We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"You can scale it when you need to."
"Previously, anyone in the organization would see any data point in the wall. They could just go and connect their machine with that data point and could access the network. But now, even if someone came and tried that, they will not be given access."
"Technical support for this solution is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability. The nice thing with the bigger vendors is that they're very good at scale."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"The stability of Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention is good."
"I find the malware protection very handy."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity, transparency, and overall ease of management."
"I like the solution's interface."
"One of the most valuable features is the anti-malware protection."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Threat Prevention for our company is the next generation firewall."
"It's a monster, it's got so many beautiful features. We do deal with other firewalls and we've got a better idea of what other firewalls' capabilities are, any comparison with the Palo Alto I liked the quality of service on the applications that you can control the amount of bandwidth an application is allowed to consume. The best feature is the quality of the application quality of service."
"The sandboxing tools offer great prevention for cloud feeds."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"The graphical user interface or the GUI could be better. Beginners can use some devices with the GUI, but some security devices are configured using CLI. It would also be better if it had its own Intrusion Protection Service and Intrusion Detection Service on the server."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"I think setup could be one area for improvement, because sometimes we don't have people inside so we have to move to the place."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The solution needs to improve its local technical support services. There is no premium support offered in our market."
"The cost involves the price of the hardware, which is expensive. However, most of the Palo Alto solutions are expensive."
"It's not so easy to set up a test environment, because it's not so easy to get the test license. The vendor only gives you 90 days for a test license; it's a tough license to get."
"Palo Alto's maintenance needs to be improved."
"The price of licenses should be lowered to make it less costly to scale our solution."
"Sometimes when you want to group a set of ports, and communicate with Palo Alto, you cannot group TCP and UDP ports together. This needs to be adjusted."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
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Cisco IOS Security is ranked 12th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 46 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 6th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "A mature product with good integration capabilities, however, it needs to be more affordable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiOS and Netgate pfSense, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Arista NDR, Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention report.
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