We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the Virtual Private Network and the Electronic Control Lists."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the intrusion prevention system."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The applied policy inside the firewall is good."
"Cisco's support and services are far superior to any other security product in Pakistan."
"I like its system management and filtering options as a layer seven firewall."
"My clients have never contacted me with any issues, so I believe the solution is stable."
"The platform has significantly enhanced our organization's operations by providing secure communication channels between different office locations."
"I found the reporting to be useful because not only can I go back months, but it lists the individual URLs and the time that a particular person visited."
"Firewall Analyzer helps our organization to fulfill the compliance requirement as per ISO 27001, managing the network security effectively."
"Overall the solution does a good job."
"The most valuable features of the ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer are the monitoring of the full management of the network elements and the inventory of the infrastructure."
"Firewall Analyzer is easy to work with."
"The performance of the Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center could be improved."
"The product's setup could be easier."
"Due to the lack of enough tutorials available online, I face problems with Cisco."
"The solution could improve the number of ports available and load balancing."
"Areas for improvement include pricing points and the range of products available at any given time."
"The IOS and the deploy option could be improved."
"I had a challenging time trying to size the firewall on the cloud. Maybe the information is there, but I couldn't find it easily. Usually, it depends on the cloud provider itself, whether you use AWS or Azure. These guys give you the information, so this part is not as detailed."
"Cisco firewalls use old ESR or a Linux system, and there are problems with encryption. When we switch on encryption, the throughput goes down."
"The solution lacks a lot of features that other products have in the marketplace."
"ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer can improve by having better monitoring of all features from firewalls. We are using Kibana in order to monitor parts that this solution does not record. For example, having more correlation and proactive monitoring in some activity or scenario."
"The stability is so-so. There are always memory issues, but the solution is working great apart from that."
"It would be awesome if the product could monitor services for applications."
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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is ranked 7th in Firewall Security Management with 19 reviews while ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is ranked 11th in Firewall Security Management with 6 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is rated 8.0, while ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center writes "A stable and reasonably priced product that protects organizations from malware". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer writes "I found the reporting to be useful because not only can I go back months, but it lists the individual, URLs, and the time that a particular person visited". Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, FireMon Security Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and Cisco Defense Orchestrator, whereas ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is most compared with AlgoSec, FireMon Security Manager, Tufin Orchestration Suite, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and Skybox Security Suite. See our Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center vs. ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer report.
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