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Palo Alto Networks WildFire vs Symantec Web Isolation comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Palo Alto Networks WildFire
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (1st)
Symantec Web Isolation
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (58th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Symantec Web Isolation aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is designed for Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and holds a mindshare of 7.3%, down 11.3% compared to last year.
Symantec Web Isolation, on the other hand, focuses on Anti-Malware Tools, holds 0.6% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Palo Alto Networks WildFire7.3%
Microsoft Defender for Office 3656.5%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint5.8%
Other80.4%
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
Anti-Malware Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Web Isolation0.6%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint6.5%
VirusTotal3.0%
Other89.9%
Anti-Malware Tools
 

Featured Reviews

RK
Engineer at Taalumgroup
Achieve effective threat prevention and seamless integration with powerful technical support
Integration with third-party products is possible. For example, connecting a mail gateway with Palo Alto Networks WildFire allows them to handle prevention. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is a cloud-based sandboxing solution. The firewall is connected to WildFire, and XDR performs sandboxing from the cloud. WildFire conducts malware scanning and emulation, then informs the firewall to block threats based on the response. It also generates reports regarding malware and other issues. The sandboxing process involves sending sample files to the cloud for scanning, checking file authenticity, certificates, and detecting malicious code. WildFire performs multiple checks and informs the XDR agent about file status. This automatic process occurs within minutes or seconds. For unknown or suspicious files, immediate blocking occurs while samples are sent to WildFire for identification. I rate Palo Alto Networks WildFire a 9 out of 10.
VamsiMohan - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Huber
User-friendly, reliable, and good support
We use Symantec Web Isolation for real-time health checking, vulnerability alerts, and threat analysis The most valuable feature of Symantec Web Isolation is the user-friendliness of the solution. Symantec Web Isolation could improve by reducing licensing costs. I have been using Symantec Web…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has one of the best WebUIs that I have used, because at a glance it looks simple, but offers us a lot of options to secure all the traffic that is passing through the device (or all traffic that the user decides to pass through)."
"The platform is scalable as it integrates with other threat prevention modules."
"The backup is the best feature."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we never faced any issues."
"The protection, prevention, detection, and prevention capabilities are very powerful."
"WildFire is always a product that we recommend for our Palo Alto clients because it tracks potential malware in the cloud and it is very important to prevent these types of attacks."
"The way that the solution quickly updates to adjust to threats is the solution's most valuable aspect. When there's a security attack, within five minutes, all Wildfire subscribers have access to updates so that all systems will be safe. Its threat prevention is way better than other vendor products."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Web Isolation is the user-friendliness of the solution."
 

Cons

"The technical support response needs improvement."
"​They provide a medium level of technical support."
"The system uptime data is unavailable"
"Other vendors have some sort of bandwidth management built into the firewall itself and Palo Alto is missing that."
"High availability features are lacking."
"I do not find it as secure as other solutions."
"If it is Arrow support, it's pathetic."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex, mainly due to the GUI console and management challenges."
"Symantec Web Isolation could improve by reducing licensing costs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten since it can be pretty expensive."
"It's not particularly cheap, but it is absolutely worth it."
"There are different types of licenses."
"WildFire is a little bit pricey. Sometimes it's difficult to sell it to customers at the current price."
"The pricing and licensing option should be categorized for various countries such as for Bangladesh."
"Setup costs and licensing for WildFire are comparable to other enterprise solutions."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire is quite expensive, and this is what puts people off."
"The licensing fees are on an annual basis, and there are no costs in addition to the standard fees."
"The licensing cost of Symantec Web Isolation is high."
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Comparison Review

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Security Consultant at Webernetz.net - Network Security Consulting
Mar 11, 2015
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
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Questions from the Community

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