Choosing the right Azure Firewall SKU to meet your needs

Azure Firewall now supports three different SKUs to cater to a wide range of customer use cases and preferences.

  • Azure Firewall Premium is recommended to secure highly sensitive applications (such as payment processing). It supports advanced threat protection capabilities like malware and TLS inspection.
  • Azure Firewall Standard is recommended for customers looking for Layer 3–Layer 7 firewall and needs auto-scaling to handle peak traffic periods of up to 30 Gbps. It supports enterprise features like threat intelligence, DNS proxy, custom DNS, and web categories.
  • Azure Firewall Basic is recommended for SMB customers with throughput needs of 250 Mbps.
  • Let’s take a closer look at the features across the three Azure Firewall SKUs.

Table of Azure Firewall Sku features.