Cisco Firepower 9300 Series vs. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Score 9.1 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
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	F5 Networks offers the F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager, a firewall software combining a number of features including DDoS, DNS security, and other protections.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

Editions & Modules

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

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Central management Pro Strong security Pro Load balancing
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Easily available Minus High cost Minus Third party

Features

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

Firewall

Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series 9.4 1 Ratings 10% above category average	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) 8.6 2 Ratings 1% above category average
Identification Technologies	9.01 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
Visualization Tools	9.01 Ratings	7.02 Ratings
Content Inspection	9.01 Ratings	9.02 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	10.01 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	9.01 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	10.01 Ratings	7.02 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	10.01 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
VPN	9.01 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
High Availability	9.01 Ratings	9.02 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	10.01 Ratings	9.02 Ratings
Proxy Server	9.01 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
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Enterprises	Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Score 9.3 out of 10	Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.3 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
Likelihood to Recommend	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	F5 We were able to eliminate a firewall from our network architecture by integrating the module into our existing F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM). This allowed us to save on tech refresh costs, since the F5 was able to handle the module without much additional strain on the device. However, if a firewall had features that the AFM lacked, then using that firewall in tandem with an F5 would be preferable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	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	F5 Load balancing using pools SSL offloading iRules for threat handling Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Cisco Frequent video tutorials about Firepower 9300 Series Flexible subscription licenses Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	F5 If unsure, can be overly cautious. There are few changes the end user can make. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Cisco No answers on this topic	F5 F5 Advanced Firewall Manager has been a solid, strong solution to both keep our systems safe and being seamless for our end users. Most of the time, the end-user is not impacted and does not even know F5 Advanced Firewall Manager is running which is exactly what we are looking for. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco N/A Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	F5 Both F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager] and Radware require training as they are not easy to use. But Radware uses some configuration that needs deep learning and proper labs. From an admin's perspective, Configuration and management for F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager are] less. Also, the cost of implementing F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager] is lesser than that of Radware Alteon. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco Met yearly compliance requirements Boosted trust in investors Secured IT environment Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	F5 When we had to decide on whether to buy different hardware our team were all in support of renewal for F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager] F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager] requires proper training on tools and clear concepts of packets, headers, and content to create WAF policies Overall, we are satisfied by the ROI provided by our F5 AFM and GTMs Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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