We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence 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 most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"One of the best features is that it natively integrates with Azure Services and tools. When you have a third-party offering, that is not the case. But Azure Firewall provides a comprehensive and seamless security solution for your Azure resources."
"The solution should be capable of self-scaling, which is one of the features we like about it."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten."
"I value how Threat Intelligence integrates with the different platforms in Microsoft."
"The product is useful when the end user downloads malware files."
"Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence assesses machines for vulnerabilities and gives remediations."
"The product's anti-spam and malware-scanning features are useful. We scan email attachments, documents, and malicious codes."
"Microsoft collects trillions of signals from all over the world, which is incredibly valuable. It helps us identify zero-day vulnerabilities and global threats."
"It is very scalable. There are approximately 2,000 endpoints and up to 200 servers in our company."
"The product provides efficient email security for sending links and file attachments."
"Azure has new versions including a premium firewall. But I would like to see them not put the premium features on Azure Firewall Premium alone because it is quite expensive."
"Right now, with Azure Firewall, we cannot have a normal inbound traffic flow. For inbound, Microsoft suggests using application gateways, so the options are very limited. I cannot use this firewall as an intermediate firewall because of the limitations, and I cannot point routing to another firewall. So if I want to use back-to-back firewall architecture in my environment, I cannot use Azure Firewall for that type of configuration either."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"The tool needs to improve the onboarding and transition process for on-prem users."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"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 product could be made more customizable."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"Having up-to-date documentation and real-time reflections in all portals would be beneficial to keep users informed about any changes. Additionally, the frequent changes in Microsoft's UI and the movement of features between different products in the set pose difficulties."
"The price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required. In general, the solution's price needs to be reduced."
"The price point is something they can improve slightly for those who don't have an M 365 E5."
"It would be beneficial to enhance the pricing structure and make it more affordable."
"It's a bit complicated to manage because you have many dependencies of servers, many dependencies in queue, and so on. Entries or different endpoints, and you make different configuration topics for each one. So that's a major problem."
"The price could be improved."
"We encounter problems connecting the product deployed on the user endpoints with the servers."
"I would like for there to be extra confirmation that there aren't viruses. Even if the virus detection software is always running there could be hidden applications that are using the computer."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 14th in Microsoft Security Suite with 33 reviews while Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is ranked 16th in Microsoft Security Suite with 23 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is rated 8.4. 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 Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence writes "A tool that offers endpoint protection with low maintenance costs". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Fortinet FortiGate, whereas Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, Cisco Threat Grid, STAXX, ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) and VirusTotal. See our Azure Firewall vs. Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence report.
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