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AlgoSec vs RedSeal comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

AlgoSec
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
244
Ranking in other categories
Firewall Security Management (1st)
RedSeal
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (22nd), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

AlgoSec and RedSeal aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. AlgoSec is designed for Firewall Security Management and holds a mindshare of 16.6%, down 22.6% compared to last year.
RedSeal, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 1.6% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.
Firewall Security Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AlgoSec16.6%
Tufin Orchestration Suite16.1%
FireMon Security Manager13.8%
Other53.5%
Firewall Security Management
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
RedSeal1.6%
Qualys VMDR9.7%
Rapid7 InsightVM7.2%
Other81.5%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Prasad Boddu - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer1339494 - PeerSpot reviewer
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,…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The complete and end-to-end visibility and analysis it provides of the policy rule base is invaluable and saves countless time and effort."
"AlgoSec has positively impacted my organization by making the change process smoother for verifying who made what change at a specific time."
"AlgoSec Firewall Analyser improves the firewall rules dramatically by identifying rules and objects that are not needed and consolidates rules and rule re-ordering."
"With AlgoSec, I hope to achieve network visibility, application connectivity, and so on, which is the way it was designed."
"ABF is a wonderful module where you can keep the footprint for your firewall rules up-to-date, like CMDB."
"Overall, I am happy with the product; it meets and even exceeds our expectations and ticks all the boxes in terms of reasons for purchasing it."
"The most valuable feature is the Firewall Analyser, which has a number of fantastic features."
"I used to use Firemon before but switched to AlgoSec because the AlgoSec product and User Interface are more friendly than Firemon."
"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."
"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 features are network mapping and configuration."
"Overall, I am very happy with the way the product is working."
"RedSeal has different modules, such as the Analyzer module, which can be leveraged."
"The Vulnerability and Risk Management feature is valuable to us for keeping the security posture up-to-date and conducting regular continuous audits."
"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."
"This is the only solution in the world that gives you a digital resilience score."
 

Cons

"The maps are a little clunky and could be made easier with some automatic layout technology which assists in spacing out the devices for easier viewing."
"A more granular approach and the possibility to separate data and show relevant data to specific key roles or key users would be a great achievement in future releases."
"They can make some improvements to the user interface because it can be slow at times."
"I think AlgoSec can be improved in that it requires analysts to fully understand the context of internal changes flagged to avoid unnecessary panic."
"The GUI has not been upgraded for a long time and could use updating."
"The FireFlow's out-of-the-box workflow configuration/customization wizard could be improved to be more user-friendly and have a shorter learning curve."
"AlgoSec can be improved by simplifying the UI and reducing the learning curve, while a new user, faster reporting, more customizable dashboards, and clearer documentation specifically for advanced use cases would make it even more efficient for day-to-day operations."
"It needs to improve in all areas."
"There is room for improvement in integrating the OT security part and the private 5G security part in RedSeal."
"Although we are talking about a very robust platform, I would like to see the Windows compatible VM version come back."
"The network mapping/visualization could be improved significantly."
"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."
"One of the areas of concern is the GUI. It is important to our customers that the GUI looks beautiful. It's a Java Client, so you have a Java dependency."
"Its interface is not user-friendly and needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement regarding customization and automation of reports."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of the tool can be recovered with AlgoSec automations."
"I'm not involved in the financial aspect, but I understand the platform to be expensive, though I need to find out how it compares to competitors like Tufin, for example."
"I find the price too expensive. It looks a bit like SAP, so it does have standard functionality out of the box, but you will spend a lot of money if you want to customize it. However, the price is not as extreme as SAP or Oracle, but the actual implementation does turn out to be expensive."
"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 licensing is very easy to set up, with flexible licensing methods such as subscription and perpetual."
"AlgoSec is not much more expensive compared to other products available in the market."
"My advice is that you must do a POC and show value."
"The solution has a high cost, but the reduction in operation pays the investment."
"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
Outsourcing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
7%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Government
8%
Performing Arts
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business133
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise220
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlgoSec?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been reasonable; they could be better, but since it does what it promises, it is fair.
What needs improvement with AlgoSec?
In integrations, particularly integrations related to APIs, mainly in FireFlow, an improvement that could be excellent for AlgoSec would be integration with various ITSM tools, as today it is a bit...
What is your primary use case for AlgoSec?
I implement AlgoSec for various customers. I handle the planning through to the end of project delivery, the entire AlgoSec suite, which includes AFA, the Firewall Analyzer, FireFlow, AppViz, integ...
What needs improvement with RedSeal?
There is room for improvement in integrating the OT security part and the private 5G security part in RedSeal.
What is your primary use case for RedSeal?
The primary use cases for RedSeal are lifecycle management, vulnerabilities, and change management. Customers might look up or use these solutions for these areas.
 

Overview

 

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