AlgoSec vs RedSeal comparison

The compared AlgoSec and RedSeal 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 17.7% mindshare in the category. RedSeal is ranked #21 in RBVM , with an average rating of 7.0, and holds a 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of AlgoSec users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of RedSeal users who would recommend it.

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96% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

AlgoSec

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

234

Ranking in other categories

Firewall Security Management (1st)

RedSeal

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (21st), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (14th)

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 17.7%, down 23.0% compared to last year.
RedSeal, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 1.6% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.

Firewall Security Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AlgoSec	17.7%
Tufin Orchestration Suite	17.3%
FireMon Security Manager	15.3%
Other	49.7%

Firewall Security Management

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
RedSeal	1.6%
Qualys VMDR	9.8%
Rapid7 InsightVM	8.1%
Other	80.5%

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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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

"The most valuable is helping us determine where our rules are too permissive. Based on previous human review of our rules, they are very cursory. We know why we do something, but we don't get into the details of whether the rule is nice and tight. What Firewall Analyzer lets us do is understand the risks presented by our rules. The tool does a calculation of all the traffic that could be allowed and we can match that to whether it should be allowed."

"AlgoSec has been a valuable addition to our security operations, bringing structure, visibility, and confidence to firewall policy management and delivering consistent value in day-to-day security operations."

"I rate the scalability at nine out of ten, demonstrating a robust ability to expand and cater to large enterprises."

"It helps in regulatory compliance metrics and overall firewall security optimization."

"Firewall Analyzer and AppViz are the most important features because they provide a lot of information regarding network segmentation. For us, this is a valuable input in order to provide network segmentation for various applications that we have developed in-house or that we bought from vendors. Our network is not properly segmented right now, but we plan to do it using AlgoSec. This is the most important feature for us right now."

"AlgoSec saves our IT department a lot of time and also creates transparency."

"AlgoSec has positively impacted our organization by improving firewall change management, leading to fewer mistakes, better visibility, and easier audits."

"This solution helps in maintaining and providing regulatory compliance metrics and to optimize the overall security of the organization."

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

"Overall, I am very happy with the way the product is working."

"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 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."

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

"The most valuable feature I enjoy that is provided by this security analytics platform is the ability to measure resilience."

"This is the only solution in the world that gives you a digital resilience score."

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Cons

"The risky rules reporting should have more information available in the risky rules report - especially when you export the data into a .CSV format. .CSV format being a text-based visualization, some information and formatting cause the reports to lose meaning and only become just another character in the file since it cannot port over some properties (like severity represented by colors)."

"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."

"Support for Layer 7 policies, including User-ID and threat profiles with Palo Alto firewalls, has been a pain point from us. We would like to include the additional info specifically because we believe it changes the riskiness of the rule if it is only set for a specific user or a group of users."

"I would like for there to be more AI functionalities."

"AlgoSec is slow when it is loaded with too many firewalls and policies."

"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."

"I would like to see more object-based reports on groups and object usage."

"The platform optimization in very large-scale environments could be enhanced, as policy analysis and data loading can sometimes take longer depending on the network complexity."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"There is room for improvement regarding customization and automation of reports."

More RedSeal cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Use the entire suite for its best benefits."

"I propose to purchase licenses for all of the networking devices in the network, because if not all of the devices are integrated then the query of particular access cannot be discovered entirely."

"It will reduce your operations costs with improved team performance."

"When it comes to the cost of support and licensing, it is much cheaper than other competing products."

"I compared the prices of AlgoSec with Tufin and FireMon. I don't recall the exact cost, but it was within budget and not very expensive. In addition to standard licensing fees, we didn't have any significant additional costs. We did hire new people for the change management process, but that's not a technology issue."

"The pricing for this solution seems to be reasonable for the functionality."

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

"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."

More AlgoSec 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

Outsourcing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Government

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	122
Midsize Enterprise	41
Large Enterprise	209

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?

I do not have information about pricing, setup cost, and licensing; I am only a technical person.

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What needs improvement with AlgoSec?

From the product perspective, AlgoSec is performing very well as a firewall analyzer. However, as part of FireFlow, a recent use case involved a bank attempting to automate the firewall process and...

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What is your primary use case for AlgoSec?

AlgoSec serves as our main solution for firewall policy management, automating firewall change requests, compliance and audit reporting, and risk analysis. A practical example of our use case invol...

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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 look up or use these solutions for these areas.

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Overview

AlgoSec streamlines application delivery by automating connectivity and security policy management across hybrid environments. Trusted by over 2200 organizations, it leverages advanced AI in the Horizon platform for better risk management, ensuring security and compliance across multi-cloud settings.

AlgoSec is a cybersecurity leader with two decades of experience, helping organizations secure their complex workloads. The Horizon platform uses AI to discover and manage business applications, resolving risks and maintaining compliance with industry standards. It provides a centralized view of security issues, supporting intelligent change automation to enhance agility. AlgoSec's tools help application owners, SecOps, and cloud security teams deploy their resources faster, ensuring robust security measures are maintained across a hybrid network scenario.

What are AlgoSec's key features?

Firewall Policy Analysis: Insightful reviews of security rules to optimize performance.
Risk Assessment: Identifies potential vulnerabilities effectively.
Change Impact Analysis: Evaluates effects of network changes.
Traffic Simulation: Models network traffic to identify issues.
Network Mapping: Visualizes network paths and connections.
Automated Change Management: Streamlines policy updates and enforcement.

What benefits should users consider

Enhanced Productivity: Automation reduces manual tasks significantly.
Regulatory Compliance: Ensures adherence to standards like PCI DSS.
Improved Visibility: Offers detailed insights across complex networks.
Efficient Auditing: Expedites firewall audits and policy maintenance.

In finance, AlgoSec simplifies compliance with stringent regulations by automating policy tuning and network security audits. Retailers manage high traffic volumes efficiently by optimizing firewall settings, while healthcare systems use AlgoSec for maintaining secure, compliant network operations crucial for data protection.

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RedSeal offers advanced network mapping and risk management capabilities that enhance digital resilience by providing visual and analytical tools to assess network vulnerabilities and compliance.

RedSeal integrates network mapping with vulnerability data, enabling organizations to visualize end-to-end network access and manage configurations effectively. It provides comprehensive scoring of digital resilience while facilitating "what if" traffic analyses. Organizations benefit from features like accelerated incident response and unified infrastructure views, which help identify security postures and compliance gaps. Improved report customization and a shift from Java dependency to HTML5 are areas for enhancement.

What are RedSeal's Key Features?

Network Mapping: Provides visualization of entire network pathways for better access control.
Vulnerability Management: Integrates vulnerability data with network maps for enhanced awareness.
Risk Assessment: Offers tools for evaluating digital resilience risk scores.
Compliance Verification: Helps ensure adherence to network policies and standards.
Traffic Analysis: Supports "what if" scenarios to predict network behavior.

What Benefits and ROI Can Users Expect?

Enhanced Security Posture: Improved visibility into network vulnerabilities and risk assessment.
Operational Efficiency: Streamlined configuration management and data correlation.
Accelerated Incident Response: Rapid insights into security incidents for quicker resolution.
Informed Decision Making: Provides executives with substantial insights for digital transformation.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and telecommunications, RedSeal aids organizations in securing their infrastructure by identifying risk scores and ensuring compliance. It supports digital transformation by analyzing network gaps, segregating prohibited access points, and aiding lifecycle management for robust technological performance and security integration.

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

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

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