AVG vs Zscaler
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Gen Digital (NASDAQ: GEN) consumer cybersecurity brand with free antivirus for hundreds of millions of users; Avast acquisition combined with Norton forming Gen Digital competing with Microsoft Defender and Bitdefender.
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AVG Technologies is a consumer and small business cybersecurity brand owned by Gen Digital (NASDAQ: GEN) — formerly Avast, which merged with NortonLifeLock in 2022 to form Gen Digital — providing antivirus, internet security, VPN, and device performance optimization software for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS. Gen Digital generated $3.8 billion in annual revenue in fiscal year 2024 across its consumer security brand portfolio (Norton, Avast, AVG, LifeLock, CCleaner), with AVG serving hundreds of millions of users globally as the free antivirus tier that drives Gen Digital's freemium conversion funnel.
San Jose zero trust security (NASDAQ: ZS) surpassing $3B ARR FY2025; 500B+ daily transactions across 160+ data centers for 8,650+ enterprises and 35% Forbes Global 2000 competing with Palo Alto Prisma for enterprise zero trust.
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Zscaler is a San Jose, California-based cloud security company — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: ZS) at approximately $30 billion market capitalization — operating the world's largest security cloud, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, that processes 500+ billion daily transactions across 160+ data centers globally. In fiscal year 2025 (ended July 31, 2025), Zscaler surpassed $3 billion in annual recurring revenue (ARR) with Q4 FY2025 revenue of $719.2 million (21% year-over-year growth), serving 8,650+ enterprise customers including 35% of the Forbes Global 2000. The platform's flagship products — Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA, secure web gateway), Zscaler Private Access (ZPA, zero trust network access), and Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX, application performance monitoring) — have eliminated traditional VPN and network perimeter architectures for thousands of enterprises. Founded in 2007 by CEO Jay Chaudhry (serial security entrepreneur who built and sold four prior security companies); IPO March 2018.
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