Netskope's Cloud XD engine inspects SaaS activity from its own NewEdge network. ALLOD applies CASB tagging and DLP inline, on infrastructure you own, with no vendor cloud in the path.
| Dimension | ALLOD | Netskope |
|---|---|---|
| Where inspection happens | Inline, on your own infrastructure | Routed through Netskope's NewEdge cloud network |
| Vendor access to traffic | None - no vendor infrastructure in the path | Netskope's cloud processes activity across your SaaS traffic |
| Vendor jurisdiction | Allod Solutions AB, Sweden | Netskope, Inc., US-incorporated, subject to CLOUD Act or FISA 702 |
| SaaS app coverage breadth | Category/domain/app-based classification, growing app catalogue | Cloud XD engine - activity-level visibility across 3,000+ pre-integrated apps |
| Feature scope | Firewall, DLP, CASB, ZTNA | Full SSE suite - CASB, SWG, ZTNA, DLP, SD-WAN via Netskope One |
| DLP channel coverage | One rule engine across HTTP uploads, email, USB, print (blocked before paper), SSH/SCP/rsync/git, and clipboard - including a live check inside certificate-pinned apps the proxy can't decrypt | Primarily SaaS-API and web traffic via Cloud XD; USB, print and endpoint-level DLP typically require a separate agent or add-on SKU |
| Operational model | You deploy and run it | Fully managed cloud service |
Netskope's app-by-app depth took years and a large engineering team to build. That same traffic still passes through a US-incorporated vendor's cloud to get that depth.
Cloud XD's activity-level visibility across thousands of pre-integrated SaaS apps is a genuine engineering advantage for organisations whose priority is granular control over specific, high-risk applications.
Netskope, Inc. can be legally compelled under the CLOUD Act or FISA 702 to disclose data it processes, regardless of where the physical infrastructure sits. That's a property of the corporate structure behind the platform.
ALLOD's CASB classification runs on your own infrastructure. The catalogue of pre-integrated apps is smaller than Netskope's, but nothing you send is ever visible to Allod Solutions or routed through infrastructure we operate.
Through its NewEdge network, a cloud infrastructure Netskope operates, where its Cloud XD engine inspects SaaS activity before forwarding traffic on.
Inline, on infrastructure the customer owns and operates. CASB tagging and DLP inspection happen on that same infrastructure - no vendor cloud in the path.
Netskope, Inc. is US-incorporated and can be legally compelled under the CLOUD Act or FISA 702 to disclose data it processes, regardless of where its infrastructure physically sits.
Its Cloud XD engine offers very deep, activity-level visibility across 3,000+ SaaS apps - a breadth of pre-built coverage that's hard for a smaller or self-hosted vendor to match one for one. If maximum SaaS app coverage matters more than sovereignty guarantees, that's a real advantage.
Depends what you mean by coverage. ALLOD reaches channels a SaaS-API-centric platform typically doesn't see directly - USB, print (blocked before paper), SSH/SCP/rsync/git, and certificate-pinned apps. It doesn't yet match Netskope's 3,000+ pre-integrated app connectors or its pre-built classifier library.
Book a 30-minute demo - we'll walk through SaaS traffic classification on your own environment.