Nutanix Flow Network Security vs Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks comparison

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The compared Nutanix and Palo Alto Networks solutions aren't in the same category. Nutanix is ranked #4 in MS , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 6.5% mindshare in the category. Palo Alto Networks is ranked #3 in CNAP , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 10.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Palo Alto Networks users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Flow Network Security

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Microsegmentation Software (4th)

Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto N...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

114

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (11th), Container Security (3rd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (4th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (3rd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Flow Network Security and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Flow Network Security is designed for Microsegmentation Software and holds a mindshare of 6.5%, up 5.7% compared to last year.
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), holds 10.1% mindshare, down 13.7% since last year.

Microsegmentation Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nutanix Flow Network Security	6.5%
Illumio Segmentation	21.9%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation	18.3%
Other	53.3%

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Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks	10.1%
Wiz	12.5%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud	6.5%
Other	70.9%

Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)

Featured Reviews

Vishnu Mohan

Service Delivery Manager Cloud And Datacenter Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Cloud-style segmentation has improved hybrid security but integration with on-prem tags still needs work

I would like to see better micro-segmentation capabilities in Nutanix Flow Network Security. It has to work with our Cisco on-premises tooling. We use something called tagging on-premises, so if the same tags could be used in Nutanix Flow Network Security, then that would make life easier. The Cisco part was a challenge in terms of how it integrates with third-party vendors and tools, so we have kept it for the next release.

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reviewer2776578

Cyber Security Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Image scanning has supported consistent security practices during cloud deployment

On a scale of ten, we would say people are happy with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks for the part we use. People are okay with it. We probably would give an eight. We don't give ten because if we don't use the other parts of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, it's because it was difficult to implement from an operational point of view. We could have deployed the runtime monitoring with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, but within our organization at our company, it was very difficult to find who would be the owner for the alerts. People have other tools and in the end, we don't use the full capabilities of a product that we pay for. It's partially related to the difficulty to integrate Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks runtime in our company's support process. We don't use the real-time monitoring part of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. We don't know about the automated remediation feature of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Nutanix Flow has a lot of data protection features. It's also valuable for operations and management. It's a big solution that works well with different solutions and is suitable for most business cases."

"The micro-segmentation feature helps to manage network security effectively because it helps the virtual machines that are already on the cluster and the applications inside the cluster itself, protects them and helps them communicate with each other without needing a complex external or internal firewall in this use case."

"We appreciate the fact that this solution allows us to segregate two virtual machines that are in the same cluster."

"When comparing the costs of Nutanix Flow versus managing multiple VLANs and many other firewalls, it is far less expensive."

"What I like about Nutanix Flow Network Security is that it features cloud-like segmentation, which is available in a hybrid environment for us."

"It allows for policies that enable complete visibility and traffic control."

"Flow Network Security's most valuable features are user-friendliness, the console, and policy creation."

"The network view was excellent as it allowed us to expand the server view and visualize all connections it made within the environment. This was particularly useful in identifying the path of our data and not just its location within the data center."

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"Engineering is thinking it's easy to integrate because we use many Red Hat products."

"The features of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks are overall satisfying, although I would like to verify some aspects."

"The application visibility is amazing. For example, sometimes we don't know what a particular custom port is for and what is running on it. The visibility enables us to identify applications, what the protocol is, and what service is behind it. Within Azure, it is doing a great job of providing visibility. We know exactly what is passing through our network. If there is an issue of any sort we are able to quickly detect it and fix the problem."

"Prisma Cloud also provides the visibility and control you need, regardless of how complex or distributed your cloud environments become. It helps to simplify that complexity. Now we know what the best practices are, and if something is missing we know."

"The most valuable feature is that the rule set is managed and that it can be run on a regularly scheduled basis."

"I was looking for a vulnerability scanner and I was looking for one place in which I could find everything. This tool not only does vulnerability scanning, but it also gives me an asset management tool."

"The most valuable feature of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is the CSPM, which we use the most. Additionally, the investigation and alerts are useful, and the creation of queries."

"It is a very specific product and it is amazingly good at what it does."

