We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Cisco IOS Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"The solution has many useful features. For example, the solution allows users to create virtual IP addresses."
"The solution is very stable. When comparing it to other environments, it's actually quite impressive."
"The solution should be capable of self-scaling, which is one of the features we like about it."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"The product has valuable features for business intelligence."
"You can scale it when you need to."
"The product's stability is good."
"Cisco IOS Security has many good features, but compared to other solutions, it has a more user-friendly interface with steps to apply and manage rules. Another good part of the solution is that it's more straightforward."
"The technical support is good."
"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."
"One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great."
"The VPN was valuable for us because more people are working from home. It has a lot of reporting and easy-to-use management tools."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"Azure Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"It needs a lot of improvement, especially on intruder detection. They are working hard on that."
"Right now, with Azure Firewall, we cannot have a normal inbound traffic flow. For inbound, Microsoft suggests using application gateways, so the options are very limited. I cannot use this firewall as an intermediate firewall because of the limitations, and I cannot point routing to another firewall. So if I want to use back-to-back firewall architecture in my environment, I cannot use Azure Firewall for that type of configuration either."
"There are a number of things that need to be simplified, but it's mostly costs. It needs to be simplified because it's pretty expensive."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"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 would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0. 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 Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense. See our Azure Firewall vs. Cisco IOS Security report.
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