We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"The most valuable part is that Stealthwatch is part of a portfolio of security devices from Cisco. Cisco literally can touch every single end point, every single ingress and egress point in the network. Nobody else has that."
"Stealthwatch has greatly improved our network visibility, in terms of bandwidth, malware, and PCI violations."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"The beginning of any security investigation starts with net flow data."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"It has been pretty stable since we deployed it, and everything seems to be working fine."
"With the IP address flag, I was able to see that I was being hacked. The moment there was an interaction between somebody on my network and that IP, the solution was able to flag it, and we were able to protect ourselves."
"Edge protection is a valuable feature."
"One of the most valuable features is the anti-malware protection."
"We are currently using the URL filtering feature, which is the most popular."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity, transparency, and overall ease of management."
"Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention is the market leader as far as security gateways and endpoint protection. Additionally, the threat database that is used is one of the best."
"For those who want a next-gen firewall that's easy to configure and easy to operate, I think you should go for Palo Alto."
"You can scale the product."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We need to be able to filter out internal IPs as non-threats."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention could improve the commercial offing. Other solutions, such as Fortinet provide better commercial features."
"The solution needs to improve its local technical support services. There is no premium support offered in our market."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the only thing I don't like is the support."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
"The price of licenses should be lowered to make it less costly to scale our solution."
"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."
"The installation was complicated."
"Palo Alto's maintenance needs to be improved."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 6th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". 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 Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Splunk User Behavior Analytics, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Arista NDR, Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention report.
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