We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"Its flexibility is the most valuable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the robust firewall, which we can also use as a UTM device."
"We have found the application control to be the most valuable feature. Also, Layer 7, because all other products are working up to the maximum capacity. But Palo Alto is benefiting us, especially in application control management. We are able to differentiate between Oracle traffic and SQL traffic."
"I can enable the features I want and configure the policies based on the user and not all users and network traffic, making firewall management much easier."
"I like that it has high security."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls' IPS is more complete and is very good. This is a user-friendly solution that is easy to install, and it provides the best protection."
"Some of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls' valuable features are their powerful capabilities and user-friendliness."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the network protection."
"The VM series has an advantage over the physical version because we are able to change the sources that the machine has, such as the amount of available RAM."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"The tool's cloud version makes application migration easy."
"The most valuable feature is that you can launch it in a very short time. You don't have to wait for the hardware to arrive and get it staged and installed. From that perspective, it is easy to launch. It is also scalable."
"The technical support for the solution is very good."
"It is nice to have a rock solid security platform that we can count on."
"App-ID and User-ID have repeatedly shown value in securing business critical systems."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"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."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Technical support is an area that could be improved."
"The SD-WAN product is fairly new. They could probably improve that in terms of customizing it and making the configuration a little bit easier."
"The cloud could be improved. I would like to have more visibility of the vulnerabilities of the network as well."
"The solution could be simplified."
"Its reporting can definitely be improved. I would like to have better graphical dashboards and more widgets for more clarity in the reporting area. In a third-generation firewall, you can generate some dashboards. It provides the information that we need, but from the C-level or a higher-level perspective, it is kind of rough and incomplete. Its data loss prevention (DLP) feature is not good enough. Currently, this feature is very basic and not suitable for enterprises. It would be nice if they can include a better DLP feature like Fortinet. We would like to have a local depot of Palo Alto in Latin America. Competitors such as Cisco and Check Point have a local depot here. If there is an issue with their hardware, you can go to the depot, and in about four hours, you can get a replacement device, but that's not the case with Palo Alto Networks because we need to import from Miami. It takes about two to three weeks."
"I think visibility can be improved."
"In terms of what could be improved, comparatively the price is very high. That would be the one thing."
"I would like integration with Evident.io and RedLock."
"There should be an option for direct integration with the Azure platform."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
"We don't know how it will scale once we start putting more load on it."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"The current licensing model can be a sore point as we're paying for features we're not fully utilizing."
"We feel that the setup was complex. So, we asked the tech team about the setup process. They explained how to deploy it in the right way, which made it very simple."
"On the cloud side, they need to come up with more HA solutions to support the multi-region."
"The solution needs to improve its visibility. It's not straightforward to use. Understanding the policies, authorizations, and initializing features requires careful review. The product needs to offer proper training."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 161 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Huawei NGFW. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
Hello. The question is what you are going to have as a result of application