We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Zscaler Internet Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The solution is scalable."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"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 very stable. When comparing it to other environments, it's actually quite impressive."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"Great security and connectivity."
"The solution should be capable of self-scaling, which is one of the features we like about it."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"It provided ease of maintenance. If a new firewall was needed, we only had to run the pipelines for this. So, the maintenance was very easy."
"The URL filtering has been the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features I found in Zscaler Internet Access are the restriction of users for a particular URL, the security feature related to stopping DDoS, and the VPN."
"The data loss prevention feature is the most valuable. It stops our users from inadvertently leaking our customers' data to the Internet or anywhere else it shouldn't go."
"We enjoy all of the proxy capabilities and the capability to integrate into the SIEM/SOC solution."
"The solution replaces multiple vendor technologies with one which makes it worth the cost."
"The VPN is valuable, as the whole technology is very different from a traditional VPN."
"The best thing about Zscaler Internet Access is the website filtering. In the UAE it's quite an important feature because most of the malware comes through the SQL injection and through downloads from websites. Zscaler helps protect against that."
"Zscaler covers all the features needed to replace a VPN or proxy solution. They are good. They've been on the market for 15 years now, so they are mature enough."
"Lacks training for new features."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"They've become quite expensive."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"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 Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"There are a number of things that need to be simplified, but it's mostly costs. It needs to be simplified because it's pretty expensive."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"An Azure firewall is not a real firewall."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"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."
"There are a few features that are not compatible with the Azure cloud."
"Do not expect to pay for the service and start using it, like Gmail. Zscaler requires a proper implementation to be done to make it successful."
"In every cloud service in the world, you have multiple upstream internet providers to create diversity so that if one of your providers fails, your network just continues. In South Africa, there is only one upstream provider, and that's not right. That that's a problem."
"There are some performance issues when we add on additional controls."
"I don't know whether it's Zscaler or not, however, sometimes I can't access my time management. I need to wait and try again a few hours later. Typically, if I let some time pass, I can access it again."
"Sometimes it's not easy to use during large deployments of workstations."
"Zscaler Internet Access can improve by adding traffic filtering based on the DNS."
"Zscaler should continue to make the user interface better. They should also improve the backup network and continue to expand it so that it can handle larger numbers of customers."
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. 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 Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP.
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