AlgoSec vs Skybox Security Suite comparison

AlgoSec and Tufin are both solutions in the Firewall Security Management category. AlgoSec is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.9, while Tufin is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.3. AlgoSec holds a 22.7% mindshare in Firewall Security Management, compared to Tufin’s 11.0% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of AlgoSec users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Tufin users who would recommend it.

AlgoSec

Read 183 AlgoSec reviews

9,347 Views
4,113 Comparison Views

96% willing to recommend

Skybox Security Suite

Read 35 Skybox Security Suite reviews

2,802 Views
2,131 Comparison Views

82% willing to recommend

AlgoSec

Skybox Security Suite

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 25, 2025

AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are competitors in the comprehensive security management category. AlgoSec has an advantage with refined functionalities in traffic simulation and policy enforcement, while Skybox offers notable scalability and integration capabilities.

Features: AlgoSec features include detailed topology mapping, policy rule optimization, and comprehensive compliance reports. Skybox Security Suite is recognized for its scalability, integration with various network devices, and its suitability for large-scale environments.

Room for Improvement: AlgoSec could improve vendor integrations, especially with Sophos and SonicWall, and make FireFlow customization more intuitive. Skybox Security Suite could enhance its user interface and improve integration with certain firewall products. Users also suggest deeper report depth and improved automation capabilities for Skybox.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AlgoSec is praised for strong customer support and a reliable deployment process, although some users experience delays with complex issues. Skybox Security Suite offers straightforward deployment options but occasionally faces criticisms regarding slower customer support response times.

Pricing and ROI: AlgoSec is seen as cost-effective for large environments despite higher pricing, offering significant ROI through optimized firewall policies. Skybox Security Suite can be perceived as expensive, potentially deterring budget-constrained organizations, though it also provides valuable operational efficiencies.

To learn more, read our detailed AlgoSec vs. Skybox Security Suite Report (Updated: March 2025).

Buyer's Guide

AlgoSec vs. Skybox Security Suite

March 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 844,944 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

AlgoSec

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

183

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Skybox Security Suite

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (41st)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of AlgoSec is 22.7%, up from 20.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skybox Security Suite is 11.0%, up from 10.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Firewall Security Management

Featured Reviews

Shameerudheen Kp

Manager, MS Operations at NTT Security

Easy to setup with good auto-implementation and good rule reviews

AlgoSec is slow when it is loaded with too many firewalls and policies. A plan to take care of heavy usage is to be considered. Support of all firewalls and policy features to be enabled. AlgoSec should support in identifying most hit rules and re-ordering existing firewall rules - this is a very key to manage firewall CPU. A clustering of AlgoSec can also be considered. A group of AlgoSec servers managing large client bases geographically or datacenter-wise or function-wise. A head reporting unit and child processing units.

Read full review

NenadMijatovic

Director of Sales at S4E Serbia

Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use

Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature because it lets you focus on the most critical vulnerabilities. That's the important thing. Here in Serbia, there are not so many companies that have too many firewalls inside one company. So, they usually don't buy this model for Firewall Assurance unless there is some compliance. So you can prove that your firewalls are compliant. So, that model is not so important here in Serbia. It's for bigger companies. So, they usually buy network assurance to build the model of the network and vulnerability management to focus on the most important vulnerabilities. Moreover, Skybox can collect data for many vendors. From the endpoint protection vendors to the network equipment vendors to other security vendors. So, it supports more than one hundred vendors to collect data from them.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It saves time by allowing administrators to test network traffic and pinpoint which rules are being triggered for a particular traffic flow."

"It now takes less than half of the time it took before we had this tool to deploy the flows requested by the business."

"Thanks to Algosec, especially with the FireFlow and AppViz modules, I have managed the regulation compliance I need to adhere to through baseline compliance and checked my compliance with it."

"AlgoSec has significantly enhanced our troubleshooting capabilities. We can quickly pinpoint the causes of routing issues and conduct traffic simulations to identify potential problems."

"AlgoSec gives us a high level of confidence that our ACLs and our risk components are actually in line with our expectations. Because we run a lot of our firewalls as an internal change control boundary, we rely on them heavily to segregate vendor networks. It gives us a high level of confidence that those third-party networks that ride on the backbone are segregated and appropriately defined."

"The features that I like are the monitoring and the alerts. It provides real-time monitoring, or at least close to real-time. I think that is important. I like its way of organizing, also. It is pretty clear. I also like their reporting structure - the way we can use AlgoSec to clear a rule base, like covering and hiding rules."

"The product gave us more agility on the process to analyze and resolve tickets by requesting permissions to access services not enabled by default."

"Breaking down a rule to specify used objects within groups and protocols has proven invaluable for us because we are able to narrow exposure to potential threats, and more generally, areas in which we are exposed."

More AlgoSec pros

"The performance could be good because we chose it at the time, but it is too complex for us to appreciate its performance because we lack the necessary skills."

"It shows me a client's or an organization's entire network. I can see everything."

"I am impressed with the tool's change management, firewall and network assurance."

"The solution's most valuable and unique assets are the vulnerability management and change management solutions because they identify mistakes in the network before implementation which reduces risks."

