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Opinnate vs Palo Alto Networks Panorama comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Opinnate
Ranking in Firewall Security Management
15th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Palo Alto Networks Panorama
Ranking in Firewall Security Management
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of Opinnate is 3.7%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is 8.8%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Firewall Security Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Palo Alto Networks Panorama8.8%
Opinnate3.7%
Other87.5%
Firewall Security Management
 

Featured Reviews

Fulya ALGÜL - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Specialist at Doğuş Teknoloji A.Ş
Good support, nice interface, and simple to upgrade
PDF format is not available for Alert Composer. There are file attachment or body content output options. The other issue is that the range object can be displayed in the rule viewer section. If we know the range object, we provide imaging, but if we do not know the range object, there is no imaging. It also allows adding range object rules when performing server cloning. In general, however, we have made successful progress since the POC process.
Richard Dombo - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Support Administrator at Meridian Port Services
Monitoring and managing multiple firewalls has become more efficient through centralized oversight and reliable logging
I would say that while Palo Alto Networks Panorama reporting capability is functional, it is not really intuitive. The presentation is not really as advanced as what an advanced solution would have provided. I would like to improve the dashboards on Palo Alto Networks Panorama, especially because I work in an environment where my managers are not really that technical. They do a great job leading us, but they do not have a technical background. If the dashboard could be improved to suit more executive use cases when it comes to reporting, that would be excellent. It is basic as far as I am concerned, and from an executive standpoint, it is not really that good. I would rate Palo Alto Networks Panorama as a product nine or 9.5 out of ten because there is always room for improvement, especially on the dashboard. I think if they could improve the dashboard, I would give them ten out of ten because from a technical standpoint, the dashboard is good, but at an executive level, it is not really that good. I usually struggle when doing presentations to my bosses because the dashboard and reporting from Palo Alto Networks Panorama are not as polished as they could be.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Version upgrades can be done quickly."
"The platform is easy to deploy and maintain."
"When a customer has many locations and they would like to push policies to all of the firewalls from one central location, Panorama is the product that enables customers to do this."
"It's a reliable solution."
"Palo Alto is very user-friendly."
"If not for the OEM firewall restrictions, I'd rate Palo Alto Networks Panorama as ten out of ten compared to other products."
"It's easy to deploy any software or policies."
"The solution is very stable. It's reliable. We don't experience bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash. It works as expected."
"Palo Alto Networks Panorama is a centralized monitoring solution that can monitor remote locations, firewalls, configuration management, and patch updates on a single dashboard."
"This solution is user-friendly. It is centrally managed and provides role optimization, without the need for additional tools."
 

Cons

"The product's web page view is very basic. They could add new features to it."
"PDF format is not available for Alert Composer."
"The product does need a bit of configuration. It's not quite ready to go out of the box."
"It can take a few minutes to test to see if any changes are successful or not. This needs to be improved. A commit change should take a second, not a minute or more."
"The issue with Palo Alto is that the price is almost double other products such as Checkpoint, or Fortinet."
"The solution is extremely expensive. You can integrate it with other Palo Alto products, however, it ends up being too much."
"From a storage perspective, I would like to see an improvement where logs can be compressed to make some space available."
"The ability to add scheduled jobs would be a significant improvement. Panorama has the ability to push out OS updates, but it would be nice to be able to schedule those updates so not to affect the site during normal business hours."
"The licensing costs are quite high."
"My company's getting whatever it needs from Palo Alto Networks Panorama, but in the cloud, there's an issue with CPU management, and that's an area for improvement. Though the normal data traffic doesn't go through the management interface, whenever there's an increase in the throughput, CPU management becomes high. If you increase the load, CPU management spikes, and it's what needs to be taken care of in Palo Alto Networks Panorama."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Opinnate is inexpensive than other products."
"Initially, Palo Alto looks expensive, but if you dig deeper then you will find that it is very comparable, or even cheaper than other solutions."
"Cost-wise, it's very expensive."
"We're a reseller, and we're an MSSP. So, we get some extreme discounts."
"It is pretty reasonable as compared to other companies."
"Palo Alto products are generally priced higher compared to their competitors."
"There is a license needed to use Palo Alto Networks Panorama. The cost is not that important, what is important is meeting all the requirements and security features."
"The solution is relatively cheap; I rate it four out of five for affordability."
"The price of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is high. There is a pay-per-use model."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Retailer
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise46
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Palo Alto Networks Panorama?
We did not purchase Palo Alto Networks Panorama through the Azure Marketplace. We purchased it directly through Palo Alto.
What needs improvement with Palo Alto Networks Panorama?
From a monitoring perspective, if we could improve on data retention and keep it for quite a long time, such as 90 days of data retention, that would be good for us to manage our CPU usage, as we c...
What is your primary use case for Palo Alto Networks Panorama?
My main use case for Palo Alto Networks Panorama is to manage our firewalls. We have around 450 firewalls, and we manage them through Panorama. Configuration entry is the primary focus of our use.
 

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