Azure Firewall Manager vs FireMon Security Manager comparison

Microsoft and FireMon are both solutions in the Firewall Security Management category. Microsoft is ranked #10 with an average rating of 9.3, while FireMon is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3. Microsoft holds a 2.3% mindshare in Firewall Security Management, compared to FireMon’s 17.4% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of FireMon users who would recommend it.

Azure Firewall Manager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

FireMon Security Manager and Azure Firewall Manager compete in network security management, with Azure Firewall Manager having an advantage due to its integration capabilities within Microsoft's cloud ecosystem, while FireMon Security Manager is noted for cost-effectiveness and ease of deployment.

Features: FireMon Security Manager provides real-time network monitoring, automated compliance validation, and a comprehensive policy overview. Azure Firewall Manager is known for seamless integration with Azure services, central management of security policies, and its web application firewall capabilities.

Room for Improvement: FireMon Security Manager could enhance cloud compatibility, improve user interface design, and expand automation capabilities. Azure Firewall Manager might improve support for non-Azure platforms, provide more competitive pricing options, and enhance offline management capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FireMon Security Manager is easy to deploy on-premises and offers strategic consultancy services. Azure Firewall Manager benefits from native Azure integration, simplifying management for organizations within the Microsoft ecosystem, with both providing solid customer support.

Pricing and ROI: FireMon Security Manager generally has lower upfront costs and a quicker ROI suitable for small to mid-sized businesses. Azure Firewall Manager, priced more at a premium, fits enterprises looking for robust features and ecosystem integration, reflecting each product's targeted market segment.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Firewall Manager

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

10th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

4.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Microsoft Security Suite (27th)

FireMon Security Manager

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of Azure Firewall Manager is 2.3%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of FireMon Security Manager is 17.4%, up from 16.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Firewall Security Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
FireMon Security Manager	17.4%
Azure Firewall Manager	2.3%
Other	80.3%

Firewall Security Management

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Sikkander Batcha

DevOps Engineer at CloudIQ

Has managed traffic effectively but lacks visibility and advanced control features

Azure Firewall is typically behind other vendor firewalls because we don't see what kind of traffic is traveling through it. That is one drawback. The main drawback is that we need log support from Azure Firewall, which can be quite costly. There is no login feature in Azure Firewall because only the IAM feature is available in the Azure site; we manage it only through the Azure portal, not through any other portal. Other vendors, such as Palo Alto, provide GUI or CLI interfaces to manage their firewalls, whereas we only manage Azure Firewall through the Azure portal. In the future, I would like to see additional features in Azure Firewall Manager to make it more competitive, such as technologies like App-ID and User-ID that Palo Alto has. Azure Firewall currently only allows traffic based on layer four and sometimes layer seven, so they need to improve in those areas compared to other vendors.

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Kallamuddin Ansari

Cyber Security Consultant at ProTechmanize

Centralized firewall oversight has transformed policy audits and now streamlines risk reviews

The best features of FireMon Security Manager are centralized firewall visibility, policy risk analysis, and compliance reporting. It provides a single view across all firewalls, helps quickly identify risks and unused rules, and generates audit-ready reports, which is extremely useful in large, regulated environments. Change tracking is also very helpful, as it shows who changed what and when, reducing the risk of misconfiguration. The change tracking feature has helped our team by giving clear visibility into what rule was changed, when it was changed, and whether it introduced any risk. This has reduced troubleshooting time and helped us quickly validate changes during audit and incident review. Policy risk analysis and unused rule identification are also very valuable, especially in large environments, as they have helped us continuously reduce risk and keep firewall policies clean. The reporting and dashboard visibility are worth highlighting. FireMon Security Manager makes it easy to share clear, understandable reports with auditors and management, which saves time and reduces back-and-forth during review. FireMon Security Manager has had a very positive impact on our organization by reducing manual effort and improving overall security posture. It helped us gain centralized visibility across a large firewall environment, reduce risk and unused rules, and significantly shorten the time required for audit and policy reviews. It has also improved change control and accountability, which reduced configuration errors and operational risk.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"From a traffic management perspective, it's a good firewall because it's automatically scalable based on the traffic availability."

"The most valuable feature of Azure Firewall Manager is the testing and configuration."

"From a traffic management perspective, it's a good firewall because it's automatically scalable based on the traffic availability."

"The tool's support is good."