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Cons

"The documentation offered by the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"While the graphical interface of Nutanix Flow Network Security could have been improved, and some of the reporting features needed extra work, the product's features were similar to VMware's NSX. The difference lay more in the presentation and user interface."

"For customers who are running Nutanix Flow and AHV, the largest area for improvement is in the disaster recovery environments. To automate the populate of rules from one side to the other side in case of disaster you report everything on the disaster recovery site, and you have all the rules automatically applied. This was something that was being built when I left Nutanix. It might already be available. Additionally, the usability of the rules editor could improve."

"Nutanix Flow's networking features could use some improvement. Also, I don't know if it's currently supporting load balancing or not."

"I would like to see better micro-segmentation capabilities in Nutanix Flow Network Security."

"Last time I used it, it was not handy to see or to analyze traffic logs."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"We would like the reporting functionality of this solution to be improved."

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"We'd like to have more native integration with clouds and additional security checks in the future."

"I don't think their SaaS offering is adoptable by large enterprises like ours, in every case."

"One thing that is missing is Cloud Run runtime security—serverless. That would be great to have in the tool. It's not that easy to have Cloud Run in specific environments."

"The Fargate security microservice that's running doesn't support blocking features, which would be helpful. Another issue is the lifecycle. It isn't easy to upgrade if we have a console in Fargate."

"The Palo Alto support needs to improve."

"This solution is more AWS and Azure-centric. It needs to be more specific on the GCP side, which they are working on."

"I would like Prisma Cloud to improve its mapping feature to increase usability."

"Prisma Cloud is very comprehensive, but there should be better support for the customization of the reports. If Palo Alto can have more customized reports available or give an option to the users to customize the reports, that would be great."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Flow Network Security is available on a three-year license, with annual renewals of the maintenance fee."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"This model is very accessible to implement."

"In comparison to other options available in the market, I would rate their pricing as very competitive, probably a two or three out of ten for cost."

"There is an annual subscription to use this solution. There is a 60-day trial to use the solution, it gives you time to decide if you want to continue using the solution."

"The product is available for free use."

"There are different licensing models."

"Prisma Cloud Enterprise is a costly solution. You need a license for all the components. At the same time, you have everything under one roof, so I think it's still justified."

"Its licensing cost depends on the type of license such as the business license or the enterprise license. The enterprise license is costlier than the business license, but we get more visibility and more modules. If you have a multi-cloud environment and subscribe to each cloud's native CSPM tool, it is costly. If you are using a single tool like Prisma Cloud, with a single license, you can monitor all environments, such as Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud. The cost of Prisma Cloud is less than the cost of subscribing to the CSPM tool of each cloud provider. This is where Prisma Cloud can save costs."

"Prisma Cloud is a high-end enterprise solution, making it quite expensive."

"The pricing and the licensing are both very fair... The biggest advice I would give in terms of costs would be to try to understand what the growth is going to look like. That's really been our biggest struggle, that we don't have an idea of what our future growth is going to be on the platform. We go from X number of licenses to Y number of licenses without a plan on how we're going to get from A to B, and a lot of that comes as a bit of a surprise. It can make budgeting a real challenge for it."

"Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is a highly expensive solution."

"Prisma Cloud is quite scalable. In our current licensing model, we're able to heavily extend our cloud workload and onboard a lot of customers. It really helps, and it is on par with other solutions."

"Prisma Cloud is a value-back cloud-managed solution; cloud-native solutions are quite expensive."

"The pricing is competitive; for the most part, the security firms have similar prices."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Healthcare Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	38
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	58

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Nutanix Flow?

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What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix Flow?

I cannot think of any weak sides, drawbacks, or something to improve. We have not implemented the impact on Nutanix Flow Network Security's zero-trust security model on our threat control processes...

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What is your primary use case for Nutanix Flow?

I have experience with Nutanix Flow Network Security, and I have just started working with it this year. What I like about Nutanix Flow Network Security is that it features cloud-like segmentation,...

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What is your primary use case for Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks?

