Cisco Firepower 4100 Series vs. Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

33 Reviews and Ratings

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Score7.1 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco Firepower 4100 Series’ 1-rack-unit size is presented by the vendodr as ideal at the Internet edge and in high-performance environments. They further state that it shows what’s happening on your network, detects attacks earlier so you can act faster, and reduces management complexity.	N/A
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual	N/A	N/A	Cisco® Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly FTDv/NGFWv) combines Cisco’s network firewall with Snort IPS, URL filtering, and malware defense.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual

Firepower 4100: 50,000-250,000
per appliance

No answers on this topic

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Considered Both Products	Cisco No answer on this topic	Cisco No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
	80% Would buy again 4 Answers	No answers on this topic
	Delivers good value for the price
	100% Delivers good value for the price 5 Answers	No answers on this topic
	Happy with the feature set
	100% Happy with the feature set 5 Answers	No answers on this topic
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
	Implementation went as expected
80% Implementation went as expected 4 Answers	No answers on this topic

Features

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual

Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Firepower 4100 Series and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Feature	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series 8.6 4 Ratings 0% below category average	Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual - Ratings
Identification Technologies	8.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Visualization Tools	8.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content Inspection	8.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	8.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	10.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	9.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	8.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
VPN	10.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
High Availability	10.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	10.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Proxy Server	5.52 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Small Businesses	SonicWall NSA Series Score8.5 out of 10	SonicWall NSA Series Score8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Score9.4 out of 10	Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Score9.4 out of 10
Enterprises	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Score9 out of 10	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Score9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Firepower 4100 Series	Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco When we are asked by local partners which security equipment we use we always recommend our Cisco security products. The Firepower firewall is no exception and we can easily recommend this to others who need a fast, secure, and well built system that integrates well with all your existing hardware and software. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Cisco No answers on this topic
Pros	Cisco Packet filtering Great vpn client Integrates correctly with other vendors Incentivized Gustavo Chang Network Security lead Read full review	Cisco No answers on this topic
Cons	Cisco Too much time to deploy changes When there are a lot of entries in the ldap mapping the device runs slow You can not make config changes via CLI, only via GUI Incentivized José Antonio Padilla Telecomunications Read full review	Cisco No answers on this topic
Usability	Cisco It not easy to understand the different features it offers. Sometimes you need to spend a couple of minutes to implement a change or even open a ticket with cisco tac to figure it out. Once support is on the phone with you they know how to resolve problems. But it's not an intuitive tool Incentivized Gustavo Chang Network Security lead Read full review	Cisco No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Cisco As I mentioned before, the Fortigates have better failover. I think the Cisco interface is easier to use that that of the FortiGate. My only criticism would be that with multiple CLIs, it can get a bit confusing when you are trying to configure something or troubleshoot from the CLI. Charles Lund Director of Network Services Read full review	Cisco No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Cisco Very stable and does not cause major interruption. Supports most of the business requirements. Enhance security, risk and compliance. Kelvin Goh Security Specialist Read full review	Cisco No answers on this topic
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