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PROS

AWS Firewall Manager reduces manual security configuration effort by around sixty to seventy percent through centralized, managed, and automatically enforced policies.
The strength of the community is considered invaluable according to the reviews.
It is simple to set up, easy to use, and allows control of traffic through security groups within a virtual private cloud (VPC).
Compliance monitoring identifies framework-based misconfigurations and supports compliance with industry standards such as FedRAMP, GDPR laws, and ISO 27001.
The scaling feature allows deployment across networks with automated policy application, improving security posture and simplifying audits.

CONS

AWS Firewall Manager could have more granular policy customization and improved dashboards for better reporting.
There is confusion among users due to the numerous features, leading to difficulty in knowing which to use.
Documentation could be better organized in a more structured and chronological manner.
Logging configuration is not straightforward, posing challenges for users.
AWS Firewall Manager should manage other third-party appliances for enhanced integration capabilities.
 

AWS Firewall Manager Pros review quotes

Venda E - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Option Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Dec 8, 2025
Overall, it improved our security posture and made audits much easier.
AravindR - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Team Lead at Exalogic Consulting
Apr 13, 2026
After implementing AWS Firewall Manager, we reduced our manual security configuration effort by around sixty to seventy percent as the policies are now centralized, managed, and automatically enforced.
SK
Senior IT Auditor at Ernst & Young
Oct 22, 2025
It is helpful for our compliance, as the compliance manager manages compliance with leading industry standards such as FedRAMP, which my company complies with, GDPR laws, and ISO 27001.
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Karthik Ekambaram - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Scybers
Oct 2, 2025
We work with compliance monitoring in the product, which is helpful for identifying framework-based misconfigurations, as it can tell you where to deploy firewall policies based on the frameworks.
Trivikram Rajendreaprabhu - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior security engeneer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 9, 2024
The product is highly reliable.
Bassam Khoreich - PeerSpot reviewer
Territory Account Executive at Barracuda Networks
Sep 17, 2024
The most valuable feature is scaling, which allows you to deploy one configuration and scan and deploy it across the network. The automated policy application feature also streamlines security operations.
SS
IT Consultant at Acentauri
Sep 28, 2023
Also, the strength of the community is invaluable.
NeerajPanwar - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infra and Cloud Engineer at Peak Pacific Group
Oct 4, 2023
It has centralized cloud firewall management rules. It provides compliance in tracking and reporting.
Muhammad Jahangir - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager devops at emergent
May 3, 2022
AWS Firewall Manager isn't a separate solution when you create the virtual private cloud (VPC), so you can control the traffic through that security group.
reviewer1360056 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Jun 12, 2020
Once this solution is set up, we hardly have to touch it.
 

AWS Firewall Manager Cons review quotes

Venda E - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Option Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Dec 8, 2025
One area for improvement is the reporting and customization option.
AravindR - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Team Lead at Exalogic Consulting
Apr 13, 2026
AWS Firewall Manager could be improved with more granular policy customization for better visibility through enhanced dashboards and reporting.
SK
Senior IT Auditor at Ernst & Young
Oct 22, 2025
The areas of improvement are definitely platform resiliency, as we have seen outages on the AWS backbone, and whenever there is an outage on the AWS backbone, it impacts all the services hosted on that region, so we expect regional resiliency.
Learn what your peers think about AWS Firewall Manager. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
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Karthik Ekambaram - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Scybers
Oct 2, 2025
For AWS WAF, we have seen cases where it allowed suspicious HTTPS headers even if they carried malicious payloads.
Trivikram Rajendreaprabhu - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior security engeneer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 9, 2024
The product could benefit from improvements in the user interface and integration capabilities.
Bassam Khoreich - PeerSpot reviewer
Territory Account Executive at Barracuda Networks
Sep 17, 2024
AWS Firewall Manager should be open to manage other third-party appliances as well.
SS
IT Consultant at Acentauri
Sep 28, 2023
They could consider organizing and enhancing documentation in a more structured and chronological manner
NeerajPanwar - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infra and Cloud Engineer at Peak Pacific Group
Oct 4, 2023
It needs to be more employee-friendly, and the security management could be more efficient.
Muhammad Jahangir - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager devops at emergent
May 3, 2022
I would like to see AWS add some UTM features to the firewall. It would also be great if AWS Firewall had native IPS/IDS. They have the separate IPS/IDS, GuardDuty.
reviewer1360056 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Jun 12, 2020
This solution is suitable for a small-scale enterprise and may not scale up to a very high volume of traffic or a large number of servers.