AlgoSec vs FireMon Security Manager vs RedSeal comparison

The compared AlgoSec and FireMon solutions aren't in the same category. AlgoSec is ranked #1 in Firewall Security Management , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 20.3% mindshare in the category. FireMon is ranked #3 in Firewall Security Management , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 17.7% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of AlgoSec users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of FireMon users who would recommend it.

AlgoSec

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96% willing to recommend

FireMon Security Manager

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88% willing to recommend

RedSeal

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299 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

Firewall Security Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AlgoSec	20.3%
Tufin Orchestration Suite	19.8%
FireMon Security Manager	17.7%
Other	42.2%

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Firewall Security Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
FireMon Security Manager	17.7%
AlgoSec	20.3%
Tufin Orchestration Suite	19.8%
Other	42.2%

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Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
RedSeal	1.4%
Qualys VMDR	12.1%
Rapid7 InsightVM	10.5%
Other	76.0%

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management

Featured Reviews

Prasad Boddu

project manager at FedEx

Automation has transformed firewall changes and has reduced audit effort and breach risk

The best features AlgoSec offers include automation of firewall rule changes, centralized security policy management, and improved compliance and audit readiness. AlgoSec has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to see faster change management, reduced audit costs, and reduced breach risk. I can share specific metrics indicating that through OpEx savings, we have been able to reduce firewall rule analysis and rule change handling time by 60 to 90 percent. This has led to fewer manual tasks and a smaller workload on our network and security teams. We have seen a return on investment with reduced audit costs, less time spent preparing evidence manually, and reduced breach risk. I would like to add that on centralized security policy management, it reduces complexity in multi-vendor environments.

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SurajYadav

Network Security Consultant at NTT DATA

Centralized policy governance has reduced audit effort and continuously improves risk visibility

I wish to see deeper and more customizable reporting and dashboards, as while the standard reports are useful for audits, operational teams sometimes need real-time, flexible views without exporting data. Tighter integrations with ticketing and change management tools would also enhance the workflow from request to implementation. FireMon Security Manager is excellent for policy governance and risk reduction, but better real-time dashboards and stronger workflow integrations would make it even more powerful for daily operations. There are one or two areas where FireMon Security Manager could be improved to make it even stronger. While FireMon Security Manager overall delivers solid governance and risk insight, it would benefit from more flexible dashboards and deeper integrations to reduce manual steps and improve visibility without relying on external tools. I rate FireMon Security Manager an 8 out of 10. It is a strong tool for firewall policy management, risk analysis, and compliance, clearly improving our audit process and policy governance. The reason I do not give it a 9 out of 10 is mainly because the dashboard could be more flexible and integration with the firewalls could be smoother. FireMon Security Manager is a reliable and high-value platform for managing and governing firewall policies, especially in a multi-vendor environment, though a few areas can still be improved.

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reviewer1339494

Associate Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Enhancing network visibility with competitive pricing but needs better OT and 5G integration

The primary use cases for RedSeal are lifecycle management, vulnerabilities, and change management. Customers might look up or use these solutions for these areas RedSeal helps in optimizing the cost for the customer based on different use cases. If the solution caters to a particular use case,…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"FireFlow is great. In a company that gets a large volume of requests to open firewall rules, it's helpful to have one place that summarizes the requests, enabling you to clearly understand why they need to be implemented and also implement them. Firewall Analyzer can help you identify missing routing or check information on the firewall without the need to log into a firewall or router to check the routing. We have all that access in three clicks."

"Customer Service: It's very good, nothing to complain about. Technical Support: It's excellent, their support is fast and very competent."

"It has reduced the workload for the firewall team thanks to the API integration with our ticketing system, handling the standard types of requests automatically."

"One of the features that I like about AlgoSec is the topology table. It helps us understand where the traffic flows through, where it gets interconnected, and how the traffic flows from our device to the other device."

"Before AlgoSec, an analyst had to configure the rules one by one but now, when rules are needed, they are configured automatically."

"AlgoSec is able to provide a consistent view into all of an organization's firewalls, regardless if the management is done by different companies."

"AlgoSec has improved our organization in terms of improving efficiency within our firewall setup and has added automation to working processes that has helped us achieve our initial goal of reacting faster to incoming requests, which allows the relevant teams time to focus on other areas of importance."

"Because we went from having no unified tool to having AlgoSec, it has improved our security platform by probably 80% in just the short time that we have had and used it."

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"Firewall auditing is very important; we also use the solution for rule traffic analysis, traffic flow discovery, and hidden/shadow rules within over 100 firewalls spanning five different brands."

"Firewall cleanup - the best and most efficient way to clean the firewall from unused, redundant, shadowed rules that create unnecessary risks and impacts the firewalls performance overtime."

"The most valuable features are Policy Optimizer and Firewall Manager for different brands of firewall."

"The firewall administrators have gained time back by using this tool, simplifying the firewall rule set."

"The firewall assessment feature is great."

"The product is extremely helpful in policy analysis and improvement."

"Customer Service: Excellent."

"The SQL language is convenient to use. It allows us to process a bunch of criteria very quickly and narrows things down if there is an issue with the firewall. It's easy to do that with SQL queries."

