My Thought on Cisco firewall ASA
May 14, 2021

My Thought on Cisco firewall ASA

Rajesh Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA is one of the [top Cisco products.] Its a security device, also its a combination of firewall, antivirus, Intrusion detection, and intrusion prevention system, NATing, and Virtual Private Network Technology. I [have been] using Cisco ASA for the last five years for one of my client sites. I am very happy with the CISCO ASA product.
  • Very fast processing speed
  • Lots of option for NATing you can use as per your requirement
  • Very fast VPN for site 2 site and remote VPN
  • IDS/IPS
  • Cisco documentation is the best for this product
  • Support SLA also fantastic
  • Lack Advanced security [features] like other other companies
  • GUI [is] one of the worst and [is] very complicated for configuration[.] [It's] always stuck during the configuration
  • LOW Cost
  • Technical Support is really amazing
  • Training videos available easily
[Cisco] ASA is far better than pfSense[.] pfSense is a very complicated firewall and if you need any help documentation is not easily available. Cisco ASA configuration via CLI is [the] very best and fast for configuration[.]

Do you think Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software again?

Yes

If your organization is a middle or a small business and you don't require advanced-level security then you can go with the Cisco ASA firewall. When it comes to Layer 7 security then you have to go with Cisco ASA firepower.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Feature Ratings

Content Inspection
8
Policy-based Controls
8
Active Directory and LDAP
9
Firewall Management Console
7
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10