"It can be integrated with a vulnerability management solution. When a client comes, apart from pitching network and firewall change management, we are recommending having vulnerability management. So, rather than just having the audit of the firewall, they can integrate it with their vulnerability management solution, which could be Rapid7, Qualys, or any other solution. This provides them the most value out of the platform. That is the way we are approaching our customer base."

"Skybox allows organizations to reprioritize the vulnerability they attempt to patch and mitigate, based on the contextual awareness of the network."

"The most valuable features are the rule compliance and the OS vulnerability checks."

"It's very supportive and very user-friendly."

More Skybox Security Suite pros

Cons

"At the integration point, a manual page could be added to the dashboard where directions about the products are explained in detail."

"We need a screen to view system logs."

"I would like to see more object-based reports on groups and object usage."

"A more granular approach and the possibility to separate data and show relevant data to specific key roles or key users would be a great achievement in future releases."

"The license rekeying needed for when you need to change a firewall usually takes a bit of time."

"The pricing for smaller installations should be lowered because sometimes there is just no ROI to add AlgoSec to the small branch offices with only 10 rules."

"The graphical user interface in AlgoSec needs improvement. Sometimes it gets stuck, requiring multiple refreshes."

"The UX control panel is in need of improvement."

More AlgoSec cons

"The tool does not offer options for customization."

"The only place where Skybox has room for improvement, and they're working on releasing this, it's just a slow-go, is the UI. The user interface has historically been via a locally installed thick client. They are moving to a web-based console and it's slowly coming out."

"Change Manager can be improved. If they can improve Change Manager so that whatever we want to do on a firewall, we are able to do it through Change Manager, it will be helpful for us. Whenever we are doing a change, it only does them at an L3 and L4 level, but all the firewalls are at the application layer. So, whatever needs to be done on the firewall, we aren't able to get it done through Change Manager. Currently, this functionality is not there because of which we are sometimes losing customers. I can create a role on Layer 3, Layer 4, but when it comes to the application layer, such as configuring and defining URLs or other things at the application level, it can't be done through Change Manager. Customers demand that they should be able to do everything through Change Manager. They don't want to do it through some other mechanism to accomplish their complete change management policy. They don't want to use a firewall manager because sometimes, they don't have any manager. They ask if they can use our solution so that a manager is not required. If Change Manager can do all the management automatically without involving any other manager, it will be great. They can also provide better integration with other managers so that everything can be done through a central point."

"The solution was quite technical. It would be easier to manage if the solution was more specific about aspects of the solution and provided more advisory around how to use it effectively. It would help users a lot if they were more clear about everything."

"The solution needs improvement in firewall configuration checks. I would also like to see more configuration checks for Forcepoint and for other non-supported firewalls."

"The cloud site could be better. They should provide some use cases to help users."

"There is room for improvement in the technical support."

"If anything could be improved it would be staying on top of the collector scripts, but I understand that's a very tough challenge."

More Skybox Security Suite cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For cloud environments, it can be expensive. The model adopted to use as licensing for the cloud environment should be reviewed since it sometimes can increase the value of the service/product in an unexpected way. For example, they should instead use the amount of instances, which should just take into consideration the number of Security Groups and ACLs."

"It will reduce your operations costs with improved team performance."

"AlgoSec may be little pricier with its licenses, but it is probably better than any of other competitors."

"My advice is that you must do a POC and show value."

"Quality has a price."

"The solution has a high cost, but the reduction in operation pays the investment."

"It is worth spending the cost for visibility on security. Of course, security is not cheap."

"Licensing is offered as a subscription and as a perpetual model."

More AlgoSec pricing and cost advice

"With licensing, the number of network nodes becomes very expensive to the point where you have to rationalize if the tools are warranted anymore."

"Skybox comes with extra licenses and has a change management license. The licenses are expensive, but they come with extra value."

"The product's pricing is excellent value. In terms of licensing, make sure you understand your network components, all your hops through your network, thoroughly, before you decide on the total cost. If you want to do point-to-point flow analysis and such, you need to have the configuration of all the devices in between point A and point B. A lot of people don't realize all their network components until they start using this product."

"The pricing has increased exorbitantly in the last few years, so now it is questionable. Now, it makes me want to review other products."

"Licensing is normally on a yearly basis. There may also be a perpetual license. Normally, the customers ask for a lower price. If you want to sell more, you have to think about it."

"Pricing is on the higher side. In terms of licensing, you should buy the complete suite rather than buying only the Change Manager. I think Change Manager with Vulnerability Control is something that would be interesting to look at."

"The software is expensive. I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."

"I think for the cost, what we got definitely is worth it. The only caution I would give is that whenever you license for Firewall Assurance at the same time, for some weird reason, you have to get one Network Assurance license, just to manage one firewall. That's a little bit of overkill. But otherwise, in general, the pricing is fairly okay."

More Skybox Security Suite pricing and cost advice

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Firewall Security Management solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

844,944 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AlgoSec?

AlgoSec's ability to integrate with various security and networking solutions enhances its overall value.

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlgoSec?