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"This solution is amazing! The most important part is the way it gives access information to the entire infrastructure, the network most importantly."

"The most valuable feature of the product to me is being able to ask what-if questions about traffic flows, which is a great ability to have for security and incident response."

"RedSeal has different modules, such as the Analyzer module, which can be leveraged."

"RedSeal helps you prioritize and allocate your scarce human and capital resources where they have the biggest impact to protect your most-valuable digital assets."

"RedSeal integrates the network and gives us a visual or graphical overview of our network. If an organization is geographically dispersed, for instance, with one office in Canada and one office in the Philippines, the whole network, including all devices, is integrated into RedSeal, and you can see from where the traffic is going in and out."

"If you want to understand your network environment as it relates to configuration issues, host/node vulnerabilities and firewall configurations, then I highly recommend that RedSeal be considered."

"The most valuable features are network mapping and configuration."

"The Vulnerability and Risk Management feature is valuable to us for keeping the security posture up-to-date and conducting regular continuous audits."

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Cons

"We would like to see them utilize the cloud to help with performance improvement, and with various processes needed on a daily basis."

"Needs better technical support and quicker response times."

"Customer service is good but needs more improvement to be on listening side of the customers."

"AlgoSec integrates with most of the leading firewall vendors, but one issue is that AlgoSec doesn't support Sophos and Forcepoint. AlgoSec competitors, like FireMon, support Forcepoint."

"They can make some improvements to the user interface because it can be slow at times."

"Support interactions have been hit or miss."

"Algosec should also be exploring the integration with the open source firewalls as well."

"I like the training available as it is very informative, but, I wish it was just available from YouTube and I could easily play it from my cell phone without additional logins."

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"The stability has been fairly decent, but there have been a few issues. My coworker has had some issues in the past where he has had to work with support."

"Needs more functional basic workflow for the Policy Planner for those who do not need a fully customized workflow."

"Its reporting can be improved. I am the only one who works a lot with it, and I am having problems in terms of reporting."

"FireMon could be easier to use and flexibility regarding reporting could be improved."

"It comes as a Linux appliance on a server and we're not a Linux shop, we're more of a Windows shop."

"FireMon could improve its end-user practices. As an end user, I am just trying to catch up on all the alerts. There are so many, and you still have to go through them and document what was found."

"It’s been a constant need not only to analyze firewall rules and configurations but also implement them, for which FireMon has no support."

"A phone app would be nice. This is the reason why it is not perfect yet."

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"Its interface is not user-friendly and needs to be improved."

"There is room for improvement in integrating the OT security part and the private 5G security part in RedSeal."

"The dashboard should be improved to make correlating data easier to do."

"Sometimes, it required us to refresh the configuration. When we integrated any of the configurations into the device, sometimes, it could not detect the exact picture of that device. So, we had to reset the device to see that if it was giving true-positive results or false-positive results. In some cases, we were not able to get true-positive results. There was some kind of bug in that version. Its interface is not user-friendly and needs to be improved. It takes time to understand the interface and various options. Skybox has quite a user-friendly interface. They could provide a feature for compliance audit policy if it is already not there. A compliance audit policy ensures that all configurations are based on the best practices standards, such as CIS benchmarks standard or other similar standards. It provides visibility about whether your device configuration is based on best practices or not. Usually, such a feature is provided by other solutions such as Meteor or Tenable Nessus."

"Integration with other security tools. Have the ability to create custom reports: Currently, within RedSeal you only have the option to run the canned reports."

"Although we are talking about a very robust platform, I would like to see the Windows compatible VM version come back."

"One of the areas of concern is the GUI. It is important to our customers that the GUI looks beautiful."

"The network mapping/visualization could be improved significantly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good. Though, I would like if pricing could better support small businesses."

"The initial cost was high for us."

"The licensing scheme should be done in a simpler way. For example, if we delete a firewall and want to add a new one, then the license doesn't get freed up automatically. You have to request a new license to customer support and install it. If you are testing new implementations, this can be cumbersome."

"The pricing could be better."

"Use the entire suite for its best benefits."

"My advice is that you must do a POC and show value."

"It has improved our performance in operations, projects, and security."

"The price came in where we really didn't even need to have much of a discussion. That was very good. There are also options regarding what you want to pay for. It wasn't really pushed on me that I have to get all of it or else I can't be an AlgoSec customer."

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"It's a good value. From a licensing standpoint... it's very simple to understand, and gives us a good bang for the buck."

"This is an expensive solution. The cost of three modules for three years was approximately one million."

"The pricing is very good, very straightforward. It also came in cheaper than AlgoSec and Tufin."

"Pricing model seems fair."

"FireMon is very expensive. I think that they charge a premium. In general, they are very pricey. Compared to their competitors, they cost a little more than the other solutions that we evaluated."

"FireMon is cheaper than AlgoSec."

"Regarding additional costs, if you want things like Policy Optimizer, extra features, that's extra."

"Pricing is reasonable."

