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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Firewall

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AAzure Firewall is a cloud-native, intelligent network firewall security service that offers threat protection for Azure cloud workloads. It is a fully stateful firewall as a service, featuring built-in high availability and unlimited cloud scalability.

    $0.40

    per deployment hour $0.065 per GB processed

    Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Firepower 4100 Series’ 1-rack-unit size is presented by the vendodr as ideal at the Internet edge and in high-performance environments. They further state that it shows what’s happening on your network, detects attacks earlier so you can act faster, and reduces management complexity.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure FirewallCisco Firepower 4100 Series
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $0.395
    per deployment hour $0.065 per GB processed
    Standard
    $1.25
    per deployment hour $0.016 per GB processed
    Premium
    $1.75
    per deployment hour $0.016 per GB processed
    Firepower 4100
    50,000-250,000
    per appliance
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure FirewallCisco Firepower 4100 Series
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Azure FirewallCisco Firepower 4100 Series
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Azure FirewallCisco Firepower 4100 Series
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Azure Firewall and Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
    Feature
    Azure Firewall
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Identification Technologies8.01 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.01 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Content Inspection7.01 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.01 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.01 Ratings7.94 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console9.01 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.01 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    VPN8.01 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    High Availability9.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection8.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure FirewallCisco Firepower 4100 Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure FirewallCisco Firepower 4100 Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure Firewall is well suited for most mid sized and large sized companies that deal with thousands of users within multiple environments. Azure Firewall allows you to protect business assets by preventing malicious attacks from entering the network. Azure Firewall would be less suited for a small company that does not use a vpn or have users outside of the office as something smaller would be more appropriate.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    When we are asked by local partners which security equipment we use we always recommend our Cisco security products. The Firepower firewall is no exception and we can easily recommend this to others who need a fast, secure, and well built system that integrates well with all your existing hardware and software.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Azure Fire wall is easy to use
    • Azure fire wall is easy to set up
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Packet filtering
    • Great vpn client
    • Integrates correctly with other vendors
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Azure Fire wall pricing may not always be competitive
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Too much time to deploy changes
    • When there are a lot of entries in the ldap mapping the device runs slow
    • You can not make config changes via CLI, only via GUI
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    It not easy to understand the different features it offers. Sometimes you need to spend a couple of minutes to implement a change or even open a ticket with cisco tac to figure it out. Once support is on the phone with you they know how to resolve problems. But it's not an intuitive tool
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure Firewall is a very competitive product that exceeds or meets the competitions offerings and is able to effectively manage a company network and securely lock down the domain environment with seamless integration and easy to use tools while offering great support assistance. We selected Azure Firewall because the customer service that comes with the product is second to none and allows us to keep maximum uptime to protect our assets.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    As I mentioned before, the Fortigates have better failover. I think the Cisco interface is easier to use that that of the FortiGate. My only criticism would be that with multiple CLIs, it can get a bit confusing when you are trying to configure something or troubleshoot from the CLI.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Azure Firewall decreased our overhead by over 7%
    • Azure fire wall has increased efficiency within the security department
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Very stable and does not cause major interruption.
    • Supports most of the business requirements.
    • Enhance security, risk and compliance.
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