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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Firepower® 1000 Series for small to medium-size businesses and branch offices is a family of four threat-focused Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) security platforms designed to deliver business resiliency through superior threat defense. The vendor provides that they offers exceptional sustained performance when advanced threat functions are enabled. The 1000 Series’ throughput range addresses use cases from the small office, home office, remote branch office to the Internet edge. The…N/A

    Cisco Secure Firewall

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Firewall delivers comprehensive threat protection for modern, distributed networks. Built to support hybrid workforces and multicloud environments, it enables Zero Trust access, application visibility, and secure remote connectivity. With integration across the Cisco Secure portfolio, including SecureX and Talos threat intelligence, the firewall powers organizations to detect and stop more sophisticated threats. Centralized management simplifies policy enforcement, orchestration,…N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesCisco Secure Firewall
    Editions & Modules
    Firepower 1000
    1,000-5,000
    per appliance
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesCisco Secure Firewall
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesCisco Secure Firewall
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesCisco Secure Firewall
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and Cisco Secure Firewall
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Cisco Secure Firewall
    7.9
    79 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Identification Technologies8.031 Ratings8.168 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.230 Ratings7.072 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.330 Ratings8.371 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.733 Ratings8.876 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.429 Ratings8.865 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console7.232 Ratings8.274 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.333 Ratings7.275 Ratings
    VPN9.128 Ratings7.665 Ratings
    High Availability9.232 Ratings8.571 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection8.828 Ratings7.870 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings6.741 Ratings
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    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesCisco Secure Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (34 ratings)
    8.1
    (84 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.3
    (29 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (34 ratings)
    7.6
    (35 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesCisco Secure Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I think it is well suited for smaller companies or (as in our case) extension to a central system with higher performance. My personal guess is, that it can be quite annoying with those delays in bigger environments, when 20 or more devices needed to be managed. From the point of security, support and updates it works quite good and seem to have no downsides.
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    Cisco
    The software offers advanced firewall solutions from Web threats management to behavioural analytics and comprehensive application security. Cisco Secure firewall software is incredibly easy to deploy and implement. Customer support services providers are concise and very responsive. Integration and customization of the software are exceptional. The product boasts impressive capabilities, enabling it to stop threats and manage all security flaws in real time.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • My organization is all Cisco and wants to stay in the Cisco life cycle, Firepower 1000 series is great for small to medium-size office.
    • Very robust enterprise-grade security solution with updated threat features to handle any current and upcoming threats. The solution is backed by Cisco to ensure constant security updates. Integrated AnyConnect remote client VPN is a big plus to allow for secure remote workers access. Easier to set up a site to site VPN due to the large user base and case studies published on integrating to other manufacturer solutions.
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    Cisco
    • It's good at segregating networks and ensuring that you only give the access that you need to give. Especially with medical devices, you want to only give the access that they need and keep them in their own separate areas so that they can't just communicate with the rest of the network. It's also good at the border for keeping attackers out of the network.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • ACLS in gui are PIA cant see object details
    • Objects in ACLs dont show IP addresses
    • Have to renames every object to name+ip to make acl GUI useable
    • Speed to data can use improvement.
    • Health warnings should allow you to resolve you have to dig n search in some cases.
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    Cisco
    • I wish that the deployment of the updates to the sensors from the FMC was faster.
    • Cisco ASA firewall did a great job of authentication and authorization on the local firewall. FTD does not authorize users well in terms that an AAA must be setup to provide the granular tools that the ASA did.
    • Cisco's method of licensing the firewall can be improved. The FMC and the FTD are licensed through the Cisco software manager and there are instances where the devices are licensed but the firewall still displays and error due to licensing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    It is quite good, robust and reliable but not always so easy to manage and configure. The tools could be improved and the price is not low for an entry level firewall
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    Cisco
    It works really well. We can do most anything we want or need to with it, and you don’t have to have a doctorate or multiple certs to necessarily figure it out. The thing that would probably have to happen to make us switch would be if we just got priced out - Cisco’s more powerful and higher bandwidth models cost a pretty penny.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Firepowers are secure, reliable, central management and configuration is easy and they fit in well with our existing Cisco infrastructure. Good feature set and support. Good management and control with chassis manager and central control with additional Firepower Management Centre.
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    Cisco
    The platform is powerful and feature-rich, especially when paired with tools like Firepower Management Center (FMC) and SecureX. The policy structure is logical, and the visibility into traffic flows, threat activity, and rule hits is quite strong once you're familiar with the interface
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    Has not let me down yet.
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    Cisco
    As for the availability, in general we did not experience any issues with it, neither in situations where there's only one physical device implemented nor when there's and High Availability pair. Failover works like a charm, no complaints here, it works as it should and so far it has been highly reliable.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    Great performance even on the lower end model of the series. You can push a lot of traffic through these devices without much performance impact. If you decide you want to inspect encrypted traffic however, you may take a big hit on the cpu and memory of the box, but they still manage to keep up even with all the bells and whistles turned on.
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    Cisco
    no slowing down, vpn is working fast
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    I have had troubles with Firepower Management Center and the FTD's in the past. Sticking to a Gold Star image and upgrading when the "bugs" are fixed is great. That still doesn't mean you are left vulnerable though. The extra features are just not enabled yet. Great product and calling support is readily available for any issue.
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    Cisco
    Firewall support is professional just like any other technology Cisco sells. From answering simple questions to bringing out outages affecting a large population of our workforce, Cisco support is always courteous, professional, and communicates with our team to keep our request on their radar. Some of the brightest people I've met are from Cisco support both in IQ and EQ which shows the talent Cisco is able to onboard to their team.
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
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    Cisco
    very good
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    was a good training but questions was answered not so good. Training was "Fundamentals of Cisco Firewall Threat Defense and Intrusion Prevention (SFWIPF)".
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Utilize the new FMC cloud which is available in Cisco Defense Orchestrator.
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    Cisco
    Our initial implementation was aided by Cisco's professional services and was excellent. The engineer was very knowledgeable and helped us work through issues while building out our new internet security edge Part of this involved tools to migrate the firewall configuration from old to new.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki MX is much more simple to configure it if you compare to Cisco Firepower 1000, but it is more limited to pur some complex configurations. The Cisco Firepower 1000 Series is typically deployed as a physical appliance, while the Meraki MX can be deployed as a physical or virtual appliance.The Firepower 1000 Series has a more complex user interface, with a steeper learning curve, but offers more customization and configuration options. The Meraki MX has a simpler, more intuitive interface,
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    Cisco
    Cisco Secure Firewall works better with the Cisco ecosystem when we can utilize it and feels beefy enough when we utilize it in the data center. The Fortinet we have found are great, small cost boxes for remote offices with a better UI then Cisco Secure Firewalls. The feature set included with the firewalls feels similar from a security point of view.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    was not involved
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    you can choose up to 50 devices i think thats enough for our organization
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    Professional Services
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    was not involved
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • We have seen improved throughput on our internet.
    • It took several attempts with Cisco engineers to configure the device; it requires a deep set of knowledge to set up in a more complicated environment.
    • This will allow us to move forward with a more stable and configurable environment with security available we didn't have before.
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    Cisco
    • Positive impact. Cisco is a big player in IT environment. It is future stuff, everything, what you learn today, maybe something can be tomorrow. And yes, it's quite important to learn the new stuff every day. And yes, that's it. Yes, I'm happy with Cisco.
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