We performed a comparison between Azure Bastion 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 ability to operate the product with scripting is excellent."
"Azure Bastion makes it easy to provide quick virtual machine access to our customers."
"It provides all the security to us. Without getting on the internet, we can access our servers. We can access our desktop through our web browser. We don't need to run the mstsc command and login to the VM. All those things are not required."
"The interface is available in the edit portal."
"The product's setup is easy."
"The connection to virtual machines is very useful."
"The most significant advantage lies in its runbook features, particularly beneficial for our infrastructure team."
"As an Azure consultant, for me, it is the best way to give the administrator access as you can manage the permission - including who can access Bastion."
"It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products."
"Azure WAF is extremely stable."
"The solution has good dashboards."
"We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation."
"It has been a stable product in my experience."
"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."
"The integration it has with GitHub is great."
"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."
"While general support is valuable, having a detailed breakdown of the specific issues would contribute to a more streamlined and efficient resolution process."
"The solution breaks down sometimes."
"We are not able to copy and paste files directly into the server over the patch host. We have to transfer files over to Azure Storage."
"There are some challenges because Bastion is more compatible with Edge but not with the other browsers. As an organization, it doesn't make sense that we have to use only Edge. We should be able to access Bastion over Chrome, Mozilla, or Opera. It should be our choice."
"You are charged for retrieving your own data."
"When you have a boot issue on Windows, you cannot use Azure Bastion to fix it. You have to use the Azure console or the VM console, and it is very limited."
"The protocol speed could be faster."
"From a reporting perspective, they could do more there."
"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."
"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."
"The management can be improved."
"Deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it."
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Azure Bastion is ranked 17th in Microsoft Security Suite with 8 reviews while Azure Web Application Firewall is ranked 19th in Microsoft Security Suite with 9 reviews. Azure Bastion is rated 8.8, while Azure Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Bastion writes "Has good scalability and provides secure access to the virtual machines ". 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 Bastion is most compared with Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, TeamViewer Remote Management, Microsoft Sentinel and Zabbix, whereas Azure Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door and F5 Advanced WAF. See our Azure Bastion vs. Azure Web Application Firewall report.
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