"We are utilizing Azure Entra ID for group labeling, so Active Directory, or now it is Entra ID, securing our application for everyone who accesses it, and Azure Firewall Manager is definitely securing our projects and all its features are fine."

"The solution has improved our organization with its firewall."

"The solution is very easy to set up."

"Azure Firewall Manager centralizes network security management with a hub and spoke architecture."

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"Overall, I would rate this solution a nine out of ten."

"The unused objects is another nice feature, where it digs a little bit deeper into comparing the logs that it sees versus the configurations that it sees... The unused objects feature will go through in a pretty detailed way and show us which ones aren't being used. Or, if they are used, it will show us how often they're used."

"For the cleanup of firewall rules, it performs really well for us. We utilize it in our regular rule cleanup tasks, several times a year. FireMon is our primary tool when doing that, either by going through its out-of-the-box compliance rules or using it to search for certain things in our rules that we want to prune from our firewalls."

"FireMon saves us a lot of time and it's nice because if you're adding a rule that's similar to another rule, it'll tell you so sometimes you can just edit the one and add another source or destination in there without creating a duplicate rule. It enables you to consolidate and have fewer, more meaningful rules. We're saving around 30% of our time."

"The firewall assessment feature is great."

"Its user-friendly interface allows for easy viewing and searching of network policies, including proxies, all on one console."

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

"The most valuable features are the security assessments and the ability to identify unused rules or objects."

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Cons

"The configuration and settings require substantial time for learning, particularly for new users."

"Azure charges for many aspects including scaling, automated scaling deployment, and traffic management, which leads to higher costs."

"The tool's security features need to improve. It needs also to include a monitoring system for logs. It is also complicated to find a query on the Azure firewall."

"The price is okay. This said, the solution is certainly expensive in comparison with other cloud services."

"The solution can improve the integration with open-source tools."

"We could do only one-way NAT-ing, where the traffic comes from outside to internal, to Azure, which is fine. However, when we actually do NAT-ed traffic to hit the firewall, that way is not working."

"For Azure Firewall Manager, the learning curve for new people is a bit challenging, but the integration should be more straightforward for configuring a centralized system."

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"We have had some stability issues that are affecting operations. We rely heavily on this solution and if it isn't working then we have to create rules manually."

"Our firewalls have multiple paths through them and FireMon falls short a little bit because it's not Palo Alto-centric. I don't think FireMon has kept up with where Palo Alto is at. They started out being Check Point-centric for years and they've never really fully embraced the nuances others, like Palo Alto or Fortinet, have. They don't handle a lot of the capabilities and attributes that Palo Alto does yet. They're working on it. They're getting there."

"One area for 7.x customers that needs improvement is the migration. It is an involved process so get ready to spend some time getting your environment back to the way it was."

"When it comes to documentation, they need to start putting together a basic command manual. With Cisco, you can look up a command and it gives you examples of three or four different ways that command can be used. It tells you how to put it into the GUI and the CLI. FireMon does need to start doing that."

"To my knowledge, there's no cloud component to FireMon whatsoever. We're on the hook for any updates to versioning of the operating system or the application that runs on the operating system. It would be nice if it was a little bit more automated."

"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."

"We're working on implementing FireMon with our ticketing system service now. Having that would be an improvement."

"The advanced features are complex in setting up the rules."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is reasonable but it is reasonable for the features."

"The solution is certainly expensive in comparison with other cloud services."

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

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

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

"Pricing model seems fair."

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

"FireMon is cheaper than AlgoSec."

"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."

"Relative to what it offers, the price is fair."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

18%

Retailer

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	2

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	44

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Firewall Manager?

The most valuable feature of Azure Firewall Manager is the testing and configuration.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Firewall Manager?

The pricing for Azure Firewall Manager is expensive. In our project, we have used both Palo Alto Firewall and Azure Firewall. Azure charges for many aspects including scaling, automated scaling dep...

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What needs improvement with Azure Firewall Manager?

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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 assessment and control the policies that we implement.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FireMon?

Comparatively, FireMon has a very good price and is below the general competition in cost. I have not seen any additional fees beyond the general contract fees for the usage I have. So, I have not ...

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What needs improvement with FireMon?

For one company I work with, I use Fortinet, and FireMon is not able to understand the zones that Fortinet uses. Part of that compliance piece does not provide me with the necessary information. An...

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 1% of the time

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Overview

Azure Firewall Manager is a security management service that provides central security policy and route management for cloud-based security perimeters.

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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

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

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