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 ASA NGFW significantly improves our bank. It protects any high-value products that we use from hackers, viruses, malware, and script-bots. It gives us metrics on network traffic as well as what kind of attacks we are getting from the outside."
"Cisco ASA is very strong."
"The most important point is the detection engine which is now part of the next-generation firewalls and which is supported by Cisco Talos."
"Their performance is most valuable."
"The most valuable features for my client are the ASDM and monitoring."
"This solution has good security, and it's a good product. You can trust Cisco, and there's support as well, which is really good."
"I have found the stability of this solution really good. This is why I use it."
"Protecting our landscape in general and being able to see logging when things aren't going as set out in policies are valuable features. Our security department is keen on seeing the logging."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Cisco's support is better nowadays."
"Improves security through DNS visibility, which can block malware, phishing, C&C, etc."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the Web Filtering and the APT."
"The user interface is great. It's very easy to tailor to our client's environment and needs."
"Cisco Umbrella is a totally different solution. They are the first to come up with this idea of security. It's a totally new concept of security for everybody, for every time, real time, perfectionism."
"The weekly reportings are great. The investigation is super and the application management is equally great."
"It has improved our organization from a security posture perspective. We feel more confident now knowing that we can block phishing attempts or any type of malware that is DNS-related. This is a very nice feature that provides peace of mind."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to block users from reaching places that they should not even try to reach has been a boon."
"With regards to stability, we had a critical bug come out during our evaluation... not good."
"The user interface isn't as good as it could be. They should work to improve it. It would make it easier for customer management if it was easier to use."
"It doesn't have a proper GUI to do troubleshooting, so most people have to rely on the command line."
"An area of improvement for this solution is the console visualization."
"One feature I would like to see, that Firepower doesn't have, is email security. Perhaps in the future, Cisco will integrate Cisco Umbrella with Firepower. I don't see why we should have to pay for two separate products when both could be integrated in one box."
"Lacks a good graphical user interface."
"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."
"My team tells me that other solutions such as Fortinet and Palo Alto are easier to implement."
"I would like to see more integrability with other products."
"There is room for improvement in the dashboard. It could stand to be a bit more detailed. I would also like to be able to customize the dashboard to focus more on what is important for my company."
"It could be more secure. It would be better if they provided a transferring proxy as an add-on and more integration."
"I would like them to make some videos, practical videos, the kind with steps that people can use to learn and deploy"
"Actually, we recently switched over to Zscaler because it has more features and it's more scalable than Cisco Umbrella."
"There are some situations where we would like to block things for specific user groups. I know that Umbrella does that, but it's not that easy.... when you want a specific task for specific rules and policies for user groups, you have to go three levels down in the menu, and it's hard to find where you do that task."
"Lower costs including licensing, support, and renewals would be beneficial."
"There should be a way to monitor traffic at the user level."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 6th 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 Fortinet FortiGate SWG. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Cisco Umbrella report.
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