We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"Azure's cost-effectiveness is its major advantage."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"The solution is stable."
"I can easily configure it."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"It's auto-scalable, which is a great feature."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"The patch management is very easy, as it can be done automatically or added to a schedule."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's WCS function, a content filtering solution, has proven to be the most useful, stable, and reliable option for our current needs."
"It integrates very well with all Windows workstations or other Microsoft Endpoint products. It also works quite well. So far, I have not had any issue that hasn't been sorted out. It doesn't use too many resources, so you don't have to install different things."
"The technical support from Microsoft is very good. We are part of the Microsoft Suite, and from being part of this we have consistent news regarding Microsoft Defender for Endpoint."
"This is not an inventory solution, but it helps you take count of how many workstations you have, as well as what software is installed on each of them."
"It's one of the best antiviruses on the market."
"Defender works in the background monitoring the traffic for viruses."
"It has Kusto Query Language (KQL), so we can use our own queries to find anything."
"The reporting, logging, and monitoring features, as well as the flexibility of the policies, need to be improved."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"It has fewer features than you can get from other firewalls, like anti-spam and anti-phishing. Those kinds of things are not included. It only includes IDS and IDB."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"There should be better monitoring and logging. Currently, it is put in Sentinel. It should be more seamless and from the interface."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"You have to have a defined IP range within your network to associate it with your network. The problem is you have to plan ahead of time if you expect to use the firewall in the future so that you don't have to reconfigure your subnets or that specific IP range. Other than that, I don't any issues. I use it for basic configuration for a single application, so I really don't try to leverage it for multiple applications where I might find some complexity or challenges."
"The solution could use improvement on the interface."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint does not provide much flexibility in terms of threats."
"It would be helpful if they offered video tutorial guides."
"I am not sure if I will be using this product in the future because of the price."
"Other vendors provide a lot of customization when it comes to integration, which every big organization requires. No big organization depends on one particular tool. Defender lacks that at this point."
"I personally haven't experienced any pain points, but some of my coworkers feel that it isn't secure enough."
"If you have multi-cloud like Google and AWS, the native solutions are better for those particular cases."
"Some of the integrations that Defender should include involve the use of the web app."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 14th in Microsoft Security Suite with 33 reviews while Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 5th in Microsoft Security Suite with 182 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0. 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 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "Eliminates the need to look at multiple dashboards by automatically providing one XDR dashboard to show the security score of each subscription". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Fortinet FortiGate, whereas Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security, Intercept X Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, CrowdStrike Falcon and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Azure Firewall vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint report.
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