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Mozilla Launches Firefox Enterprise: An On-Premise Console for Managing Browsers on Your PCs
Mozilla has unveiled Firefox Enterprise: a paid offering that pairs Firefox with a management console hosted on your own infrastructure. A bold move by Mozilla! Here's what you need to know.
Mozilla has officially launched Firefox Enterprise, a management console to host in-house so you can take back control of your browser and reduce dependence on certain vendors. "The deeper the dependency, the harder and more costly it becomes for organizations to change course." can be read in the blog post.
The Mozilla Foundation therefore wants to provide an answer at the level of what it directly concerns: the browser. While also pointing out that a lot happens in the browser: application execution, user authentication, data in transit, etc.
Beyond Firefox itself, Mozilla also talks about Gecko, which the company presents as the only major browser engine developed outside Google and Apple. For the record, Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera all rely on Blink, the engine behind the Chromium project, while Safari uses WebKit. "If all your options rely on the same underlying technology, 'choice' is just an illusion. Just like control.", explains Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla.
In September 2019, Mozilla briefly put online a paid support offering priced at $10 per installation before pulling it. More recently, the Firefox Professional Support program launched in January 2026. But this time, Mozilla is going far beyond a support contract....
A management console hosted on your own infrastructure
Firefox Enterprise combines the browser with a console that the organization installs and runs on its own infrastructure. In other words, Mozilla provides the software, updates and documentation, while the customer keeps control over the environment, data and governance.
According to the Firefox Enterprise presentation page, this would include:
- Centralized management: browser policies, access and extensions are controlled from the console, with rules applied per user, identity or organizational unit.
- Integrated DLP: rules by domain and by action (upload, download, copy and paste) make it possible to warn or block in order to fight data leaks.
- AI governance: you can allow, limit or block AI domains and services, control what extensions can do on those domains, or completely cut AI out of the browser with a global "AI Killswitch".
- Conditional access: access depends on device posture and relies on the company SSO, including from unmanaged devices, without MDM, VPN or EDR according to Mozilla.
- SOC visibility: browser events and administrative actions can be exported to the SIEM.
Mozilla stresses one point: Firefox Enterprise is meant to coexist with what you already have. You keep your identity provider, your SIEM and your MDM. Standard support is included, and a Premium package (with a dedicated technical contact) is available as a paid option.
Free or paid: what changes for admins
If you already use Firefox ESR and are used to managing it with Group Policy, there is no need to worry. That option is still available and remains free. The difference with the paid offering lies in the console, DLP, AI governance and event reporting, all of which go beyond what the classic policies you already know can do.
Finally, Mozilla has not disclosed any public pricing (you have to request a demo). As for timing, Firefox Enterprise is already available in Europe, including France.
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