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# Azure Firewall Reviews
**Vendor:** Microsoft  
**Category:** [Firewall Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/firewall-software)  
**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 31
## About Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall automatically scales with your usage during peak load or as your business grows, eliminating the need to predict and reserve capacity for peak usage.



## Azure Firewall Pros & Cons
**What users like:**

- Users praise the **top-notch security** of Azure Firewall, feeling confident and protected throughout their experience. (2 reviews)
- Users find Azure Firewall's interface familiar and appreciate its **ease of use** , enhancing security and productivity. (1 reviews)
- Users find Azure Firewall **easy to understand and adapt** , enhancing security and productivity in familiar Windows environments. (1 reviews)

**What users dislike:**

- Users find the **high system requirements** of Azure Firewall burdensome, leading to slow loading times and heavy memory use. (1 reviews)
- Users experience **slow performance** with Azure Firewall, noting heavy loading times and increased memory usage. (1 reviews)


## Azure Firewall Discussions
  - [What is the difference between Azure firewall and NSG?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/azure-firewall-what-is-the-difference-between-azure-firewall-and-nsg)
  - [Which types of resources can be protected by using Azure firewall?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-types-of-resources-can-be-protected-by-using-azure-firewall)
  - [What are features of firewall?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-features-of-firewall)
  - [What does Azure firewall protect?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-azure-firewall-protect)

- [View Azure Firewall pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-firewall/reviews?page=2&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-31+09%3A24%3A10+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=ae8afd12-a860-463a-b3bc-ec44befc71da&secure%5Btoken%5D=6b401325ccf03b8b57a611b30020a9bb11ff5c4bff8b36122d77d02317bfb6c4&format=llm_user)

## Azure Firewall Features
**Administration**
- Policy Management
- Logging and Reporting
- Application Gateway
- Concurrent Sessions

**Agentic AI - Firewall Software**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Adaptive Learning

**Functionality**
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Antivirus
- URL Filtering
- Availability

**Monitoring**
- Load Balancing
- Continuous Analysis
- Intrusion Prevention
- Intrusion Detection

**Generative AI**
- AI Text Summarization

**Artificial Intelligence - Firewall**
- AI Firewall

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