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Azure Firewall pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
3.8 out of 5

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PROS

Azure Firewall natively integrates with Azure Services, offering a seamless security solution for Azure resources.
Azure Firewall provides robust DDoS protection, threat intelligence, and traffic filtering, enhancing security and compliance.
Azure Firewall is cost-effective, auto-scalable, and does not require additional load balancers for high availability.
Azure Firewall's threat intelligence and filtering capabilities significantly reduce attack surfaces.
Azure Firewall simplifies centralized filtering and maintenance, reducing management overhead and operational costs.

CONS

Azure Firewall is not considered a real firewall due to the lack of features such as IDS, IPS, and anti-virus capabilities.
There is a high cost associated with Azure Firewall compared to competitors, making its pricing non-competitive.
Azure Firewall lacks advanced threat intelligence features and falls short compared to offerings from providers such as Fortinet and Palo Alto.
Azure Firewall does not support functionalities like TLS inspection, app ID, user ID, content ID, and lacks DNS security.
The onboarding and transition process for on-premises users needs improvement and should include features like export-import capabilities for firewall rules.
 

Azure Firewall Pros review quotes

AD
Technical Solution Architect at liwa
Oct 28, 2025
With Azure Firewall on the cloud, you just need to subscribe to the firewall, configure it, and it will help you protect your environment.
Harsh Goenka - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Sep 25, 2026
After implementing threat intelligence with Azure Firewall, we were able to reduce attacks by 60 to 70 percent, and our machines were more free to handle the correct user traffic from real people.
Dhammika Weerakoon - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Area Lead at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 28, 2025
Azure Firewall includes all standard next-generation firewall features with threat intelligence-based filtering.
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Rashedul Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at cimsolutions
May 22, 2025
Azure Firewall simplifies everything, securing our APIs and systems so that suspicious IPs do not access our sophisticated systems.
AnvarSadique - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Architect at GMS INC
Mar 24, 2025
Azure Firewall is integrated well with Microsoft ecosystem.
Devendiran Kandan - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 19, 2025
The most valuable features of Azure Firewall for me are its URL-based internet access control and DDoS protection for incoming traffic.
HA
Senior Manager, Information Security at NetSol Technologies Inc.
Feb 24, 2025
There is not a single feature or single product that can ensure security.
Manjunath Kolukula - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at Viking Europe
Jul 8, 2025
We switched from Rapid7 and IBM to Microsoft Azure because after moving to Azure cloud, it was easier to manage things with Azure Firewall and Microsoft security, which is a unified solution that is developing things rapidly.
Charan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Technology at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 1, 2023
It's helped us improve our security posture.
AB
Cybersecurity Engineer at AXSYS
Nov 15, 2024
I like that you can deploy the policies separately from the firewall.
 

Azure Firewall Cons review quotes

AD
Technical Solution Architect at liwa
Oct 28, 2025
The standard functionality for API Management is at a zero level, and then the next level is one. The difference between zero and one is very huge.
Harsh Goenka - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Sep 25, 2026
Currently there is no automatic monitoring for Azure Firewall.
Dhammika Weerakoon - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Area Lead at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 28, 2025
Azure Firewall is a good tool, though the price is higher compared to competing products.
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Rashedul Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at cimsolutions
May 22, 2025
Diagnosing blocked traffic was initially challenging because we didn't know how to diagnose and integrate Azure Firewall with other Azure services for storing logs in Log Analytics.
AnvarSadique - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Architect at GMS INC
Mar 24, 2025
In terms of improvements, I think the price could be a concern as Azure services are often more expensive compared to other firewalls.
Devendiran Kandan - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 19, 2025
In my experience, Azure Firewall is quite expensive, with a high cost. I would rate its pricing a two out of ten.
HA
Senior Manager, Information Security at NetSol Technologies Inc.
Feb 24, 2025
When we started deploying the solution, it was not a mature product at times.
Manjunath Kolukula - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at Viking Europe
Jul 8, 2025
An important improvement for Azure Firewall could be the UI, as it could help us by clearly stating if there is already a conflicting rule, which is something I really look forward to.
Charan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Technology at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 1, 2023
It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls.
AB
Cybersecurity Engineer at AXSYS
Nov 15, 2024
One thing that would help engineers adopt it better is the documentation.