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AlgoSec vs RedSeal comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AlgoSec
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
234
Ranking in other categories
Firewall Security Management (1st)
RedSeal
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (21st), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

AlgoSec and RedSeal aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. AlgoSec is designed for Firewall Security Management and holds a mindshare of 17.7%, down 23.0% compared to last year.
RedSeal, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 1.6% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.
Firewall Security Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AlgoSec17.7%
Tufin Orchestration Suite17.3%
FireMon Security Manager15.3%
Other49.7%
Firewall Security Management
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
RedSeal1.6%
Qualys VMDR9.8%
Rapid7 InsightVM8.1%
Other80.5%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Prasad Boddu - PeerSpot reviewer
project manager at FedEx
Automation has transformed firewall changes and has reduced audit effort and breach risk
The best features AlgoSec offers include automation of firewall rule changes, centralized security policy management, and improved compliance and audit readiness. AlgoSec has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to see faster change management, reduced audit costs, and reduced breach risk. I can share specific metrics indicating that through OpEx savings, we have been able to reduce firewall rule analysis and rule change handling time by 60 to 90 percent. This has led to fewer manual tasks and a smaller workload on our network and security teams. We have seen a return on investment with reduced audit costs, less time spent preparing evidence manually, and reduced breach risk. I would like to add that on centralized security policy management, it reduces complexity in multi-vendor environments.
reviewer1339494 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Enhancing network visibility with competitive pricing but needs better OT and 5G integration
The primary use cases for RedSeal are lifecycle management, vulnerabilities, and change management. Customers might look up or use these solutions for these areas RedSeal helps in optimizing the cost for the customer based on different use cases. If the solution caters to a particular use case,…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"This Appliance gives you the full Network MAP, which is obtainable from the Routing table."
"With AlgoSec, it was able to conduct the environment so that it was possible to get more accurate and fast information about the changes that the environment went through."
"AlgoSec has helped me in the last three companies that I have worked for."
"AlgoSec helps to make our network security better and improves our internal customer relationships by using FireFlow."
"AlgoSec AFA provides visibility and enhancement opportunities on the firewalls."
"The most valuable feature is that the tool is capable of simplifying firewall management and configuration in an automated fashion."
"For us, as well as for our customers, firewall management and change management are the most important features."
"AlgoSec has improved our organization in terms of improving efficiency within our firewall setup. It has added automation to working process that has helped us achieve our initial goal of reacting faster to incoming requests, which as a result of allows the relevant teams time to focus on other areas of importance."
"The Vulnerability and Risk Management feature is valuable to us for keeping the security posture up-to-date and conducting regular continuous audits."
"This solution is amazing! The most important part is the way it gives access information to the entire infrastructure, the network most importantly."
"RedSeal integrates the network and gives us a visual or graphical overview of our network. If an organization is geographically dispersed, for instance, with one office in Canada and one office in the Philippines, the whole network, including all devices, is integrated into RedSeal, and you can see from where the traffic is going in and out."
"RedSeal helps you prioritize and allocate your scarce human and capital resources where they have the biggest impact to protect your most-valuable digital assets."
"RedSeal has different modules, such as the Analyzer module, which can be leveraged."
"The most valuable feature I enjoy that is provided by this security analytics platform is the ability to measure resilience."
"This is the only solution in the world that gives you a digital resilience score."
"The most valuable features are network mapping and configuration."
 

Cons

"AlgoSec has a bit of a learning curve."
"The risk matrix implementation is not easy from an Excel file, so it would be nice to have a solution for creating it directly within the web interface."
"I would say that the cases opened with AlgoSec could be solved faster or escalated sooner to the senior engineers/2nd or 3rd tier."
"The reports are lacking information when they come out."
"During the early implementation phase, some stability issues were experienced."
"The platform optimization in very large-scale environments could be enhanced, as policy analysis and data loading can sometimes take longer depending on the network complexity."
"I like the training available as it is very informative, but, I wish it was just available from YouTube and I could easily play it from my cell phone without additional logins."
"ABF needs to be more integration with AFF/AFA. We needs object level permissions and application level recertifications."
"There is room for improvement in integrating the OT security part and the private 5G security part in RedSeal."
"One of the areas of concern is the GUI. It is important to our customers that the GUI looks beautiful. It's a Java Client, so you have a Java dependency."
"Sometimes, it required us to refresh the configuration. When we integrated any of the configurations into the device, sometimes, it could not detect the exact picture of that device. So, we had to reset the device to see that if it was giving true-positive results or false-positive results. In some cases, we were not able to get true-positive results. There was some kind of bug in that version. Its interface is not user-friendly and needs to be improved. It takes time to understand the interface and various options. Skybox has quite a user-friendly interface. They could provide a feature for compliance audit policy if it is already not there. A compliance audit policy ensures that all configurations are based on the best practices standards, such as CIS benchmarks standard or other similar standards. It provides visibility about whether your device configuration is based on best practices or not. Usually, such a feature is provided by other solutions such as Meteor or Tenable Nessus."
"The dashboard should be improved to make correlating data easier to do."
"Its interface is not user-friendly and needs to be improved."
"Although we are talking about a very robust platform, I would like to see the Windows compatible VM version come back."
"Integration with other security tools. Have the ability to create custom reports: Currently, within RedSeal you only have the option to run the canned reports."
"The network mapping/visualization could be improved significantly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AlgoSec may be little pricier with its licenses, but it is probably better than any of other competitors."
"Setup cost and pricing were reasonable and the licensing was straightforward."
"Price is not my concern. If a tool does its job, it is not my concern to obtain a good price for it. If a tool is needed, we are going to buy it."
"Initially, it was more expensive, but we managed to negotiate the price. It's about average now."
"The price came in where we really didn't even need to have much of a discussion. That was very good. There are also options regarding what you want to pay for. It wasn't really pushed on me that I have to get all of it or else I can't be an AlgoSec customer."
"We have had quite a number of our prospective clients have come to us, and say, "Hey guys, we want AlgoSec," but one of their turn-offs has been the pricing. I would like it if AlgoSec would review their pricing and come down on it. The solution is quite amazing and versatile, so we would really appreciate it if the pricing could be reviewed for Nigeria because we definitely would get more sales if that happened."
"The pricing for this solution seems to be reasonable for the functionality."
"It will reduce your operations costs with improved team performance."
"The pricing is based on the number of endpoints and devices, and we have seen it range from mid-five figures to low six figures."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
9%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business124
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise209
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlgoSec?
I do not have information about pricing, setup cost, and licensing; I am only a technical person.
What needs improvement with AlgoSec?
From the product perspective, AlgoSec is performing very well as a firewall analyzer. However, as part of FireFlow, a recent use case involved a bank attempting to automate the firewall process and...
What is your primary use case for AlgoSec?
AlgoSec serves as our main solution for firewall policy management, automating firewall change requests, compliance and audit reporting, and risk analysis. A practical example of our use case invol...
What needs improvement with RedSeal?
There is room for improvement in integrating the OT security part and the private 5G security part in RedSeal.
What is your primary use case for RedSeal?
The primary use cases for RedSeal are lifecycle management, vulnerabilities, and change management. Customers might look up or use these solutions for these areas.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Maersk, Delta Airlines, Chevron, General Motors, T-Mobile, Chevron, AT&T, BP, Bell Canada, HCA Healthcare, Morgan Stanley, Unilever, Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, US Bank, Microsoft 
United States Postal Service, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Interval International
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