We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Cisco Umbrella based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cisco Security Portfolio solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco's engineer helped us with a lot of scripting to see what existed. Previously, we didn't have a proper policy. In fact, we didn't have any policy because we didn't have any firewall for the data center, so generating a policy was a big challenge. Cisco's engineer helped us to do some scripting and find out what kind of policy we can have and organize those policies. That was nice."
"It is a very stable product. I've not had any issues with it. It is a super product, and I won't need to change it anytime soon."
"It helped us a lot with our VPNs for the home office during COVID. There has been more security and flexibility for VPNs and other applications."
"The command line is the same as it is on the Cisco iOS router."
"The most important feature is the VPN connection."
"The features I've found most valuable are the packet captures and packet traces because they help me debug connections. I like the logs because they help me see what's going on."
"The most important point is the detection engine which is now part of the next-generation firewalls and which is supported by Cisco Talos."
"It's got the capabilities of amassing a lot of throughput with remote access and VPNs."
"The interface is well organized, so you can easily find everything. Even if you don't have much experience with Cisco, you can easily navigate the solution and find your way around. Everything has been done well, from the deployment to monitoring."
"The most valuable features are the protection against ransomware and phishing."
"The most valuable feature is the website protection capabilities because it prevents end-users from entering bad sites that potentially have malware or could be used for phishing."
"Meraki features and cloud-based functionality are advanced and easy to manage centrally."
"The customer experience is very good, and the product improves security posture."
"The integration features within, for example, the Cisco VPN product and the Umbrella module are valuable."
"I haven't found any issues related to latency or any other issue."
"It enables us to go granular in the customization of blocking some categories on the DNS."
"Initial setup can be complex. It is complex. We have to set up ASA, SFR module, and FMC separately, which sometimes requires extensive troubleshooting, even for smaller issues."
"I think the ASA layer is thin. It's always Layer 3 or Layer 4 source controller and doesn't control the Layer 7 traffic. It's important, and you'll need an additional firewall."
"Virtual patching would be helpful for servers that are not able to update patches due to compatibility issues."
"We have to rely on Cisco ASDM to access the firewall interface. This needs improvement. Because we have a web-based interface, and it is a lot more user-friendly."
"It would be great if some of the load times were faster."
"Cisco ASDM is a problem because it is old."
"It is a good firewall, though not NextGen."
"The management of the firewalls could be improved because there are a lot of bugs."
"Having ready-to-go templates with best practices is definitely something that would be an improvement. Deployment, from day one, is something that definitely needs to be improved for Cisco customers."
"It's a very new product, so it's quite immature at the moment. It can be more user friendly."
"They should provide more integrations and bring things together so that there is a more standard feel to their platform. We also use Cisco ISE, and it has a very different feel from Cisco Umbrella."
"In the future, they should combine some of the Cisco AMP features that they already have, for anti-malware purposes."
"I would like to see Cisco enable us to get objects from the internet. I would also like to be able to choose groups."
"Cisco Umbrella is difficult to manage and needs to include a dashboard. It needs to improve pricing as well."
"Data reporting could be improved."
"Cisco Umbrella should introduce an on-premises device."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Cisco Security Portfolio with 404 reviews while Cisco Umbrella is ranked 2nd in Cisco Security Portfolio with 108 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Sophos XG, whereas Cisco Umbrella is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Cisco Umbrella report.
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