I am into operations and not aware of cost or pricing.

See all answers

What needs improvement with AlgoSec?

See all answers

What do you like most about Skybox Security Suite?

Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integrat...

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Skybox Security Suite?

Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abr...

See all answers

What needs improvement with Skybox Security Suite?

There is room for improvement in the product's user interface. It could be more user-friendly.

See all answers

Comparisons

Tufin Orchestration Suite vs AlgoSec

Compared 34% of the time

FireMon Security Manager vs AlgoSec

Compared 27% of the time

Palo Alto Networks Panorama vs AlgoSec

Compared 6% of the time

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer vs AlgoSec

Compared 6% of the time

Fortinet FortiManager vs AlgoSec

Compared 5% of the time

More AlgoSec Competitors

Tufin Orchestration Suite vs Skybox Security Suite

Compared 30% of the time

FireMon Security Manager vs Skybox Security Suite

Compared 14% of the time

RedSeal vs Skybox Security Suite

Compared 5% of the time

Qualys VMDR vs Skybox Security Suite

Compared 4% of the time

Palo Alto Networks Panorama vs Skybox Security Suite

Compared 3% of the time

More Skybox Security Suite Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

AlgoSec

March 2025

Download AlgoSec product report

Buyer's Guide

Skybox Security Suite

March 2025

Download Skybox Security Suite product report

Overview

AlgoSec enhances application delivery speed and security by automating connectivity and policy management across hybrid networks.

With 20 years of experience, AlgoSec is trusted by over 2200 organizations for securing critical workloads. Its Horizon platform leverages AI to discover and manage business applications, offering comprehensive visibility into security and compliance issues across hybrid environments. Intelligent change automation improves both agility and security, ensuring conformity to internet security standards and regulatory requirements.

What key features does AlgoSec offer?

Firewall Analyzer: Optimizes firewall rules, managing risk and compliance effectively.
FireFlow: Automates change management processes, reducing manual errors and boosting efficiency.
Traffic Simulation: Assists in troubleshooting by simulating traffic scenarios.
Vendor Compatibility: Works with multi-vendor devices, ideal for complex networks.
Compliance Reporting: Simplifies audits with templates for standards like PCI-DSS and ISO 27001.

What benefits should users consider?

Enhanced Security: Streamlines security policy management, reducing redundant rules.
Operational Efficiency: Automates processes, leading to faster and more accurate changes.
Regulatory Compliance: Provides tools for easy alignment with industry standards.
Centralized Control: Offers centralized management over firewalls and application connectivity.

In complex industries, AlgoSec aids in risk analysis, firewall policy management, and compliance auditing. Organizations optimize firewall rules and automate policy changes, achieving improved security and operational efficiency across multiple vendor environments. AlgoSec's tools are integral to streamlining change management and enhancing security posture in large network structures.

AlgoSec

Skybox Security Suite provides comprehensive tools for network and firewall compliance, vulnerability management, and change management, with a focus on risk reduction and network optimization.

Skybox Security Suite supports over 130 vendors with massive scalability and seamless integration, notably with Nessus and Qualys. Its features include network path analysis and offline attack simulation, which enhance management effectiveness. Despite its robust offering, improvements are needed in its UI, web interface, reporting detail, and customization. Automation, orchestration, and device policy provisioning require better support, and integration with tools like Rapid7 could be improved. Enhancements in firewall configuration checks, cloud connectivity, pricing, and marketing awareness are also called for, alongside a transition from Java GUI to a consistent web-based system.

What Are Key Features of Skybox Security Suite?

Network Assurance: Enhances visibility and optimization of network paths.
Firewall Assurance: Facilitates firewall rule set audits for compliance.
Vulnerability Management: Offers path detection and risk prioritization.
Compliance Management: Ensures adherence to standards like PCI.
Change Management: Simplifies management across extensive infrastructures.

What Benefits and ROI Can Users Expect?

Scalability: Supports numerous vendors and large-scale deployments.
Integration: Seamlessly connects with tools like Nessus and Qualys.
Risk Reduction: Improves security across network infrastructures.
Simplified Management: User-friendly interface and reporting tools enhance usability.
Network Optimization: Streamlines processes and improves performance.

Skybox Security Suite is commonly used in industries requiring strict compliance like finance and healthcare. Firms employ it for firewall audits, enhancing network visibility, and managing configurations against standards such as PCI, ensuring security and policy compliance across expansive networks.

Tufin

Sample Customers

Maersk, Delta Airlines, Chevron, General Motors, T-Mobile, Chevron, AT&T, BP, Bell Canada, HCA Healthcare, Morgan Stanley, Unilever, Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, US Bank, Microsoft

ADP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BT, USAID, Delta Dental, EDF Energy, EMC, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson

Buyer's Guide

AlgoSec vs. Skybox Security Suite

March 2025

Free Report: AlgoSec vs. Skybox Security Suite

Find out what your peers are saying about AlgoSec vs. Skybox Security Suite and other solutions. Updated: March 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

844,944 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our AlgoSec vs. Skybox Security Suite report.

See our list of best Firewall Security Management vendors.

We monitor all Firewall Security Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.