We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The GUI is good."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"The solution can autoscale."
"In terms of the reporting, it's beautiful. It integrates with Azure monitoring and with Azure policies. That piece is a big help. You can set governing policies and you can use the application firewall, as well as the Azure Firewall, to enforce those policies."
"Great security and connectivity."
"The solution is stable."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"The SIEM that Azure Firewall provides us is very robust."
"Easy to administer and saves time when you have many smaller locations that you have to manage."
"It's flexible, easy to configure, and easy to manage."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"The dashboard is very intuitive and easy to understand."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"Traffic Shaping: The device lets you decide how you want to use your internet services. Due to the fact that Meraki can accept dual WAN, you can decide the way you balance the data traffic."
"WAN optimization is the best feature of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is that we didn't have any problems with Meraki MX."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"It would be much easier if the on-premises, firewall rules, had some kind of export-import possibility in place, which is not the case right now."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"It needs a lot of improvement, especially on intruder detection. They are working hard on that."
"The product could be made more customizable."
"Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment."
"They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall."
"Azure Firewall has limited visibility for IDPS, no TLS inspection, no app ID, no user ID, no content ID, no device ID. There is no antivirus or anti-spyware. Azure Firewall doesn't scan traffic for malware unless it triggers an IDPS signature. There is no sandbox or machine learning functionality, meaning we are not protected from Zero-day threats. There is no DNS security and limited web categories."
"The threat intelligence part could be better. I don't see why our customers have to get an additional solution with Azure Firewall. It would be great if they made it on par with Palo Alto."
"We had minor issues with Meraki MX. We had a couple of RMAs, so that could be an area for improvement, but in terms of how the RMAs went, the turnaround time and getting those back into redeployment were quick. Another area for improvement in Meraki MX is that when you're scaling for multiple locations, you need to use the same model, but the model you'd need is only available for a short time. The specific model you require could be out of stock, or Meraki isn't making that model anymore, so Meraki should improve that."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"Load balancing options and ability to manage a couple of Internet connections."
"The product doesn't support route summarization and BGP dynamic routing protocol."
"We have been having a problem with the VPN. When the energy goes down and is back again, the VPN link doesn't get established. We have to manually turn off the modems and other pieces of equipment and manually establish the VPN. It has been around one month since we have been having this problem, and we don't have enough support from Meraki to solve the problem."
"They need to improve the link between Meraki and Active Directory."
"It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
Azure Firewall is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Azure Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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