We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks K2-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Our company operates in Saudi Arabia, primarily working with government sectors. If any hardware malfunctions, the defective device is removed, and we receive a replacement from the reseller. We have not encountered any issues related to delays in receiving replacements for malfunctioning devices which has been beneficial."
"We found the initial setup to be easy."
"One of the best features is the ease of use. It's also easy to teach new engineers to use the ASA CLI."
"ASA is stable and with a low level of work required on the maintenance side."
"It protects our network."
"A stable, reliable solution used to protect the network's perimeter."
"Stability, high availability of services, and very high MTBU were the most valuable features for me."
"Another benefit has been user integration. We try to integrate our policies so that we can create policies based on active users. We can create policies based on who is accessing a resource instead of just IP addresses and ports."
"We've found the solution offers us good stability."
"Palo Alto has an approach that makes the configuration easier not only for the customers but also for the IT help for the customers."
"Overall, this is a very simple and very effective firewall, and I am satisfied with it."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the configuration, it is very clear."
"K2-Series' best features include its scalability, which is the best on the market."
"The most valuable features are the virtualization of the firewall and the antivirus."
"I have found the threat profile feature valuable."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"Lacks training for new features."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"We have more than one Cisco firewall and it is difficult for me to integrate both on the single UI."
"Usually, the customers are satisfied, but I am going to recommend that all clients upgrade to FirePOWER management. I want Cisco to improve the feature called anti-spam. We use a Cisco only email solution, that's why we need the anti-spam on email facility."
"The configuration is an area that needs improvement."
"I would like it to have faster deployment times. A typical deployment could take two to three minutes. Sometimes, it depends on the situation. It is better than it was in the past, but it could always use improvement."
"I would like to see them add more next-generation features so that you don't need a lot of appliances to do just one task. It should be a single solution."
"Cisco should work on ASDM. One of the biggest drawbacks of Cisco ASA is ASDM GUI. Cisco should improve the ASDM GUI. The configuration through ASDM is really difficult as compared to CLI. Sometimes when you are doing the configuration in ASDM, it suddenly crashes. It also crashes while pushing a policy. Cisco should really work on this."
"When we talk about data centers, we are talking about 100 gig capacity or 400 gig capacity. When it comes to active-active solution clustering and resilience and performance, Cisco should look into these a little bit more."
"The most valuable features of the product are the VPN and the NextGen firewall features such as application control, URL filtering, etc."
"Palo Alto releases a lot of bug fixes for their firewalls, which means it's necessary to do frequent upgrades. They should work on decreasing their bugs so that upgrades aren't needed so often."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"I'd like to see more data protection on the system."
"The technical support, and how they provide it to the client, needs to be improved."
"It would be really helpful to have dashboards that provide information on IOC blockings such as where and how many. It will also be good to know how many hashing files have been reported. It would also be nice to have easy access to this information. Otherwise, it's a painful, manual task."
"Its networking features could be better."
"The product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
"Higher levels of support are excellent but new users may need additional options."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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