We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence 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."It's auto-scalable, which is a great feature."
"The solution is stable."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"Great security and connectivity."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"The global review and remediation of malicious code is probably the most valuable feature."
"The product's anti-spam and malware-scanning features are useful. We scan email attachments, documents, and malicious codes."
"The most valuable aspects are its integration capabilities with other Microsoft products like Intune, Office 365, and Azure cloud applications."
"The solution blocks incoming threats on the local PC or any cloud-based threats."
"Microsoft's integration into the security stack works quite well."
"Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence assesses machines for vulnerabilities and gives remediations."
"You can use it to monitor third parties and ensure they are not under threat attacks. It is beneficial in the GRC model."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"The solution doesn't offer the same capabilities of Fortinet. It should offer intrusion prevention and advance filtering. These are two very useful features offered on Fortinet that Azure lacks."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"An Azure firewall is not a real 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."
"Azure has new versions including a premium firewall. But I would like to see them not put the premium features on Azure Firewall Premium alone because it is quite expensive."
"The price point is something they can improve slightly for those who don't have an M 365 E5."
"The product's dashboard and incident reports functionality needs enhancement."
"Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is evolving and needs to fix and enhance numerous issues like stability and licensing. The continuous rebranding and licensing changes are confusing."
"I would like to see more AI features and capabilities."
"I would like for there to be extra confirmation that there aren't viruses. Even if the virus detection software is always running there could be hidden applications that are using the computer."
"We encounter problems connecting the product deployed on the user endpoints with the servers."
"While the current setup meets our needs, Microsoft can constantly improve customization and adaptability to rapidly evolving cybersecurity threats."
"It takes time for the support team to understand the issue, and they then respond with a delay at times, which causes a lot of trouble."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 14th in Microsoft Security Suite with 33 reviews while Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is ranked 16th in Microsoft Security Suite with 27 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence 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 Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence writes "A tool that offers endpoint protection with low maintenance costs". 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 Threat Intelligence is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, STAXX, Cisco Threat Grid, VirusTotal and ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP). See our Azure Firewall vs. Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence report.
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