We performed a comparison between AlgoSec and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about AlgoSec, Tufin, Palo Alto Networks and others in Firewall Security Management."There are some important and really nice features that I want to mention about AlgoSec. The most useful feature is instantaneous AFA reports, that you do not have to wait (at least one week or even more for a more accurate one) to get optimization recommendations about policy as many other vendors."
"In my opinion, the most valuable features are the network map, unused rules reports (IPT), and active change."
"The product gave us more agility on the process to analyze and resolve tickets by requesting permissions to access services not enabled by default."
"We see the value of BusinessFlow for organisations involved in digital transformation projects migrating to public/private/hybrid cloud models."
"With the AlgoSec firewall analyzer, it now takes us half the time to deploy firewall changes and policy optimization."
"Proactively assess the impact of network changes to ensure security and continuous compliance."
"I like that the firewall will analyze the tools within the risk profiles and the policy optimizations within the AFA. This can also be used to create reports for the customer with the risk profiles to optimize the firewall rules."
"The Firewall Analyzer helps us achieve our various IT compliance requirements, like ISO-27001."
"I have found the solution to be stable."
"This solution comes with an API that can easily integrate with other solutions."
"The microsegmentation allows me to sleep at night. My job is reducing risk, plugging security holes, and working with the automated layer security. Even if somebody spins up a new server, it has to have a tag in NSX."
"The most valuable features are the micro-segmentation and integrated security options."
"The we can actually extend Layer 2 networking across datacenters, and also Layer 3 networking, which comes along with it."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the DFW (distributed firewall)"
"Has a great firewall."
"The most valuable features for us at this early stage are the interface and the integration with existing VMware solutions."
"The initial setup was extremely complex due to our large environment."
"A more granular approach and the possibility to separate data and show relevant data to specific key roles or key users would be a great achievement in future releases."
"The risk matrix implementation is not easy from an Excel file, so it would be nice to have a solution for creating it directly within the web interface."
"The GUI has not been upgraded for a long time and could use updating."
"Algosec does not support vendors like Sophos, SonicWall, Forecepoint, and so on."
"While AlgoSec provides comprehensive visibility and management of security policies across hybrid environments, there is an opportunity to further expand its intelligence capabilities."
"I believe Active Change needs to be improved because not all products are supported, and some functions cannot be implemented by Active Change either."
"To be more specific, when we tried to add some devices on AlgoSec it seemed to be done but when you checked the monitor section, some device was always red. Finally, we could handle this part by installing a new software fix but AlgoSec support was weak when we tried to handle this process."
"One aspect that needs improvement is the need for further automation."
"The support needs improvement."
"We've have had good and bad experiences with them. We don't always find them to be so impactful. Sometimes the support guy isn't so on top of resolving the issue and it can take a while to sort out."
"An area for improvement in VMware NSX is that it uses up more resources and is heavy on the network. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is more automation."
"The solution could benefit from improvements in its pricing and scalability."
"Lacks integration with other solutions."
"The training costs a minimum of $3,000, which is expensive and should be reduced."
"It's not feature-rich."
AlgoSec is ranked 1st in Firewall Security Management with 173 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 94 reviews. AlgoSec is rated 9.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AlgoSec writes "Helps identify risks, reduce attack surfaces, and streamline policy changes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". AlgoSec is most compared with Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Skybox Security Suite, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and Azure Firewall Manager, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload.
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