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Palo Alto Networks DNS Security vs ThreatSTOP Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Palo Alto Networks DNS Secu...
Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ThreatSTOP Platform
Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security
16th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category, the mindshare of Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is 11.0%, up from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ThreatSTOP Platform is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Palo Alto Networks DNS Security11.0%
ThreatSTOP Platform0.6%
Other88.4%
Domain Name System (DNS) Security
 

Featured Reviews

Partha Dash - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Network Tech Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Protects against threats by quickly identifying insider risks and compromised devices
Palo Alto should explore agentless approaches to integrate DNS Security more easily and efficiently. The existing system sometimes presents challenges with backbone routing, impacting productivity. An agentless approach could be more lightweight and user-friendly. Additionally, there is a need for improvement in the pricing model for support and license renewals.
reviewer2888679 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a individual & family service with 51-200 employees
Improved ddos protection has reduced false positives but installation and interface still need work
The best features ThreatSTOP Platform offers are that it gives us categories to create a policy and add IP addresses and categories into that policy, which we can use directly on the A10. The category and policy creation made my work easier and more effective because I did not add IP addresses one-by-one into that policy. Instead, I added categories into the policy, so I did not use any irrelevant IP addresses or irrelevant categories in my policies. ThreatSTOP Platform has impacted our organization positively by reducing our DDoS false positive protection, and since we were doing some fine-tuning in our DDoS devices, it reduced our work time in the device. I cannot say an exact number regarding how much time was saved, but we obviously observed that it helped to reduce our work time in the A10 device. However, I cannot say exactly how much the impact was, but it was really helpful.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This product is used in our organization to prevent all of the potential threats that we expect from the internet, including everything that can reach the end-user from the internet, and it is beneficial for us because we are in the process of migrating everything from on-premises to the cloud."
"The most valuable features of DNS Security include its ability to protect against command and control traffic, anonymizers, newly registered domains, and DNS tunneling."
"When comparing other cloud-based DNS security solutions to this one I have found the main beneficial feature in this solution to be we do not need to change our architecture."
"The most valuable features of the solution are DNSSEC and the domain generation algorithm."
"The support team has good knowledge about the solution."
"A lot is working well."
"Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is a stable solution."
"We now have insight into our DNS requests and we can actively see how many thousands of malicious requests have gotten knocked down in the last day or week that we didn't have before. There's more insight for both security and more insight."
"ThreatSTOP Platform has impacted our organization positively by reducing our DDoS false positive protection, and since we were doing some fine-tuning in our DDoS devices, it reduced our work time in the device."
 

Cons

"There should be an on-premise version of this solution."
"Sometimes, it blocks legitimate traffic for custom applications, requiring manual intervention."
"With Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, sometimes the DNS clients don't work well, and they get disconnected, making it an area where improvements are required."
"We would like to have cloud-based management."
"If the tool offers improved data security, I think it would be good."
"The scalability can be improved."
"The product should provide email protection."
"The pricing of the Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is very high."
"ThreatSTOP Platform can be improved by enhancing the graphical user interface, making it work faster, and addressing the installation part, which was difficult because they sent us too many port numbers and IP addresses to add to our firewall policies, along with an OS to install on our Linux server, which I think should not have to be part of buying the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There aren't many vendors offering DNS security solutions, but generally, Palo Alto subscriptions tend to be more expensive than other security vendors."
"If one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the tool's price as two."
"The product is expensive. My company makes payments on a quarterly basis towards the solution's costs."
"It is not an expensive solution."
"Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is an expensive product. I rate the product's pricing an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten points are expensive."
"The solution's pricing is equal to Cisco AMP or Cisco Umbrella."
"The product is expensive compared to Fortinet."
"There is an annual license for the solution and I am satisfied with the pricing."
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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
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7%
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7%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Palo Alto Networks DNS Security?
DNS Security protects us against threats, malware, and malicious domains or malicious navigation to the internet, which is where it can be improved the best. Palo Alto helps us with support, so I d...
What is your primary use case for Palo Alto Networks DNS Security?
I can describe my use cases for Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, which is used for protecting our network. I use this product, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, with Palo Alto firewalls.
What advice do you have for others considering Palo Alto Networks DNS Security?
I don't have experience with Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus. Regarding the DNS Security, I have firewalls with the DNS Security module in the firewall. DNS Security is something we configure in o...
What needs improvement with ThreatSTOP Platform?
ThreatSTOP Platform can be improved by enhancing the graphical user interface, making it work faster, and addressing the installation part, which was difficult because they sent us too many port nu...
What is your primary use case for ThreatSTOP Platform?
My main use case for ThreatSTOP Platform is that we are using an A10 DDoS protection device in our internal network as an on-premise device, and we are using ThreatSTOP Platform's feature to pr...
What advice do you have for others considering ThreatSTOP Platform?
My advice to others looking into using ThreatSTOP Platform is to consider it as an IP list, so if anything occurs on the DDoS side, it might be related to ThreatSTOP Platform, and they should check...
 

Overview

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