Azure Front Door vs Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance comparison

Azure Front Door and Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance are both solutions in the Microsoft Security Suite category. Azure Front Door is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.9, while Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.3. Azure Front Door holds a 2.5% mindshare in Microsoft Security Suite, compared to Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Azure Front Door users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Azure Front Door and Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance 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.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Front Door

Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite

18th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

CDN (2nd), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (13th)

Microsoft Purview Communica...

Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite

30th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

GRC (8th), Digital Risk Protection (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Microsoft Security Suite category, the mindshare of Azure Front Door is 2.5%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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SayedAbdelrhman

Cloud Solution Architect at MentorMate

Provide bot protection and has proficient documentation

During our discussion with the internal Microsoft team about assessing our environment, they confirmed that we have sufficient security measures, especially regarding edge protection. Internally, we believe we are now certified. In the future, we could consider adding layer four protection from the firewall. Front Door combines CDN and WAF protection, so further enhancing its features could benefit both the customer and us. We monitor the number of users attempting to access our IP or DNS servers. When designing the system, we initially needed to ensure our environment was protected with a WAF. However, WAF is currently too costly for us, so we created private links and connected them to Front Door. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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Rey Vazquez

Vice President of Technology at Park Avenue Finance

Creates robust rules for communication and data security, boosting compliance measures

I was talking with some engineer from Microsoft about how we can audit our web page. They create or add to Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance that part, the Layer seven of the OSI model, to check the application and maintain a good practice of coding. I've tried the web page part, and it works great. However, monitoring and compliance for web applications could be improved.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution is good."

"Has a great application firewall and we like the security."

"I am impressed with the tool's integrations."

"You can assign as many web application firewall policies as you want to the same instance of Front Door."

"The most valuable feature is that you can implement resources globally. It does not depend on location and ability or something like that. This is to connect clients around the world."

"Azure Front Door provides DDoS protection and features related to WAF."

"The price is one of the most important aspects of the product. It's quite affordable."

"Azure Front Door provides DDoS protection and features related to WAF."

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"Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps with extra collaboration and ensures communication is within the framework."

"Customer support is excellent."

"The time it saves is very useful."

"The features I appreciate the most in Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance include the ability to build cases, give them dates, and find them based on the notes that I left behind."

Cons

"There's a limitation on the amount of global rules we can add."

"It lacks sufficient functionality."

"The tool should improve its cost."

"There could be improvements regarding its pricing for large-scale projects."

"I dislike the URL set parameters."

"My suggestion for improvement would be to enhance the Data Export feature to include specific tables, particularly the Azure Diagnostics table."

"The product needs to improve its latency."

"In the tool, there needs to be a good amount of monitoring in the area of health probes to capture in front of what is happening."

More Azure Front Door cons

"Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance can be improved by having more tutorials available for those who aren't used to using this platform."

"Monitoring and compliance for web applications could be improved."

"The product should incorporate more automation with the help of AI."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier."

"Considering the standard licensing of the tool, even though we have not checked the billing as of now, it might not be very costly."

"It is on a pay-as-you-go basis."

"The solution is a bit expensive."

"The product is expensive."

"The pricing of the solution is good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Azure Front Door and Application Gateway?

We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the...

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What do you like most about Azure Front Door?

Rules Engine is a valuable feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Front Door?

I am not sure about the pricing but believe Azure Front Door might require a higher cost due to its entry point nature.

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What do you like most about Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?

Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps with extra collaboration and ensures communication is within the framework.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?

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What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?

Overall, I rate Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance at a nine. I highly recommend it to anyone due to its robust system and valuable resources for IT security, risk assessment, and data mana...

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Azure Front-Door

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Overview

Azure Front Door is employed for securing external traffic, global load balancing, integrating web application firewalls, enabling disaster recovery, and enhancing application accessibility.

Organizations leverage Azure Front Door to support data publishing, act as a CDN, and ensure low latency for global users. Clients use it to protect numerous internet-accessible applications, integrate with DNS, and implement custom routes. Favored for caching web content and securely, efficiently distributing traffic to backend services, Azure Front Door offers SSL offloading, traffic inspection, and global scalability. Users value its affordability, ease of implementation, and web application firewall. Azure Front Door provides rich security features, traffic management, and URL rewriting. Load-balancing capabilities enhance performance with additional content security policies and bot protection. Integrations, including with GitOps, along with combined CDN and load-balancing, are also highlighted.

What are the most important features?

SSL Offloading: Reduces the burden on backend services
Traffic Inspection: Enhances security by inspecting incoming traffic
Global Scalability: Ensures performance for users worldwide
Web Application Firewall: Provides in-depth security features
Load Balancing: Distributes traffic to improve performance
URL Rewriting: Customizes URL paths for better navigation
Bot Protection: Shields applications from automated threats
Integrations: Supports technologies like GitOps
Combined CDN and Load-Balancing: Streamlines content delivery and traffic management

What are the benefits or ROI of using this service?

Affordability: Provides cost-effective solutions for web traffic management
Ease of Implementation: Streamlines setup processes for quick deployment
Enhanced Security: Offers robust protection for web applications
Improved Performance: Optimizes traffic distribution and latency
Scalability: Supports growing application demands with global reach

Azure Front Door finds usage across multiple industries due to its versatile applications. E-commerce companies benefit from improved global accessibility and speed, while financial institutions leverage its security features for protecting sensitive data. Media and entertainment sectors use its CDN capabilities for seamless content delivery, and healthcare providers rely on its compliance and protection standards for patient data security.

Microsoft

Communication Compliance is an insider risk solution in Microsoft 365 that helps minimize communication risks by helping you detect, capture, and act on inappropriate messages in your organization. Pre-defined and custom policies allow you to scan internal and external communications for policy matches so they can be examined by designated reviewers. Reviewers can investigate scanned email, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, or third-party communications in your organization and take appropriate actions to make sure they're compliant with your organization's message standards.

Communication Compliance policies in Microsoft 365 help you overcome many modern challenges associated with compliance and internal and external communications, including:

-Scanning increasing types of communication channels
-The increasing volume of message data
-Regulatory enforcement and the risk of fines

Additionally, there may be a separation of duties between your IT admins and your compliance management team. Communication Compliance supports the separation between configuration of policies and the investigation and review of messages. For example, the IT group for your organization may be responsible for setting up communication compliance role permissions, groups, and policies and investigators and reviewers may be responsible for message triage, review, and mitigation actions.

To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

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