ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer vs RedSeal

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer8.7Visit RedSeal8.6Visit

Higher score ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer #5 in Firewall Management Software 8.7/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit ManageEngine

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RedSeal #6 in Firewall Management Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit RedSeal

• ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer fits best

  Teams monitoring multiple firewall vendors

• RedSeal fits best

  Hybrid attack-path and exposure analysis

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Side by side

Feature	ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 8.7/10 Visit ↗	RedSeal 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Firewall Management Software	#6 in Firewall Management Software
Best for	Teams monitoring multiple firewall vendors	Hybrid attack-path and exposure analysis
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$395/device/yr	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web
Integrations	3 integrations	12 integrations
Features ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 5/5 · RedSeal 5/5
Multi-vendor support	✓	✓
Rule analysis	✓	✓
Change control	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Policy automation	✓	✓
Specs
Managed firewall limit	60 firewalls	Not checked yet
Deployment model	On_premises	Hybrid
Our review
Pros	Analyzes firewall rules, detects anomalies, and reports on policy issues Tracks configuration changes and supports backups and version comparison Offers multi-vendor monitoring, compliance reports, and REST API access	Continuously models on-premises, cloud, OT, IoT, and remote environments Analyzes reachability, attack paths, firewall policies, and configuration rules Connects with multiple firewall and cloud vendors, plus REST API and syslog
Cons	There is no free plan; paid annual licensing starts at $395 per device Standard and Professional editions support up to 60 devices Enterprise Edition starts at $8,395 annually per 20 devices	Requires a customer quote rather than offering published plan prices No permanent free plan is documented Its broad exposure-management scope may exceed needs for firewall-only policy checks
Our verdict	ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer brings firewall policy and rule analysis, log monitoring, configuration tracking, and security reporting into an installable application with a web interface. It is aimed at enterprises and managed security… Read the review →	RedSeal is an exposure-management platform for enterprise and government security, network, and compliance teams. It models hybrid environments across on-premises networks, public and private clouds, OT, IoT, and remote assets, then maps… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer — where it wins

  • Analyzes firewall rules, detects anomalies, and reports on policy issues
  • Tracks configuration changes and supports backups and version comparison
  • Offers multi-vendor monitoring, compliance reports, and REST API access

  Where it doesn't

  • There is no free plan; paid annual licensing starts at $395 per device
  • Standard and Professional editions support up to 60 devices
  • Enterprise Edition starts at $8,395 annually per 20 devices

• RedSeal — where it wins

  • Continuously models on-premises, cloud, OT, IoT, and remote environments
  • Analyzes reachability, attack paths, firewall policies, and configuration rules
  • Connects with multiple firewall and cloud vendors, plus REST API and syslog

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires a customer quote rather than offering published plan prices
  • No permanent free plan is documented
  • Its broad exposure-management scope may exceed needs for firewall-only policy checks

• ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer8.7/10 · 30-day trial

  Multi-vendor firewall monitoring with annual plans starting at $395 per device.

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• RedSeal8.6/10 · Pricing on request

  Maps hybrid attack paths and checks firewall policies to help teams prioritize exposure risk.

  Visit RedSealFull verdict →