We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Azure Web Application Firewall 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."The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"One of the best features is that it natively integrates with Azure Services and tools. When you have a third-party offering, that is not the case. But Azure Firewall provides a comprehensive and seamless security solution for your Azure resources."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"Great security and connectivity."
"The solution is very stable. When comparing it to other environments, it's actually quite impressive."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution has good dashboards."
"Azure WAF is extremely stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."
"It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn. It's cloud-based, so you don't need to buy or maintain any hardware infrastructure."
"It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products."
"It has been a stable product in my experience."
"The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."
"The integration it has with GitHub is great."
"The product could be made more customizable."
"Azure Firewall definitely needs a broader feature base. It should be able to go all the way up to layer 7 when looking at applications and things like that."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"An Azure firewall is not a real firewall."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"Azure Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"The management can be improved."
"Azure WAF should not be deployed in the middle of the traffic."
"The support for proxy forwarding could improve."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"I would say that Azure's customer service is not that good...I am not very happy with the support offered."
"In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common."
"There is a need to be able to configure the solution more."
"Deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 14th in Microsoft Security Suite with 33 reviews while Azure Web Application Firewall is ranked 18th in Microsoft Security Suite with 9 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Azure Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Azure Web Application Firewall writes "It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Zscaler Cloud Firewall, whereas Azure Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Front Door, F5 Advanced WAF and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. See our Azure Firewall vs. Azure Web Application Firewall report.
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