We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"The solution can scale well."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"It gives a more accurate assessment of a virus in terms of whether it's truly a virus, malware, or a false positive. We have some legacy software that could pop up as being something that is malware. WildFire goes through and inspects it, and then it comes back and lets us know if it's a false positive. Usually, when it finds out that it's not a virus, it lets us know that it's benign, and it can exclude it from that scan, which means I don't even have to worry about that one popping up anymore."
"Intuitive threat prevention and analysis solution, with a machine learning feature. Scalable, stable, and protects against zero-day threats."
"We have found that Palo Alto Networks WildFire is scalable. We currently have six thousand users for the product."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"What I like about Palo Alto is that it is a complete product, with everything in it."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"The VPN and decryption need improvement."
"Many years back an update caused an issue with the firewall. However, Palo Alto not only informed us of said issue, they also sent an update that fixed the issue before I even had time to log in to determine if the issue affected our services."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
"The product fails to offer protection when dealing with high-severity vulnerabilities, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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