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."The solution can autoscale."
"The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"I can easily configure it."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"It is easy for me to protect certain ports or even the IP addresses, as well as do whitelisting, blacklisting, and the FQDN when we want virtual machines connected and to protect certain websites."
"Network filtering is valuable. The scalability capability from the cloud-native service helps us a lot because it simplifies our day-to-day maintenance activity."
"Microsoft collects trillions of signals from all over the world, which is incredibly valuable. It helps us identify zero-day vulnerabilities and global threats."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten."
"The product's anti-spam and malware-scanning features are useful. We scan email attachments, documents, and malicious codes."
"It just runs in the background. I don't have to worry about, making sure it's Intelligence. So, you know, this kind of makes it very easy, have to worry about installing. It is easy to use."
"You can use it to monitor third parties and ensure they are not under threat attacks. It is beneficial in the GRC model."
"The user interface is pretty user-friendly."
"It is very scalable. There are approximately 2,000 endpoints and up to 200 servers in our company."
"Azure should be able to work better as a balancer also, instead of just being a firewall. It should have a wider mandate."
"They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall."
"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."
"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 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."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"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."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"One area that can be improved is reducing false positives."
"The price point is something they can improve slightly for those who don't have an M 365 E5."
"The price could be improved."
"Having up-to-date documentation and real-time reflections in all portals would be beneficial to keep users informed about any changes. Additionally, the frequent changes in Microsoft's UI and the movement of features between different products in the set pose difficulties."
"One area where Microsoft Defender could be improved is in its support for non-Microsoft products, particularly for systems running Linux or other open-source platforms across ecosystems."
"Microsoft itself is a major target for attacks and threats due to its size and popularity. That could be considered Microsoft's Achilles heel."
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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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