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Cisco Catalyst Center vs Google Cloud Firewall Policies

Cisco Catalyst Center

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Google Cloud Firewall Policies

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FigureCisco Catalyst CenterGoogle Cloud Firewall Policies
Price from—$0.02/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published25
Spec score · Firewall Management Software7.8 (#7)8.0 (#6)
PurposeCisco Catalyst Center is a centralized network controller and management dashboard for enterprise network operations.Hierarchical firewall policies let organizations enforce consistent firewall rules across an organization or individual folders.

Plans

Cisco Catalyst Center

  • Cisco DNA AdvantagePriced on request
  • Cisco DNA EssentialsPriced on request

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Google Cloud Firewall Policies

  • Cloud NGFW EssentialsFree
  • Hierarchical firewall policies (500 or fewer attributes)Free
  • Hierarchical firewall policies (501 or more attributes)Free
  • Cloud NGFW Standard$0.02 a month
  • Cloud NGFW Enterprise$1.75 a month

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Cisco Catalyst Center

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Google Cloud Firewall Policies

Google Cloud Firewall Policies provide hierarchical firewall rules for organizations that need to apply controls across an organization or selected folders. Rules can allow or deny connections, or pass evaluation onward to lower-level policies or VPC firewall rules. A hierarchical policy becomes active only when associated with an organization or folder; it cannot be assigned directly to a project. Rules can target VPC networks and VM service accounts, but not instance tags. When configured with a security profile group, matching traffic can be sent through a firewall endpoint for Layer 7 inspection, including URL filtering and intrusion detection and prevention. Administrators can manage policies in the Google Cloud console or with gcloud CLI; Google also documents Terraform support for rules with logging enabled. Logs are available in Cloud Logging and can be exported to its supported destinations. Identity and Access Management roles govern policy permissions. Essentials rules based on standard network attributes are free; hierarchical policy charges are listed per covered VM and depend on rule-attribute count.

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