Azure Firewall Manager vs ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer comparison

Microsoft and ManageEngine are both solutions in the Firewall Security Management category. Microsoft is ranked #10 with an average rating of 9.3, while ManageEngine is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.3. Microsoft holds a 2.5% mindshare in Firewall Security Management, compared to ManageEngine’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of ManageEngine users who would recommend it.

Azure Firewall Manager

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85% willing to recommend

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer and Azure Firewall Manager compete in network security management. Azure Firewall Manager is preferred for its robust features, making it worth the investment.

Features: ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer provides insightful reporting, comprehensive compliance auditing, and real-time monitoring. Azure Firewall Manager offers centralized security management, advanced threat analytics, and seamless integration with other Azure services.

Room for Improvement: ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer may enhance integration capabilities, improve scalability, and streamline user interface design. Azure Firewall Manager could expand its on-premise compatibility, offer more detailed offline documentation, and include cost-effective pricing tiers.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Azure Firewall Manager features cloud-native deployment with rapid setup and extensive documentation. ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer requires on-premise deployment, which can be more time-consuming but offers dedicated support for assistance.

Pricing and ROI: ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is a cost-effective option with attractive ROI and a lower pricing model. Azure Firewall Manager, while requiring a higher upfront investment, enhances ROI with scalability and advanced capabilities.

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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 (26th)

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

3.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of Azure Firewall Manager is 2.5%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is 3.3%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Firewall Security Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Firewall Manager	2.5%
ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer	3.3%
Other	94.2%

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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Hoa-Nguyen

Head Of Finance - Digital Venture at a transportation company with 11-50 employees

Implementation supports efficient network management but requires improvement in device handling capacity

The strong points of ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer are many, but I think my favorite feature focuses on the VPN traffic. If I want to manage my policy and optimize it, I find that ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer supports many vendors after Firewall. One aspect I want to improve in ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is the maximum number of firewalls that can be managed. I learned from the internal support team that one prop server only supports three to five firewalls. I think one prop server can manage a maximum of five because if I have many devices here, the performance of the prop would be very high, considering CPU and RAM usage.

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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 best feature of Azure Firewall Manager is that it is easy to maintain and configure."

"It is easy to install and does not require any plugins for your browser."

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

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

"The tool's support is good."

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

"The solution is very easy to set up."

"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."

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"Firewall Analyzer helps our organization to fulfill the compliance requirement as per ISO 27001, managing the network security effectively."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a very user-friendly tool compared to other solutions."

"I found the reporting to be useful because not only can I go back months, but it lists the individual URLs and the time that a particular person visited."

"ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer's feature for in-depth traffic analysis includes configuration management and overall monitoring of firewalls, with an emphasis on compliance management, allowing for automated reports across different OEMs to meet regulatory standards."

"Firewall Analyzer is easy to work with."

"The most valuable features of the ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer are the monitoring of the full management of the network elements and the inventory of the infrastructure."

"The strong points of ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer are many, but I think my favorite feature focuses on the VPN traffic."

"Overall the solution does a good job."

Cons

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

"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."

"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."

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

"The cost is a significant concern because we are in a region where the dollar is not our default currency, and converting to dollars makes it very expensive."

"There should be a simple one-click deployment for a firewall, rather than a set of setup instructions that include steps such as the DNS configuration, et cetera."

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

"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."

More Azure Firewall Manager cons

"ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer can improve by having better monitoring of all features from firewalls. We are using Kibana in order to monitor parts that this solution does not record. For example, having more correlation and proactive monitoring in some activity or scenario."

"The solution lacks a lot of features that other products have in the marketplace."

"One aspect I want to improve in ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is the maximum number of firewalls that can be managed. I learned from the internal support team that one prop server only supports three to five firewalls."

"It would be awesome if the product could monitor services for applications."

"If there is a need to get some customized report or anything, ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer takes some time."

"The stability is so-so. There are always memory issues, but the solution is working great apart from that."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is less expensive than some of their competitors, such as Cisco. The price is one of the reasons why we use ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer."

"Needs to work on pricing."

"I know that the price of the products is flexible. There have been different types of products, like professional and enterprise-based ones, and depending on the requirements, customers can choose their products."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

18%

Educational Organization

Retailer

Computer Software Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

14%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

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	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	10

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 ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer?

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a very user-friendly tool compared to other solutions.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer?

The pricing and overall licensing cost of ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is very cost-effective compared to global competitors.

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What needs improvement with ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer?

To improve ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer, they need to implement Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) support for firewalls and switches across their NMS products, as this would significantly save 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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ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is an agent less log analytics and configuration management software that helps network administrators to centrally collect, archive, analyze their security device logs and generate forensic reports out of it.

Real-time event response system and Integrated Compliance Management module of Firewall Analyzer automates your end point security monitoring, network bandwidth monitoring and security & compliance auditing. Firewall Analyzer eases your Device Configuration Management by providing out-of-the-box reports and alerts for configuration changes. Firewall Analyzer is vendor-agnostic and supports almost all open source and commercial network firewalls like Check Point, Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Snort, Squid Project, SonicWALL, Palo Alto and more, IDS/IPS, VPNs, Proxies and other related security devices.

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Sample Customers

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WFP, NYC.gov, Sony Pictures, Franklin Security Bank, ITC INFOTECH

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