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 dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The remote access, VPN, and ACL features are valuable. We are using role-based access for individuals."
"The dashboard is the most important thing. It provides good visibility and makes management easy. Firepower also provides us with good application visibility and control."
"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."
"It just works for us."
"The most valuable features are the provision of internet access, AnyConnect, and VPN capabilities."
"A stable, reliable solution used to protect the network's perimeter."
"We have not had to deal with stability issues."
"It protects our network."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the configuration, it is very clear."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good."
"The IPS system is the best in the field."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"The scalability of the product is quite high."
"K2-Series' best features include its scalability, which is the best on the market."
"The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features."
"The solution is reliable and scales well."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"The maturity needs to be better."
"Deploying configurations takes longer than it should."
"I would like it if they made the newer generation a bit simpler. You can do ASA code and FXOS. It is just a bit confusing with the newer generational equipment on what it can do."
"It is surprising that you need to have a virtual appliance for the Firepower Management Center. It is not good if you have to setup a VMware server just for it."
"The solution has not had any layer upgrades. It does not have layer five and upwards, it only has up to layer four. This has caused some problems for us."
"We are replacing ASA with FTD which offers many new features not available using ASA."
"Its implementation was not straightforward. It was mainly because we were running two projects together."
"Setting it up is not as intuitive as other more modern NGFWs."
"The technical support, and how they provide it to the client, needs to be improved."
"The solution needs a series of OS changes."
"Some users do not accept cloud-based data processing. They prefer on-premises functionality, especially for advanced threat analysis. While the general trend is moving towards cloud, specific customer needs should be considered. Perhaps certain functionalities, particularly in advanced threat analysis, could be offered as an on-premises option for those clients."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"The tool needs to improve integration with more products from other vendors. I would like the product to add threat intelligence features as well."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"The password function of the solution could be improved. Additionally, some of the processes take too long to complete."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 29 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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