More FireMon Security Manager pricing and cost advice

"The pricing is based on the number of endpoints and devices, and we have seen it range from mid-five figures to low six figures."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Government

Performing Arts

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	57
Midsize Enterprise	31
Large Enterprise	180

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	46

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlgoSec?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that while the migration cost can be higher, the cost...

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What needs improvement with AlgoSec?

AlgoSec could be improved by their support not being available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, which is a...

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What is your primary use case for AlgoSec?

My main use case for AlgoSec is that it is user-friendly and easy to implement and manage, and the best part is it ca...

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What do you like most about FireMon?

I like the Security Manager console where we can see any changes that have been made or pull the results of an assess...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FireMon?

Our experience with FireMon Security Manager's pricing and licensing is that it is on the higher side, but justified ...

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What needs improvement with FireMon?

I wish to see deeper and more customizable reporting and dashboards, as while the standard reports are useful for aud...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RedSeal?

The pricing of RedSeal is competitive.

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What needs improvement with RedSeal?

There is room for improvement in integrating the OT security part and the private 5G security part in RedSeal.

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What is your primary use case for RedSeal?

The primary use cases for RedSeal are lifecycle management, vulnerabilities, and change management. Customers might l...

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Comparisons

Tufin Orchestration Suite vs AlgoSec

Compared 30% of the time

Skybox Security Suite vs AlgoSec

Compared 10% of the time

Palo Alto Networks Panorama vs AlgoSec

Compared 6% of the time

Opinnate vs AlgoSec

Compared 5% of the time

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer vs AlgoSec

Compared 4% of the time

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Tufin Orchestration Suite vs FireMon Security Manager

Compared 35% of the time

Skybox Security Suite vs FireMon Security Manager

Compared 8% of the time

Palo Alto Networks Panorama vs FireMon Security Manager

Compared 6% of the time

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer vs FireMon Security Manager

Compared 3% of the time

Opinnate vs FireMon Security Manager

Compared 3% of the time

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Ekahau AI Pro vs RedSeal

Compared 16% of the time

Tenable Vulnerability Management vs RedSeal

Compared 14% of the time

Tufin Orchestration Suite vs RedSeal

Compared 12% of the time

Qualys VMDR vs RedSeal

Compared 10% of the time

iBwave Unity vs RedSeal

Compared 9% of the time

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Overview

AlgoSec enables organizations to accelerate application delivery significantly by automating application connectivity and security policy management across hybrid networks.

As a leader in cybersecurity, AlgoSec is trusted by over 2200 complex organizations for securing critical workloads. Its Horizon platform utilizes AI to discover business applications across multi-cloud environments while providing visibility into security compliance. Users can leverage intelligent change automation for streamlined security processes, enhancing both security and agility.

What are the most important features of AlgoSec?

Firewall Rule Optimization: Enhances device performance and streamlines security policy management.
Compliance Management: Ensures adherence to regulatory standards and industry regulations.
Change Automation: Automates security change processes, reducing manual errors.
Traffic Simulation Queries: Offers insights into network traffic to improve visibility.
Multi-Vendor Integration: Seamlessly integrates across diverse environments for enhanced management.

What benefits should organizations look for in reviews?

Streamlined Operations: Central management and automation reduce workload.
Improved Security Posture: Centralized firewall visibility enhances protections.
Increased Efficiency: Automation accelerates processes, saving time.
Enhanced Network Visibility: Better understanding of network traffic and rule implementation.
Cost Savings: Efficient policy management lowers operational costs.

Organizations primarily utilize AlgoSec for firewall management and compliance, automating rule optimization, audits, and change management in multi-vendor environments. This enhances policy management and risk analysis while improving operational efficiency. AlgoSec's capabilities are particularly beneficial in industries with complex network infrastructures, allowing teams to clean up redundant rules and maintain a robust security posture.

AlgoSec

The increasing complexity of networks, driven by the constant influx of new devices, applications, and cloud services, presents a daunting challenge for managing firewall policies and rules. A typical enterprise environment has millions of rules, and just one simple misconfiguration can lead to devastating consequences like compliance violations, outages, and data breaches.

FireMon’s Security Manager is a purpose-built network security policy management (NSPM) platform that automates the management of firewall and cloud security policies to eliminate policy-related risk, accurately and quickly change rules, and meet internal and external compliance requirements.

Reduce Risk Manage risk with real-time visibility and control
Manage Change Avoid misconfigurations, accelerate business, and improve security
Enforce and Maintain Compliance Avoid violations, avoid risk, and avoid fines

FireMon

RedSeal’s network modeling and risk scoring platform builds an accurate, up-to-date model of an organization’s entire, as-built network to visualize access paths, prioritize what to fix, so you can target existing cybersecurity resources to protect your most valuable assets. With RedSeal’s Digital Resilience Score, decision makers can see the security status and benchmark progress toward digital resilience.

RedSeal

Sample Customers

Maersk, Delta Airlines, Chevron, General Motors, T-Mobile, Chevron, AT&T, BP, Bell Canada, HCA Healthcare, Morgan Stanley, Unilever, Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, US Bank, Microsoft

Convey, MGM Resorts International, Southwest Airlines, Alkami, Costco, Aetna, IBM, Verizon, Wells Fargo

United States Postal Service, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Interval International

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