We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Hillstone CloudEdge based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The initial setup is straightforward; Azure Firewall does not have a complex implementation process. It is very simple; you just need to enable the service within Azure. It does not require any maintenance because it is managed by Microsoft, that is, it is a fully managed service."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"It is easy for me to protect certain ports or even the IP addresses, as well as do whitelisting, blacklisting, and the FQDN when we want virtual machines connected and to protect certain websites."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"It's auto-scalable, which is a great feature."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"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."
"The product could be made more customizable."
"The solution doesn't offer the same capabilities of Fortinet. It should offer intrusion prevention and advance filtering. These are two very useful features offered on Fortinet that Azure lacks."
"Azure Firewall definitely needs a broader feature base. It should be able to go all the way up to layer 7 when looking at applications and things like that."
"The threat intelligence part could be better. I don't see why our customers have to get an additional solution with Azure Firewall. It would be great if they made it on par with Palo Alto."
"It needs a lot of improvement, especially on intruder detection. They are working hard on that."
"For large organizations, a third-party firewall would be an added advantage, because it would have more advanced features, things that are not in Azure Firewall."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with .
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