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PROS

Palo Alto Networks Panorama offers robust centralized management of multiple firewalls, simplifying configuration and administration tasks.
The application ID capabilities enhance security by efficiently managing applications and traffic flows.
The solution's centralized reporting and log management features enable long-term data storage and insightful analysis.
Palo Alto Networks Panorama is known for its stability, reliability, and effective implementation of security measures.
Technical support for Palo Alto Networks is recognized as knowledgeable and responsive, enhancing user experience.

CONS

Palo Alto Networks Panorama can improve its ability to schedule updates, avoiding disruptions during business hours.
Documentation related to automation processes is insufficient, posing challenges in implementation and management.
Issues with initial setup, speed, and performance need addressing, including configuration complexities and delayed communication with remote devices.
Licensing costs are high, and scalability is considered expensive compared to competitors.
Integration within endpoint detection and third-party solutions can be better, requiring more open customization and connectivity.
 

Palo Alto Networks Panorama Pros review quotes

BB
Sr. Systems Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 4, 2017
Firewalls: The application ID capabilities have been very useful for things like Active Directory, and not having to identify every port that Microsoft has decided to use.
NetworkAa5e9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 11, 2019
It provides a quicker response time to vulnerabilities and more visibility into traffic flows.
SeniorCo0e47 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 11, 2019
It has made our ROIs easier, but consolidating the correlation of data into one single point, which is pretty great.
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it_user798045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 7, 2019
It's helpful that the solution allows us to control all the firewalls from one device.
MM
Security Unit Manager at Digital Hub Egypt
Aug 19, 2019
The dashboards are very good on Palo Alto. They offer a centralized dashboard for managers as well.
SN
Head of IT Department at a logistics company with 11-50 employees
Aug 25, 2019
Using this solution means that you can store logs for longer periods, up to perhaps two years, depending on your attached storage.
MS
Security Consultant
Aug 26, 2019
What I like most about this solution is that it allows me to push multiple policies on multiple followers at the same time.
reviewer1103169 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 29, 2019
The most valuable feature is WildFire.
it_user972015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2019
The interface is very easy to use. You can do most jobs from one single console.
Engineerinfosec67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presale Engineer at Westcon-Comstor
Sep 5, 2019
The solution is absolutely stable.
 

Palo Alto Networks Panorama Cons review quotes

BB
Sr. Systems Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 4, 2017
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.
NetworkAa5e9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 11, 2019
My pain point is the automation process is not well-documented. There are some things that they could improve on there.
SeniorCo0e47 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 11, 2019
We had some challenges with the initial setup, but it was more on a learning curve basis.
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it_user798045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 7, 2019
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.
MM
Security Unit Manager at Digital Hub Egypt
Aug 19, 2019
Panorama needs to work on its configuration issues.
SN
Head of IT Department at a logistics company with 11-50 employees
Aug 25, 2019
The dual WAN functionality is missing in this solution.
MS
Security Consultant
Aug 26, 2019
Customer support can improve.
reviewer1103169 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 29, 2019
There is room for improvement in the integration within endpoint detection. They need to do some integration between endpoints and the firewalls.
it_user972015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2019
The general customer feedback is when saving the configuration, it takes a long time. That needs to be fixed. The troubleshooting, the debugging part is also a little bit of a pain. It's not user-friendly on the interface to do our debugging when comparing it with other firewalls, like Forcepoint.
Engineerinfosec67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presale Engineer at Westcon-Comstor
Sep 5, 2019
I would like more dashboard management.