RedSeal vs Cisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management

RedSeal8.6Visit CSCisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management8.3Visit

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

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CS Cisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management #7 in Firewall Management Software 8.3/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 5 features Visit Cisco

• RedSeal fits best

  Hybrid attack-path and exposure analysis

• Cisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management fits best

  Cisco-centric cloud firewall management

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Side by side

Feature	RedSeal 8.6/10 Visit ↗	CSCisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.3
Ranking	#6 in Firewall Management Software	#7 in Firewall Management Software
Best for	Hybrid attack-path and exposure analysis	Cisco-centric cloud firewall management
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	12 integrations	9 integrations
Features RedSeal 5/5 · Cisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management 4/5
Multi-vendor support	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Rule analysis	✓	✓
Change control	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Policy automation	✓	✓
Specs
Managed firewall limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Hybrid	Cloud
Our review
Pros	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	Manages policies, objects, changes, and device configurations centrally Analyzes policy anomalies and synchronizes configurations with conflict handling Connects supported Cisco environments and AWS VPC, with REST API access
Cons	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	Focuses on Cisco and related environments rather than broad vendor coverage Paid capabilities require contact with Cisco sales or a partner Cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center capacity should not be read as a plan limit
Our verdict	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 →	Cisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management is a cloud-delivered service for centrally managing firewall devices, security policies, objects, configuration changes, and operational data. It is aimed at organizations working primarily… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Cisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management — where it wins

  • Manages policies, objects, changes, and device configurations centrally
  • Analyzes policy anomalies and synchronizes configurations with conflict handling
  • Connects supported Cisco environments and AWS VPC, with REST API access

  Where it doesn't

  • Focuses on Cisco and related environments rather than broad vendor coverage
  • Paid capabilities require contact with Cisco sales or a partner
  • Cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center capacity should not be read as a plan limit

• RedSeal8.6/10 · Pricing on request

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

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• CSCisco Security Cloud Control Firewall Management8.3/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  Centralizes Cisco firewall policies, changes, monitoring, VPNs, and migration in the cloud.

  Visit CiscoFull verdict →