We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"I can easily configure it."
"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."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"In terms of the reporting, it's beautiful. It integrates with Azure monitoring and with Azure policies. That piece is a big help. You can set governing policies and you can use the application firewall, as well as the Azure Firewall, to enforce those policies."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"The solution is stable."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"The solution is scalable."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"It is a stable solution."
"Zscaler provides effective protection against various cyber threats ensuring a safe environment"
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"The UI could be improved."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"You have to have a defined IP range within your network to associate it with your network. The problem is you have to plan ahead of time if you expect to use the firewall in the future so that you don't have to reconfigure your subnets or that specific IP range. Other than that, I don't any issues. I use it for basic configuration for a single application, so I really don't try to leverage it for multiple applications where I might find some complexity or challenges."
"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."
"It has fewer features than you can get from other firewalls, like anti-spam and anti-phishing. Those kinds of things are not included. It only includes IDS and IDB."
"They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"We are having some issues with internet access being denied when organizational ID-based policies change. For example, a lower level employee ends up getting the same level of access as that of a higher level employee."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"Certain criteria need to be met if you want to scale this solution."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
"Its technical support services could be better."
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Check Point NGFW and Sophos XG. See our Azure Firewall vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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