FireMon vs Forward Enterprise
FireMon
firemon.com
Forward Enterprise
forwardnetworks.comSide by side
| Figure | FireMon | Forward Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $200/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Network Security Policy Management Software | 8.5 (#1) | 7.7 (#8) |
| Founded | 2004 | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Lenexa, Kansas, United States | The company lists its headquarters at 2390 Mission College Blvd., Suite 401, Santa Clara, California 95054. |
| Integrations | Supported technology integrations named by FireMon include Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco, Check Point, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Illumio, and ServiceNow. | The maker lists integrations and partnerships including Infoblox, NetBox, Arista CloudVision, ServiceNow, Itential, Ansible, Axonius, and Rapid7. |
| Security | FireMon Insights says data in transit is encrypted using TLS with SHA-256 and RSA encryption, and user credentials are hashed and salted before storage. | The product identifies CVE-affected assets and ranks them by severity, reachability, and exposure. |
| Support | FireMon offers business-hours support, 24×7 enterprise support, or a Technical Account Manager; its company page also describes 24/7/365 global support. | The maker describes customer success, a Forward Community, and professional services as part of its customer support offering. |
| What it does | FireMon helps organizations manage and analyze security policy across multi-vendor firewalls, cloud networks, and microsegmentation environments. | Forward Enterprise builds a mathematical digital twin of a hybrid network from device state and configuration data. |
Plans
FireMon
- Cloud Defense Pro$200 a month
- Cloud Defense EnterprisePriced on request
- Security ManagerPriced on request
Forward Enterprise
- Forward Enterprise (modular subscription: Base, Network, Security)Priced on request
In their own words
FireMon
FireMon helps organizations manage and analyze security policy across multi-vendor firewalls, cloud networks, and microsegmentation environments. Security Manager is the required foundation for policy visibility, compliance, and governance. Optional modules add change-workflow automation, rule optimization, pre-change risk simulation, and AI-powered analytics. Named integrations include Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco, Check Point, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Illumio, and ServiceNow. Its ServiceNow connection links firewall change requests with policy validation, approvals, implementation status, and audit evidence. FireMon says it is certified to support over 15,000 devices and 25 million rules, with response times under 10 seconds. The platform uses a hybrid deployment model; documentation describes server deployments and browser access. The maker offers a free firewall assessment with a customized report and dashboard, as well as a free trial, but no free plan. Security Manager pricing depends on environment size, selected modules, and support tier. Cloud Defense Pro is listed at $200 a month per cloud account.
Forward Enterprise
Forward Enterprise has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.