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Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto Networks vs Microsoft Azure Application Gateway comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto N...
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (36th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (18th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (22nd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (15th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (13th), Software Supply Chain Security (14th), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (7th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (10th), Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (9th)
Microsoft Azure Application...
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (4th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

PG
Identifies vulnerabilities and enables proactive remediation through AI/ML capabilities
The solution helps me to understand misconfigurations in AWS or Azure cloud environments. It detects misconfigurations, suggests remedial actions, and helps identify vulnerabilities across cloud platforms. It provides action recommendations for CVEs against particular vulnerabilities The tool…
DevenderVannela - PeerSpot reviewer
Ensures efficient traffic management and robust security while simplifying complex configurations
The best features for Microsoft Azure Application Gateway basically protect your application and provide security-related features and also divert the traffic to different instances of your application. I have used URL-based routing, which helps manage traffic efficiency. It is a bit hard to manage in the long run, but it does provide value. I have used the gateway's Web Application Firewall feature, which enhances security as it is the first entry point to your network from the outside world. It helps protect against unwanted requests and other threats that can be configured. Regarding the integration with Azure Active Directory, it helps with authentication processes to configure all the users or the groups. The monitoring capabilities on Azure provide insight into application performance and potential threats because monitoring comes with many products. On Azure, you have Azure Monitor itself to help you monitor the application by collecting data. You have Application Insights and the logging workspace on Azure. By combining these three, you can implement monitoring solutions on Azure applications. Auto-scaling is important because it helps in resource management for customers. Scaling is one of the key features of moving to cloud for any customer. During peak times or special events, such as retail site promotions, user load increases significantly. To address this, based on the number of incoming requests or server capacities such as CPU and memory, you can automatically identify these peak scenarios and configure either scaling up or down automatically based on certain parameters.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Overall, Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is a technically strong product, and I rate it ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway impacts our cost savings while maintaining higher performance."
"We can control what rules should be used and what should be disabled."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is its ease of use."
"The solution's most valuable feature is an HTTP solution and SSL certificate. It is also easy to use."
"The pricing is quite good."
 

Cons

"Some aspects of the GUI can be confusing and make it difficult for me to find certain options or navigate where needed."
"Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port."
"The product could be easier to use and implement."
"Customer service can be improved. There is room for improvement, specifically in paid support, by providing more direct contact."
"In the next release, the solution could improve the integration with Service Mesh and other Azure Security Services."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"One of the challenges we faced was the solution does not support any other PCP protocols apart from HTTP and HTTPS."
"The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team."
"In future releases of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, I would to see more AI functionalities and a better dashboard as well as some customizations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is expensive."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is a pretty affordable product. My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution. The additional costs apart from the licensing costs of the solution vary."
"The price of the solution can be reduced a bit."
"It is not expensive."
"Every solution comes with a license and cost. Microsoft provides the license and the total cost is for the maintenance every year."
"I rate the pricing seven out of ten because some third-party solutions are even costlier than this."
"The tool's pricing model is pay-as-you-go."
"The product is expensive. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto Networks?
The solution is costly, with high-end capabilities suitable for enterprises. It is less affordable for startups or small-scale vendors.
What needs improvement with Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto Networks?
Some aspects of the GUI can be confusing and make it difficult for me to find certain options or navigate where needed.
What is your primary use case for Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto Networks?
The solution helps me to understand misconfigurations in AWS or Azure cloud environments. It detects misconfigurations, suggests remedial actions, and helps identify vulnerabilities across cloud pl...
What's the difference between Azure Front Door and Application Gateway?
We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the...
How does AWS WAF compare to Microsoft Azure Application Gateway?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Web Application Firewall or Microsoft Azure Application Gateway web application firewall software was the better fit ...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Application Gateway?
Application Gateway automatically redirects unwanted users and takes care of the security aspect. It also handles the performance side of things, which is why we use it.
 

Also Known As

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Azure Application Gateway, MS Azure Application Gateway
 

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