We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security 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."Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"It is a safe product."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"I'm able to transfer data over internet network security. With the GRE I'm able to transfer data within one bunch to another bunch in a public way, like the internet. The communication is encrypted and is private. It gives me added privacy."
"In Pakistan, we only use Cisco because they have good local support infrastructure. Huawei and Fortinet don't offer direct support in Pakistan."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"The product's stability is good."
"The most valuable feature is availability."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"The scalability of the product is quite high."
"The solution is reliable and scales well."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the performance which is above their competitors. The throughput they have delivered is good. When we used other solutions they failed the deployment when we were using different rules. They have a theory perform performance light and performance degradation. However, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series never fails in that scenario."
"This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application."
"Palo Alto has better and finer controls than, say, Cisco or Check Point."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"We cannot directly upgrade the system. The tool's deployment is also very difficult in legacy environments. The tool needs to have bigger ports as well."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"The routers, don't have like long-term tendency features, or higher availability features available for the IOS. It could also use a better user interface."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"I would love it if it has a link-by-link feature, integration with Unified Threat Management (UTM), and load balancers. They haven't got any link-by-link feature right now, which can be a very attractive option. This link-by-link feature can also be made available for Cisco's UTM firewalls. The link-by-link feature is available in some of the other firewalls. Currently, integration with UTM is missing. Cisco IOS Security also doesn't have the load balancers and a few things that need to be done to get a good UTM firewall. Normally, other firewalls have UTM. As a next-generation firewall, it's good, but as a UTM, it has to do some work."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"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."
"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."
"Higher levels of support are excellent but new users may need additional options."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"Its networking features could be better."
"We had some issues with upgrading in the past. They could make the process easier."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". 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 IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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