A True Forcepoint Alternative That Keeps Data On-Device
Replace Forcepoint Websense with dope.swg. SSL inspection happens in your device’s safe zone, never in a third-party PoP. HTTP/2 on day one, no backhaul.
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Why Teams Look for a Forcepoint Alternative
PoP Backhaul Drags Down Performance
Traffic is rerouted through data centers or Points of Presence before reaching its destination, which adds latency and ties your reliability to their PoP uptime.
There is no stopover. The fly-direct agent inspects on the device, so traffic goes straight to its destination and stays consistent across countries and networks.
HTTP/1.1 Downgrades That Slow Loading
By default much of its traffic is limited to HTTP/1.1, which slows page loads compared to HTTP/2.
dope.swg runs HTTP/2 by default and never downgrades the connection. Inspection is local, so speed is part of the design.
Off-Device Decryption Is a Privacy Trade-Off
SSL inspection happens off-device, in data centers and PoPs, so your traffic is decrypted in infrastructure you don't control.
Decryption happens on the device, in your own safe zone. The only data that leaves are processed transaction records, sent to the region you choose.
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How Forcepoint Works (and Where the PoP Detour Hurts)
Forcepoint Architecture
Forcepoint routes traffic through a stopover, whether they call it a data center or a Point of Presence. Requests are intercepted and decrypted before reaching their destination, so inspection happens off-device. dope.security does the same inspection on the device itself, so data is never handed to third-party infrastructure to be opened.
Forcepoint Performance
The stopover costs speed. Requests can be routed far out of the way to reach a PoP, and when one degrades, traffic fails over to another that may be in a different country and congested. dope.swg removes the detour and runs up to 4x faster than legacy proxy SWGs, using less than 100 MB of RAM.
Forcepoint UX
Forcepoint's admin experience spans multiple consoles and integrated products, and pages are slow to load. dope.console is one console for SWG, Cloud App Control, and Dopamine DLP, with instant policy push to every device.
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DS COMPARED TO FORCEPOINT
HTTP/2 by default
On-device SSL inspection (no backhaul)
No data center / PoP backhaul
SSO-enabled instant trial
Mac native (Apple Silicon + Intel)
Single console, built from scratch
Cloud App Control (ChatGPT / Claude)
AI-powered endpoint DLP (Dopamine)
Works in China / restricted regions
Performance vs legacy proxy SWG
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FAQs
FAQ
Reach out to sales@dope.security and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Yes. dope.security is a direct Forcepoint (Websense) alternative that runs SSL inspection on the device instead of in a data center or PoP. It supports HTTP/2 by default, keeps decryption local for privacy, and puts SWG, Cloud App Control, and DLP in one console.
Forcepoint’s main competitors in the SSE and secure web gateway space include Zscaler, Netskope, Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto Networks, and dope.security. dope.security is agent-based and inspects traffic on the endpoint rather than backhauling it to a PoP.
Common reasons are PoP backhaul latency, HTTP/1.1 downgrades that slow loading, off-device SSL decryption that raises privacy concerns, and an outdated multi-console admin experience. dope.security addresses each by inspecting on the device with HTTP/2 on by default.
Forcepoint decrypts and inspects traffic off-device in data centers or PoPs. dope.security decrypts and inspects on the device, so traffic flies direct, HTTP/2 stays on, and only processed transaction records leave the device, sent to the region you choose.
By default, much of Forcepoint’s traffic is limited to HTTP/1.1, which can slow page loads. dope.swg runs HTTP/2 by default and does not downgrade the connection.
With Forcepoint, SSL decryption happens off-device in a data center or PoP. With dope.security, decryption happens locally on the device, so your decrypted traffic is never processed in third-party infrastructure.
Migration is fast because there are no PoPs or tunnels to configure. dope.security deploys through your existing MDM; real rollouts have secured 99% of devices in a week and 2,000 machines in two days.
