AWS Firewall Manager
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Spec sheet
- Purpose
- AWS Firewall Manager centrally configures and manages firewall rules across AWS accounts.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Intended users
- AWS says Firewall Manager is particularly useful for protecting an entire organization or frequently added resources.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Additional charges
- AWS Config rules and underlying services such as WAF, Network Firewall, DNS Firewall, and third-party firewalls may be billed separately at their current rates.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Automatic enforcement
- Policies can be applied automatically to existing and newly created resources across an organization.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- AWS Organizations
- Firewall Manager integrates with AWS Organizations to scope protection policies to selected accounts or all organization accounts.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Compliance monitoring
- A dashboard shows protected and non-compliant resources, and SNS notification streams can report configuration changes.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Maker history
- Amazon Web Services says it launched in 2006.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Protection types
- It supports policies for AWS WAF, AWS Shield, VPC security groups, AWS Network Firewall, Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall, and third-party firewalls.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Rule hierarchy
- Hierarchical policies let administrators delegate application-specific rules while centrally enforcing selected rules.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Security group auditing
- It can detect overly permissive security group rules and notify administrators or take action through auto-remediation.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Shield Advanced pricing
- Firewall Manager protection policies for Shield Advanced customers are included at no additional charge, while AWS Config charges may still apply.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Third-party firewalls
- It supports centralized deployment and monitoring of AWS Marketplace third-party firewalls, including Fortinet and Palo Alto policy options shown on the pricing page.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Plans and prices
Pay as you go $100 a month Per protection policy per Region; other services may incur separate charges. Monthly fee per protection policy per Region · Some Regions have per-policy prices above $100 · No minimum fees or upfront commitments Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Where Specifiction places it
- Firewall Management Software#9 of 297.7