We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Stormshield Network Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The GUI is good."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"Azure Firewall is a cloud-native solution that removes the pain of load balancers."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"The solution has many useful features. For example, the solution allows users to create virtual IP addresses."
"Azure's cost-effectiveness is its major advantage."
"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."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"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."
"The solution has improved my organization because I can see what traffic is happening and I can use it to block and prevent attacks."
"I like how you can configure the rules. There is the task for the rules and a task for the network configuration. It also provides SMD filtering, and it can be integrated with the active directory for the users, their mission, and the VPN configuration. We are here in Sudan, and Stormshield didn't work in Sudan for more than a decade. Stormshield is a very strong firewall and very easy to configure and maintain. I am just working with the firewall solution, and we don't have any other solutions like endpoint solutions or something like that."
"It's an easy, straightforward management platform to use."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"A very robust product."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"Azure should be able to work better as a balancer also, instead of just being a firewall. It should have a wider mandate."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"There should be better monitoring and logging. Currently, it is put in Sentinel. It should be more seamless and from the interface."
"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."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"The tool needs to improve the onboarding and transition process for on-prem users."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"The biggest issue was their support department was not able to help us, then everything stops. This is a no-go area for me."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"The SD card could be more secure."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"Improvement is needed in terms of the technical support of the manufacturer."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"The filtering configuration could be better. We have some difficulties with the filtering configuration and the filter extension. It's not that easy. It's not that straightforward. In the next release, I would like to see a reporting system. Stormshield doesn't have any tutorials on how to do the configuration and things like that. They just have documentation on the website. If you want to configure, for example, Cisco or Fortinet, you can find tutorials on YouTube. They show you how to configure the features, and so on. In Stormshield, there is nothing on social media or the internet on how to configure different things. The lack of documentation or the lack of material makes it difficult for others to adopt this solution."
Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. 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 Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". 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 Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Azure Firewall vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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