A comparison between HTML Guardian and the rest of the website protection tools available on the market.

In the table below, 'Leading competitor' is not a specific program. It is, so to say, the ideal mixture of all competing products we know. If any competing program has certain feature (for example, to encrypt html source code or password protect web page), we consider that the 'Leading competitor' can encrypt the html source code and password protect web pages as well.
Actually a product that has all the 'Leading competitor' features does not exist.

	Legend:
	- feature is available
	- feature is partially available or partially functional - with a limited or with a very limited  security and/or functionality
	- feature is not available

Feature	HTML Guardian	Leading competitor	Notes
Security level [HTML Guardian is taken as a basis, or 100%]	100%	15-45%	HTML Guardian is worldwide recognized as the most secure and full-featured web site protection utility, even our competitors acknowledge that. The unparallel level of security is one of the main reasons HTML Guardian to be adopted as a website protection standard worldwide.
Encrypt html files			All competing products can encrypt html files, in most cases with a very low to none security.
Encrypt javascript / vbscript			Most competing products can encrypt javascript files, in most cases with a very low to none security. Most can't protect vbscript files, but a few of them can do this (with a very low to none level of security)
Image protection			No other program provides real image protection functionality. Image protection is a unique HTML Guardian feature. In a few competing applications there are attempts to provide such functionality, but they are compromised by the very low overall security level.
Encrypt shtml			No other program can properly encrypt files that use server-side includes(.shtml/.shtm/.stn files).
Additional protection options (disable right click, disable print screen etc.)			Most competing programs provide additional source code protection options like disable right click, disable print screen (no one can do this properly but many offer this option), disable text copy, disable printing etc. - even if available, these are compromised by the very low overall security level.
Protect .css files [style sheets]			Only HTML Guardian can protect style sheets [css] files properly.
Encrypt ASP files			No other program can encrypt ASP files.
Encrypt ASP includes			Only HTML Guardian can protect ASP includes.
Additional protection options for ASP files			Only HTML Guardian can protect ASP files with additional protection options. Other programs can't encrypt asp files at all.
Precise, user-defined partial encryption			Some competing products provide a basic partial encryption functionality, like 'encrypt head tag only', 'encrypt body tag only', 'protect links', 'encrypt javascript sections' etc. Only HTML Guardian allows you to precisely define which pieces of code to be encrypted, or which pieces of code to remain unencrypted.
Strong html password protection			HTML Guardian provides extremely secure, 384-bit html password protection. Some competing products claim they provide 128-bit password protection, or even more. In fact, the best security level a competing product reaches is 56-bit encryption - such password is hard to be cracked by the average user or even by advanced users. However a determined person can crack such html password with some of the many tools available for this purpose all over the web. HTML Guardian is the only tool that provides a really unbreakable way to html password protect web page or to password protect website entirely.
Encrypt PHP files			A few competing programs can encrypt PHP code , in HTML Guardian this feature is still under development to handle better certain files utilizing unusual coding practices.
Advanced batch file processing			Most competing applications provide some form of batch files processing - they can encrypt all the files in a folder or in a user-defined file lists. None of them can configure, save and encrypt lists of files(or entire web sites) with an individual protection options specified for each file. Nor to dynamically apply security policies based on user-defined rules.
Advanced automation capabilities			With filters , the encryption process can be automated completely. HTML Guardian can run unattended, automatically selecting what security settings to use for encrypting each file based on predefined filtering rules.
Full command line support			A few programs allow some basic command line usage. HTML Guardian can do nearly everything that is possible via the user interface in command-line mode as well, with a very few exceptions.
Profiles to quickly apply predefined sets of protection options			A few other program have very basic similar functionality.
Auto-select most suitable encryption method for each file			Some competing applications use 2-6 different encryption methods, but the user has to select which one to be applied. HTML Guardian uses more than 80. The difference is it uses them internally and automatically selects the most suitable one which ensures the best possible security and performance.
Deep source code analysis [CodeAnalyzer]			All similar programs use hard-coded encryption algorithms which do not change, no matter what file is being encrypted. HTML Guardian selects the most suitable encryption method after a deep source code analysis performed by the CodeAnalyzer engine. After the process is finished, the encrypted source is tested in all the installed browsers by the debugging engines. If there are errors or if the security level is unsatisfactory, the encryption process restarts with a different algorithm.
Debugging the encrypted source in installed browsers			No other application tests the protected source in all installed browsers for errors or security problems. HTML Guardian debugs the encrypted source in Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera browsers simultaneously [if those browsers are installed on the user's system] .
Customize browser layout - remove address bar, tool bar, status bar etc.			The option to customize the browser layout is unique to HTML Guardian. It allows you to optionally remove the browser address(URL) bar, Toolbar, Status bar and Menu bar, as well as to display the protected web site in fullscreen mode.
Auto-update via the web			Check for new versions, download available updates from our web server and install them automatically (this feature is available only in the Professional and Enterprise editions)
DreamWeaver integration			The Dreamweaver encryption addon provides a convenient way to perform some tasks as well as to encrypt the currently edited file and test encrypted html files directly from Dreamweaver.
Only compress & optimize source code (without encryption)			HTML Guardian can only compress and optimize the source code without encrypting it - so you can use it just as a code optimizer. No competing product has a similar feature. There are many programs which can do this only (without any code protection) , and some of them even cost more than HTML Guardian!
Encrypted source code compression			HTML Guardian not only protects your code - it compresses it at the same time as well, using our patented source compression algorithms. This means better user experience as a result of faster page loading, and less site download traffic (so less expenses, as the traffic is usually paid). Files protected with any competing product are usually 1.5 - 3 times bigger than the original file, and for some products even more!
Optimization of the encrypted source for a given server			HTML Guardian can optimize the encrypted source code for the type of web server where the files will be hosted. This optimization ensures the maximum possible performance in the specified server environment. Files protected with any other products we tested cause a serious server performance degradation.
Perform source code find/replace operations using regular expressions			This is one of the most powerful HTML Guardian advanced features. Nothing similar exists in any other product.
10+ years of experience in website protection		???	The average lifetime of competing products is 1-2 years.
Adopted as web site protection standard			All the above clearly shows why HTML Guardian is a website protection standard