Cisco Firepower 4100 Series vs. Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

39 Reviews and Ratings

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

14 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	The 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
Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco Firepower 9300 series is presented by the vendor as a carrier-grade next-generation firewall (NGFW) ideal for data centers and high-performance settings that require low latency and high throughput. With it, the vendor providdes, users can deliver scalable, consistent security to workloads and data flows across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Editions & Modules

Firepower 4100: 50,000-250,000
per appliance

Firepower 93000: 17,000-30,000
per appliance

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Features

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Firewall

Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series 8.3 5 Ratings 4% below category average	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series 9.4 1 Ratings 8% above category average
Identification Technologies	8.05 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Visualization Tools	8.05 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Content Inspection	9.04 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	8.55 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	8.44 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	8.55 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	8.55 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
VPN	7.85 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
High Availability	9.45 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	9.55 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Proxy Server	6.03 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series
Small Businesses	pfSense Score 8.8 out of 10	pfSense Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.3 out of 10	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Score 9.1 out of 10	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Score 9.1 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series
Likelihood to Recommend	8.5 (5 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series
Likelihood to Recommend	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cisco While Cisco Firepower 9300 Series is an enterprise-grade Firewall solution, it might be less suited for businesses with restricted IT budgets. Still, Cisco Firepower 9300 Series meet all cybersecurity and compliance requirements and is the best option available at this moment in my opinion. Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review
Pros	Cisco Packet filtering Great vpn client Integrates correctly with other vendors Incentivized Gustavo Chang Network Security lead Read full review	Cisco Tracking and containing of malwares and potential threats Monitoring over network, users, and appliances All-in-one centralized security dashboard Threat control Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review
Cons	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 Incentivized José Antonio Padilla Telecomunications Read full review	Cisco Frequent video tutorials about Firepower 9300 Series Flexible subscription licenses Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review
Usability	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 Gustavo Chang Network Security lead Read full review	Cisco No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	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. CL Charles Lund Director of Network Services Read full review	Cisco N/A Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco Very stable and does not cause major interruption. Supports most of the business requirements. Enhance security, risk and compliance. KG Kelvin Goh Security Specialist Read full review	Cisco Met yearly compliance requirements Boosted trust in investors Secured IT environment Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review
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