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Categories and Ranking

Digital.ai App Management [...
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Prisma Access by Palo Alto ...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (5th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (1st), Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (5th), ZTNA as a Service (4th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (1st)
 

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RA
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
​Speeds up app deployment and management. Needs a better API.
Manage mobile applications on unmanaged devices. Allows apps to be distributed to contractor's devices not on company managed MDM Speeds up app deployment and management. Provides a good and usable enterprise app store. Supports rolling out apps to unmanaged devices (devices not on Enterprise…
IgorPinter - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at PULSEC
Zero-trust access has improved remote security and now simplifies cloud-based firewall management
Regarding the integration part for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, the integration with identity providers is pretty much good. It is basically firewall as a service, so it performs well. I completed the integration without any issues. What Palo Alto Networks can do better for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is probably to have the point of presence available in more locations. The point of presence from the Serbia region has the nearest POP in Frankfurt, which is an issue since it is your gateway—when you start browsing the internet, you go through a commercial connection in Germany. They definitely need to spread the service in other countries.

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

Pros

"Allows apps to be distributed to contractor's devices not on company managed MDM."
"Deployment functionality has been most valuable; we launched Apperian in June of 2015 to improve quality of deployment process for a native mobile app on Android and iOS, successfully implementing single sign-on with our corporate security."
"​Speeds up app deployment and management."
"The ability to quickly get apps out to the testing community for review has proven invaluable to our mobile development efforts."
"The most valuable features of the solution are in the areas of the secure remote access it provides while also being user-friendly."
"Prisma Access gives us security from a single point. It controls mobile users and determines how secure their networks will be, including from where they will get internet access. We can optimize things and add security profiles centrally."
"Having all of these capabilities on a single cloud-delivered platform was extremely important to us."
"The solution improved the consistency of our security controls and the BCP, there has been a 20 percent reduction in TCO, and Prisma Access also enabled us to deliver better applications by centralizing security management."
"Prisma Access is very stable, and I am very much satisfied with its stability, rating it nine to ten out of ten."
"Prisma SaaS is very easy to use; it's common sense — it's the best-in-class."
"All of these come into play and give us peace of mind that this platform is best-in-class in terms of security features and tool integration."
"Prisma helped us build a moat around our production systems. It's now impossible to log into our production from a non-MDM laptop. Prisma Access provides decent security overall."
 

Cons

"Better support for Office 365 integration would help improve it further."
"We have had an issue with iOS 10 since it was released that still hasn't been addressed following multiple contacts."
"Needs a better API."
"We had an issue with deployment with Android apps, which require an expansion file."
"Palo Alto's operational and support model needs improvement since we have faced issues with resolving problems."
"When it comes to the VPN, it uses the global protect VPN functionality to connect remotely, but it has a feature limitation for assigning multiple IP sub-links to different user groups. It would be much better if we are able to assign the current IP blocks for the sub-links based on the user groups."
"Their next release should provide solutions for the mobile environment."
"Sometimes, you have these notifications sent out about changes in App-IDs, modifications in App-IDs, or even the introduction of entirely new App-IDs to replace. Sometimes, the recommendations are followed, but even then, when the package is installed on the firewall, it gets messed up. I remember a particular one was with Tableau, and suddenly, people weren't able to use Tableau, which is an analytics tool for business."
"If you compare Prisma SaaS against other products, such as Cloud Log, it's a little bit tricky to understand, but it offers different functionality that other products don't have. From a user usability point of view, you need some training for this product, as an admin, you need a couple of demos."
"It's not really Prisma's fault, but when you try to create exceptions you don't really have those abilities. You cannot say, on the management platform, "Hey, for these users I want to create these exceptions." That is one thing that I have gotten some complaints about, and we have faced some challenges there."
"It applies commits to the firewalls slowly. There isn't an API you can use for anything. We've previously had trouble with the egress IP addresses though we expressed to engineering that those mustn't change. They changed several times without warning, causing a lot of headaches."
"We've run into some challenges, having hit a lot of bugs over the past year in the deployment of GlobalProtect."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is pretty expensive. We have to balance the cost of some features. They need to work on some of the services and products, price-wise."
"Actually the solution is very expensive. I don't know the particulars since the purchasing team dealt with it."
"It's pricey, it's not cheap. But you get what you pay for."
"This is not an expensive product and everything is included with one license."
"Prisma Access is a little bit expensive."
"Prisma SaaS is more expensive than similar solutions but I think it's worth it."
"I'm still comparing, but the solution is quite expensive."
"Compared to other products, the price is slightly high."
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What is the better solution - Prisma Access or Zscaler Private Access?
We looked into Prisma Access before choosing Zscaler Private Access (ZPA). Palo Alto’s Prisma Access is a secure access service edge (SASE) designed to deliver network security in a cloud-deliver...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks?
From my experience, Palo Alto is more expensive compared to solutions like Netskope and Triscale.
What needs improvement with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks?
Regarding the integration part for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, the integration with identity providers is pretty much good. It is basically firewall as a service, so it performs well. I co...
 

Also Known As

Arxan Apperian, Apperian, Apperian App Management, Arxan Apperian App Management
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, Palo Alto GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager, Prisma SaaS by Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Access
 

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