller company is acquired by a large corporation.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
4
Value for money
2
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
Cisco Umbrella effective helps prevent malicious activity and implement content filtering by utilizing DNS filtering.
Cons:
Product support since the company was acquired by Cisco has been inferior to the level of support provided by OpenDNS. Forced integration with Cisco mobile client is unwelcome.

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GL
Garcia L.

Verified reviewer

Printing

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Lastly, Set-and-Forget Security.

5

We’ve had fewer security issues and urgent calls. It’s saved us time and money, making our network safer with much less hassle.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
5
Functionality
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Pros:
Cisco Umbrella works silently at the background fending off threats, so I don't lose sleep over every new link my team discovers. Installation was a cakewalk, and daily maintenance requires seconds. The comfort is real.
Cons:
Sometimes, the customer support is late to respond, and some of the antivirus choices took me forever to locate as a new user.

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Loganne Y.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Cisco Umbrella

5

I enjoy using Cisco and trust them with all patient information that is within the system and know that their information is protected.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
We use Cisco in our hospital across the board and it is well liked and acknowledged as user friendly and easy to use.
Cons:
There isn’t anything coming to mind when I think of what I like least other than updates can sometimes take longer than expected.

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Robert P.

Verified reviewer

Law Practice

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

Well worth the security

4

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
4
Value for money
4
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
Cloud based so it is easy to manage, deploy and maintain.
Cons:
The cost can be a little high but over all I believe it to be worth it.

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Ernesto B.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

The best way to safety with umbrella

5

For us, the particular use of this tool has been one of the best that we have been able to implement since it is very easy to use as well as providing us with an excellent security layer, although many similar products can be obtained, we had the opportunity to use cisco umbrella, which allowed us to improve gradually.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
What we like the most about this tool are the web filters that it has since that option can be applied to different categories, in addition to that it has the option to block specific web pages. And not only that, but also the traffic and DNS services are of very good quality.
Cons:
To be totally honest with the use we have had with this tool, we feel very happy during all this time that we have been using it. We have not found any errors in the product.

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VR
Verified
Reviewer

Financial Services

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

Cisco Umbrella - great web security gateway & Internet security tool

4

Umbrella is great at providing visibility and security into our remote endpoints.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
4
Value for money
4
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
Very easy to manage and set up, great application support. Protects security for our remote endpoints.
Cons:
Data leak prevention system is missing or inadequate. Reporting is too basic and generic.

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TA
Tom A.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Good URL - application filter for the money

4

Overall we're happy that we get what we pay for. We would love for the administration (copy policies, etc) to be improved and wish the reporting were better.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
4
Value for money
3
Customer support
3
Functionality
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Pros:
It's reasonably priced, offers critical DNS level protection, does an ok job at filtering web applications, fast/easy deployment
Cons:
Reporting is not good, user forms for reporting issues do not convey enough/correct information to the administrators, cannot copy one policy to a new one

Reasons for choosing Cisco Umbrella

cost, better features

Reasons for switching to Cisco Umbrella

cost, DNS protection

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Alejandro M.

Verified reviewer

Writing and Editing

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2023

Good security app

5

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
4
Value for money
4
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
Once you set it up works very good protecting you from potential threats.
Cons:
Takes some time to set it up and could give you problems with other apps you have

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