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Feature Set Ratings
Firewall Security Management

Cisco ACI
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.5
Tufin Orchestration Suite
85%
Tufin Orchestration Suite ranks higher in 8/8 features
Tufin Orchestration Suite ranks higher in 8/8 features
Policy planning and rule management

N/A
0 Ratings

9.5
95%
2 Ratings
Automated Policy Orchestration

N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
2 Ratings
Device Discovery

N/A
0 Ratings

7.5
75%
2 Ratings
Policy Compliance Auditing

N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Attack Path Simulation Testing

N/A
0 Ratings

6.4
64%
2 Ratings
Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation

N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
1 Rating
Vulnerability Scans

N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
1 Rating
Firewall Rule Cleanup

N/A
0 Ratings

9.5
95%
2 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

9.1
Cisco ACI
91%
25 Ratings

8.0
Tufin Orchestration Suite
80%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

9.1
Cisco ACI
91%
3 Ratings

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability

7.8
Cisco ACI
78%
4 Ratings

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
Availability

9.1
Cisco ACI
91%
2 Ratings

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

9.3
Cisco ACI
93%
9 Ratings

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

8.1
Cisco ACI
81%
9 Ratings

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
In-Person Training

8.2
Cisco ACI
82%
1 Rating

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating

9.1
Cisco ACI
91%
3 Ratings

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability

8.7
Cisco ACI
87%
9 Ratings

Tufin Orchestration Suite
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco ACI
Implementation of a new application into Cisco ACI, with all of the relevant groups of servers and storage, is very easy to carry out, as long as all of the communications between the servers are known. Migrating an existing application into the platform was found to be extremely difficult, as legacy applications are often built on a flat network, where this kind of information wasn't documented in the required depth.
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
South Yorkshire PoliceLaw Enforcement, 10,001+ employees
Tufin Orchestration Suite
Well suited scenarios -1) Firewall Policy / Ruleset management2) Where all the products are from Tufin like TOS ST, SC, SecureApp etc 3) Where customer focuses on ruleset compliance - USP violations, and other featuresLess suited -1) Agnostic/distributed environment - Tough with integrate with 3rd party like CyberArk2) FW recertification processes / exception process when complex process is included

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPros
Cisco ACI
- The REST API allows your to programmatically interact with the network and make massive changes very quickly when needed.
- The API allows you to tie together Server Provisioning tools, storage provisioning tools, into an orchestration platform such as Ansible to streamline new deployments and builds.
- New Deployments are extremely simple once you've worked out your programatic deployment process. We can deploy new clients/tenants in seconds rather than days or weeks like it used to take.
- Replacing failed switches/apics/etc is also extremely easy.
- Tightly couple the underlying Network Infrastructure to VMWare Deployments to allow VMs to move anywhere in the datacenter at the drop of a hat.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesTufin Orchestration Suite
- Firewall management
- Compliance reports
- Unused rules and optimization
- Policy Automation
Shift Supervisor
MattsenKumar LLCInformation Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees
Cons
Cisco ACI
- Cost is always a challenge and ACI is no different.
- The linkage between ACI and Tetration has been rebranded since the initial marketeering of it and this has caused confusion and in some cases diminished the business case as a result.
- The fact that Cisco has developed multiple Orchestrators of their differing network stacks causes issues when trying to pull together a singular approach to orchestration across a Cisco e-2-e network in an Enterprise.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employeesTufin Orchestration Suite
- Palo Alto Networks Integration
- Better/more user friendly api for integration with ticketing systems
- Web UI structure is not user-friendly
Security Architect
Securicon, LLCComputer & Network Security, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco ACI
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Tufin Orchestration Suite
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 9.1
Based on 3 answers
Cisco ACI is doing exactly what was intended for it to do, that is support our next generation data centre, improve security, and increase resiliency. Migrating to another platform would be a waste of time, resource and energy, which could be better spent migrating more legacy applications into the Cisco ACI fabric.
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
South Yorkshire PoliceLaw Enforcement, 10,001+ employees
Tufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 7.8
Based on 4 answers
Cisco ACI has changed the traditional data center model into a new era of automation and agility. The product was considerably easy to deploy met all the expectations. In terms of usability, ACI provides a unified interface for managing the whole infrastructure in one place which is the main benefit for users (admins)

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employeesTufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 9.1
Based on 2 answers
no outages

Verified User
Professional in Sales
Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employeesTufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Performance
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 9.3
Based on 9 answers
I do not give it 10 because the platform evolves more and more every day in the data traffic of the datacenter.But the implementations that they carry out for different clients of the platform are very happy with the result of the same over time.Another point that you notice about the platform, despite its good performance, is the low use of energy used by this 24x7 on, it is a good fact to take into account for our environment.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employeesTufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 8.1
Based on 9 answers
Application and service support, in times where we needed consulation, were superb. Issues were mainly due to familiarity of our Senior Engineers with this new tool or application, and the uncertainties were clearly explained by the Support Team. All the while, an "unofficial" training, so to speak, was also provided during the implementation phase - but it's most likely due to the technical person that was assigned to us and how his approach was in terms of assisting.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesTufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 8.2
Based on 1 answer
The Cisco ACI training provided by Cisco was in depth, covered all of our requirements, and allowed us to implement and maintain the platform without issues.
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
South Yorkshire PoliceLaw Enforcement, 10,001+ employees
Tufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 9.1
Based on 3 answers
The following are extremely important when implementing Cisco ACI:
- Design phase
- Naming scheme
- Documentation
Sr. DataCenter Engineer
Conscia NetsafeInformation Services, 51-200 employees
Tufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cisco ACI
ACI and DNA are all very tightly integrated as it stands today. So using one with another only increases the overall benefits, when you are using the overall Cisco Stack of NGFW, ISE, ACI, Assurance engine, and Tetration (which is another product, we plan to evaluate)
IT
TrafiguraOil & Energy, 5001-10,000 employees
Tufin Orchestration Suite
1) Fairly okay overall but definitely needs improvement overall Vs the other products available in the market like Palo Alto XSOAR2) Cost wise okay at the beginning but when client demands add-ons/ more features/customization tailored to their needs, Tufin Orchestration Suite recommends RFE / custom costs/development costs3) USP feature is cool to use overall Vs FireMon4) Tufin ProServ needs to buckle-up/Support compared to other competitors in the market

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesScalability
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI 8.7
Based on 9 answers
Cisco ACI scales well and is suited in scenarios such as multi-cloud or large data centre implementations. It is not suited to smaller deployments as the efficiencies that it provides are not fully realised. It is well suited in large environments that contain both virtual and bare-metal machines allowing a great deal of flexibility. It is also perfect to support multi-tenancy platforms.
National Manager Architecture services
NEC AustraliaComputer Networking, 1001-5000 employees
Tufin Orchestration Suite
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cisco ACI
- We typically don't have to touch ACI. It does what we need it to do without having to "baby" it.
- It's constantly running so the amount of downtime we have (if any) is very minimal.
- It was pricey in the beginning but with is reliability it was well worth it.
Network Administrator II
Central Electric Power CooperativeUtilities, 51-200 employees
Tufin Orchestration Suite
- I think if you correctly configure your SIEM, you don't need Tufin. You can correlate a lot of things for firewalls.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Banking Company, 501-1000 employees