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Azure Firewall pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
3.7 out of 5

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PROS

Azure Firewall offers excellent stability and performance, making it reliable for businesses.
It provides robust security features, such as threat intelligence, DDoS protection, and traffic filtering.
Azure Firewall is highly scalable and can automatically adjust resources as needed.
It integrates seamlessly with Azure platform, enhancing security and ease of management.
Azure Firewall is cost-effective, offering comprehensive features at an economical price.

CONS

Azure Firewall lacks advanced features like intrusion prevention and advanced filtering, which are offered by competitors like Fortinet.
Azure Firewall's scalability and performance vary by region, with some regions experiencing slower speeds. It needs universal performance improvements across all regions.
Pricing is a significant concern as Azure Firewall is seen as expensive compared to other firewalls, with improvements needed in cost competitiveness.
Azure Firewall offers limited support for advanced identification and protection features such as TLS inspection, app ID, and user ID, lacking comprehensive security coverage.
Azure Firewall's limited feature set compared to competitors, like Check Point or Fortinet, includes lack of built-in VPN capabilities and needs further integration of artificial intelligence.
 

Azure Firewall Pros review quotes

KI
Manager - Network & Security at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 16, 2020
The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs.
VT
IT Senior Architect, Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 23, 2020
The solution is very stable. When comparing it to other environments, it's actually quite impressive.
reviewer1222458 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 11, 2020
Performance and stability are the key features of this product.
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CC
Head of IT at NetRefer
Mar 16, 2020
The solution has many useful features. For example, the solution allows users to create virtual IP addresses.
it_user1297926 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 18, 2020
Great security and connectivity.
EA
Enterprise Solution Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Apr 6, 2020
We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall.
VJ
CEO at Foresight Cyber Ltd
May 7, 2020
The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform.
reviewer1404387 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 19, 2020
The solution can autoscale.
MA
Senior System Engineer at Effvision
Aug 25, 2020
The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network.
SK
Senior Network Security Engineer at Qatar Datamation Systems
Oct 14, 2020
Microsoft's technical support is very good. They're quite knowledgable and responsive.
 

Azure Firewall Cons review quotes

KI
Manager - Network & Security at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 16, 2020
This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing.
VT
IT Senior Architect, Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 23, 2020
We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions.
reviewer1222458 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 11, 2020
The product could be made more customizable.
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CC
Head of IT at NetRefer
Mar 16, 2020
The solution doesn't offer the same capabilities of Fortinet. It should offer intrusion prevention and advance filtering. These are two very useful features offered on Fortinet that Azure lacks.
it_user1297926 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 18, 2020
The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly.
EA
Enterprise Solution Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Apr 6, 2020
There are a number of things that need to be simplified, but it's mostly costs. It needs to be simplified because it's pretty expensive.
VJ
CEO at Foresight Cyber Ltd
May 7, 2020
Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment.
reviewer1404387 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 19, 2020
Azure should be able to work better as a balancer also, instead of just being a firewall. It should have a wider mandate.
MA
Senior System Engineer at Effvision
Aug 25, 2020
They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall.
SK
Senior Network Security Engineer at Qatar Datamation Systems
Oct 14, 2020
The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available.