Prisma Cloud helps support DevSecOps methodologies, making those responsibilities easier to manage.

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What Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform do you recommend?

We like Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, since it offers us incredible visibility into our entire cloud system. We are able to easily see where our container vulnerabilities lie and and where cl...

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What do you think of Aqua Security vs Prisma Cloud?

Aqua Security is easy to use and very manageable. Its main focus is on Kubernetes and Docker. Security is a very valuable feature and their speed of integration is very good. The initial setup was ...

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Also Known As

Nutanix Flow Microsegmentation

Prisma Public Cloud, RedLock Cloud 360, RedLock, Twistlock, Aporeto

Overview

Nutanix Flow Network Security offers advanced network protection through virtual networking and micro-segmentation, supporting zero-trust principles for secure communication among virtual machines and applications while being compatible with Nutanix solutions.

Featuring an intuitive console, Nutanix Flow Network Security simplifies operations and enhances visibility. It integrates with Nutanix solutions, facilitating seamless compatibility. The inclusion of virtual networking and micro-segmentation aids in data management by improving network visualization and virtual machine segregation. Supporting zero-trust principles, the security system efficiently manages isolated communication and secure deployment. With robust connectivity through fiber links and VPCs, it ensures reliable performance across networks, making it accessible to businesses with diverse requirements.

What are the key features of Nutanix Flow Network Security?

Virtual Networking: Provides seamless integration for secure data transmission.
Micro-Segmentation: Enhances security by segmenting traffic within networks.
API Control: Allows streamlined management of network operations through APIs.
Network Performance Analysis: Offers insights into network health and efficiency.
User-Friendly Console: Simplifies policy creation and improves network visibility.

What benefits can be expected when evaluating Nutanix Flow Network Security?

Enhanced Security: Facilitates zero-trust policies and isolated VM communication.
Improved Data Management: Aids in the segregation and visualization of virtual machines.
Operational Efficiency: Simplifies complex networking tasks for faster deployment.
Compatibility: Integrates smoothly with Nutanix solutions, enhancing overall functionality.
Connectivity: Ensures secure and reliable connectivity with fiber links and VPCs.

In industries such as IT and financial services, Nutanix Flow Network Security is commonly used for disaster recovery planning and enhancing micro-segmentation. It ensures secure, isolated communication within virtual environments and helps manage traffic visibility. By facilitating the creation of non-routed virtual private clouds and blocking unauthorized access between VMs, organizations leverage its capabilities for better network communication control across data centers.

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Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks provides essential cloud security posture management with advanced automation and threat detection for enhanced infrastructure control.

Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks offers robust multi-cloud capabilities, allowing users to manage security across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It integrates security controls into CI/CD pipelines for improved threat detection. With real-time alerting and runtime protection, it assists in maintaining strong security postures and operational efficiency. While its Cloud Workload Protection Platform secures workloads, improvements are needed in integration with third-party apps, role-based access, and API security. Enhancements in automation, reporting, and false positive management are also sought after.

What are the key features of Prisma Cloud?

Cloud Security Posture Management: Identifies misconfigurations and ensures compliance across cloud environments.
Multi-Cloud Capabilities: Provides comprehensive security across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Runtime Protection: Enhances threat detection by integrating security controls within CI/CD pipelines.
Real-Time Alerting: Delivers instant notifications for proactive security management.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Integration: Supports security in code development stages.

What benefits should users seek in reviews?

Enhanced Visibility and Control: Offers comprehensive infrastructure insights.
Operational Efficiency: Improves cloud governance through streamlined management.
Threat Detection and Compliance: Integrates robust security measures for continuous compliance.
Automation Features: Reduces manual tasks through advanced automation capabilities.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Prisma Cloud is frequently implemented to meet strict regulatory standards, providing the necessary infrastructure protection and compliance. Organizations often utilize its vulnerability monitoring across diverse cloud environments to maintain security integrity while addressing specific sector regulations.

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Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco

Amgen, Genpact, Western Asset, Zipongo, Proofpoint, NerdWallet, Axfood, 21st Century Fox, Veeva Systems, Reinsurance Group of America

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