On-premise web filtering, no cloud
Filter and control web access on your own network — a self-hosted alternative to cloud web gateways. Every request is decided on-box, so your traffic, policies and logs never leave your infrastructure. Ideal for regulated, air-gapped and OT environments.
Why keep web filtering on-premise?
Cloud secure web gateways — services such as Zscaler, Cisco Umbrella and Netskope — filter your traffic by routing it through the vendor's cloud. That means every request hairpins off-site (adding latency), your browsing metadata leaves your network, and your filtering depends on an external service and a per-seat subscription. For many teams — regulated industries, government, healthcare, OT/ICS, or anyone with a data-sovereignty requirement — that trade-off is a non-starter.
Self-hosted web filtering that stays on your network
EnforceGate vX is a self-hosted secure web gateway: it does full URL and category filtering, blocks malicious and phishing domains, and inspects HTTPS — all on your own hardware, with no cloud dependency:
- Decided on-box — no request is sent to a vendor cloud
- Data sovereignty — traffic, policies and logs stay on your network
- No hairpin latency — egress isn't backhauled through a cloud
- Works air-gapped — no cloud lookup needed to make a decision
- Priced by edition — not per seat, per Gbps or per request
- Your own lists — category and threat feeds you control
- Deploys in minutes — container or virtual appliance
- Signed images — verifiable, integrity-checked builds
On-premise vs. cloud web gateway
| EnforceGate vX (on-premise) | Cloud web gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| Where traffic goes | Stays on your network | Backhauled to the vendor cloud |
| Decision point | On-box, ~150M rules local | Cloud lookup / external dependency |
| Air-gapped / OT | Supported | Needs cloud connectivity |
| Pricing | Flat by edition | Per seat + throughput tiers |
| Data residency | Fully yours | Held in the vendor cloud |