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."
"The solution reduces the amount of time it takes to detect and remediate threats."
"We find that Stealthwatch can detect the unseen."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"The feature most valuable for us is to gain visibility of what is actually floating through, so we can stop it based on whether it's good or bad traffic."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"It is a stable product."
"Edge protection is a valuable feature."
"The sandboxing tools offer great prevention for cloud feeds."
"We are currently using the URL filtering feature, which is the most popular."
"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly, has interesting features, URL filtering, and threat prevention."
"Everything has been okay with the solution. We are using all of the features."
"The user interface is a bit more professional than some free products."
"I like the solution's interface."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"Stealthwatch is still maturing in AI. It uses artificial intelligence for predictions, but AI still needs to mature. It is in a phase where you get 95% correct detection. As its AI engine learns more, it will become more accurate. This is applicable to all the devices that are using AI because they support both supervised and unsupervised machine learning. The accuracy in the case of supervised machine learning is dependent on the data you feed into the box. The accuracy in the case of unsupervised machine learning is dependent on the algorithm. The algorithm matures depending on retrospective learning, and this is how it is able to detect zero-day attacks."
"The initial setup is complex, as there is a lot to configure."
"I would like to see more expansion in artificial intelligence and machine learning features."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"I think they can use some improvement on FID."
"In Africa, the technical support is probably not as good as in Europe and the USA because it's a specific premium support, partner-enabled premium support and all of that. But it's really good, I don't really have any complaints, it's fairly good. I'll give them 80%."
"The price of licenses should be lowered to make it less costly to scale our solution."
"The pricing has improved with the newer generation of their Firewalls, but the price could always be lower. In comparison with other solutions, I believe they're quite competitive."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Generally, to deploy it will take some downtime, about a day."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
"The solution needs to improve its local technical support services. There is no premium support offered in our market."
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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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