# Azure Firewall: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-firewall

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Microsegmentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/index.md) | 0% | 36 | 0% | 2 |
| [Next-generation firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/next-generation-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 67 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "often perform significantly worse than third-party NGFWs ... better as supplements than primaries" (Grok 4.20, Firewalls)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Azure Firewall, from 2 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- 0doubt.ai: 1
- checkpoint.com: 1
- cyberratings.org: 1
- cybersecuritydive.com: 1
- dataintelo.com: 1
- em360tech.com: 1
- engage.checkpoint.com: 1
- g2.com: 1
- github.com: 1
- linkedin.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://0doubt.ai/categories/ngfw: 1
- https://checkpoint.com/comparison/top-4-ngfw-compared: 1
- https://cyberratings.org/: 1
- https://cyberratings.org/tag/firewall: 1
- https://cybersecuritydive.com/news/network-security-defects-erode-defense/738387: 1
- https://dataintelo.com/report/global-micro-segmentation-solutions-market: 1
- https://em360tech.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/Microsegmentation%20Buyers%20Guide.pdf: 1
- https://engage.checkpoint.com/2024-forrester-wave-enterprise-firewall-solutions-report/items/next-generation-firewall-buyers-guide: 1

## In its own words

What Azure Firewall's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.