We performed a comparison between Azure Bastion and Azure Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to operate the product with scripting is excellent."
"It provides all the security to us. Without getting on the internet, we can access our servers. We can access our desktop through our web browser. We don't need to run the mstsc command and login to the VM. All those things are not required."
"The interface is available in the edit portal."
"Azure Bastion makes it easy to provide quick virtual machine access to our customers."
"The product's setup is easy."
"The connection to virtual machines is very useful."
"As an Azure consultant, for me, it is the best way to give the administrator access as you can manage the permission - including who can access Bastion."
"The most significant advantage lies in its runbook features, particularly beneficial for our infrastructure team."
"Azure Firewall is a cloud-native solution that removes the pain of load balancers."
"Great security and connectivity."
"All its features are good. That's why we recommend it."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"I can easily configure it."
"Azure's cost-effectiveness is its major advantage."
"The solution is very stable. When comparing it to other environments, it's actually quite impressive."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"The protocol speed could be faster."
"There are some challenges because Bastion is more compatible with Edge but not with the other browsers. As an organization, it doesn't make sense that we have to use only Edge. We should be able to access Bastion over Chrome, Mozilla, or Opera. It should be our choice."
"The solution breaks down sometimes."
"While general support is valuable, having a detailed breakdown of the specific issues would contribute to a more streamlined and efficient resolution process."
"We are not able to copy and paste files directly into the server over the patch host. We have to transfer files over to Azure Storage."
"You are charged for retrieving your own data."
"When you have a boot issue on Windows, you cannot use Azure Bastion to fix it. You have to use the Azure console or the VM console, and it is very limited."
"It has fewer features than you can get from other firewalls, like anti-spam and anti-phishing. Those kinds of things are not included. It only includes IDS and IDB."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"It would be much easier if the on-premises, firewall rules, had some kind of export-import possibility in place, which is not the case right now."
"Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment."
"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."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"The product could be made more customizable."
Azure Bastion is ranked 17th in Microsoft Security Suite with 8 reviews while Azure Firewall is ranked 11th in Microsoft Security Suite with 33 reviews. Azure Bastion is rated 8.8, while Azure Firewall is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Azure Bastion writes "Has good scalability and provides secure access to the virtual machines ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". Azure Bastion is most compared with Azure Front Door, TeamViewer Remote Management, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra Verified ID and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, whereas Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Sophos XG. See our Azure Bastion vs. Azure Firewall report.
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