I use the solution in my company for our remote workers and branch access.
Solution Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Offers good security and has a simple setup phase
Pros and Cons
- "The product's initial setup phase is simple."
- "The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The solution's price should be lowered."
What is our primary use case?
What needs improvement?
The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The solution's price should be lowered.
Our company faces some issues during the product's configuration phase. The product's configuration part is slow and not very effective. In my company, we have to change the configuration multiple times to make it effective. The configuration part of the product can be improved.
The product's support team needs to improve the quality of services offered.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks for a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
The product is suitable for medium to large-sized companies.
How are customer service and support?
I have experience with the solution's technical support. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have experience with Fortinet FortiEDR.
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup phase is simple.
The solution is deployed on the cloud.
The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Zscaler is a good product. In terms of features, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler are at the same level. Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks may have an advantage over Zscaler in terms of security. Palo Alto Networks comes from security vendors, and Zscaler is available from cloud vendors. When it comes to simplicity and connectivity, Zscaler is better than Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks.
What other advice do I have?
The product is secure for remote workers since it has many cloud-based facilities that can offer protection.
The product can provide improved access to those clients who do not directly go to SaaS applications but prefer to use such applications via Prisma Access since it provides security policies to help secure the network traffic.
For security needs, the product's security profile is good.
I have experience with the product's GlobalProtect VPN feature, and I feel that it works fine. The feature also allows the customer or client to go through a tunnel to Prisma Access.
The integration of Prisma Access with Palo Alto Networks can provide a better security posture. The integration of Prisma Access with Palo Alto Cortex XDR is the best, especially when our company sends the logs from Prisma Access to Cortex Data Lake. My company gets a full view of the attack part, consolidation, and timeline of the attacks in Palo Alto Cortex XDR.
I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.
I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner

Lead Security Engineer at ESKA
A top-choice solution for flexibility and security
Pros and Cons
- "Prisma SaaS is very easy to use; it's common sense — it's the best-in-class."
What is our primary use case?
I am an integrator. Prisma SaaS is the most preferred solution among our customers — my customers really like it. Currently, I have three customers that are using this solution.
Many of my customers work in the financial sector. Prisma SaaS is a top-choice solution for customers who are looking for more flexibility and secure edge points. Prisma Saas has taken big steps to please its customers. It's a cloud-based solution and cloud security is at the edge of the market. The Coronavirus and the pandemic pushed the market to the cloud.
What is most valuable?
Prisma SaaS is very easy to use; it's common sense — it's the best-in-class.
Palo Alto is always up to the challenge. It works great with the Oracle Cloud; other SaaS solutions don't always work with various clouds. Prisma Cloud is the best. My customers love it; they all use it in various ways.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Prisma SaaS for roughly two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Prisma SaaS is very stable. Palo Alto is leading the market in terms of security solutions. Other security providers are slow and a year behind Palo Alto. By the time they catch up, Palo Alto will already be working on new questions.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is very scalable. I can't think of another solution that functions better. It's very flexible — that's one of the reasons why it's more expensive than similar solutions.
How are customer service and technical support?
Palo Alto offers great support to their partners — we're a partner. Their support team is very knowledgeable.
I am Russian and Ukrainian. Palo Alto provides me with support in English. My customers are not English speakers, therefore, I act as a translator for them when I communicate with support — from English to Russian and then back.
How was the initial setup?
Installation is simple. There are a few steps involved but with help from customer service and some simple troubleshooting, it's not too bad.
What about the implementation team?
I have fully installed this solution for three customers. Depending on the project, you'll need anywhere from one to three engineers. Installation and configuration also depend on the cloud that the customer uses.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Prisma SaaS is more expensive than similar solutions but I think it's worth it.
If I were to choose a low-cost solution for another vendor, it wouldn't be as effective. With low cost comes low usability and low effectiveness.
What other advice do I have?
I would highly recommend Prisma SaaS to others. Speaking as an ambassador for Palo Alto and Prisma access, it's the best solution on the market. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Prisma SaaS a rating of ten.
The price is my only concern, otherwise, Palo Alto is the best. Still, every year, Palo Alto lowers the price of its solutions.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Integrator
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Head of Pre-Sales at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Can be stable and easy to integrate but needs reverse proxy integrations
Pros and Cons
- "It is easy to use, easy to integrate, and is stable. It's scalable as well."
- "When it comes to integration mechanisms, Prisma SaaS does not support reverse proxy type of integrations."
What is our primary use case?
Prisma SaaS can be used to secure sanction applications that people use on enterprises. You can integrate the solution using ATI to sanction applications such as Office 365, Google, and Salesforce. You can apply controls to protect from data leakage and then apply cloud-based DLP policies.
What is most valuable?
The valuable features are that it is easy to use, easy to integrate, and is stable. It's scalable as well.
What needs improvement?
When it comes to integration mechanisms, Prisma SaaS does not support reverse proxy type of integrations. For example, a product like Netskope has a lot more integration mechanisms than does Prisma.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using it for about one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable. We have about 500 users.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support has been good.
How was the initial setup?
Prisma SaaS requires a small implementation. Two engineers would be sufficient for the deployment process.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it ourselves.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Prisma SaaS at seven on a scale from one to ten. It is easy to integrate and is stable and scalable, but it needs to support reverse proxy integrations.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Distributor
Senior Executive at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
User-friendly, straightforward to set up with good integration, and the remediation process is easy
Pros and Cons
- "The remediation process is easy compared to other platforms."
- "My clients would like to see a more feature-rich product."
What is our primary use case?
We are a solution provider and we have implemented Prism Cloud for a couple of clients.
Our clients use this product for their container security.
What is most valuable?
The remediation process is easy compared to other platforms.
The interface is user-friendly.
What needs improvement?
My clients would like to see a more feature-rich product.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Prisma SaaS for about three months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I feel that it is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not yet tried to expand beyond our integration with one cloud platform. This is something that we may do in the future.
There are three people in my organization who use it.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support from Palo Alto has been responsive and they are good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We implemented Azure Secure Center before trying this product.
How was the initial setup?
This product is straightforward to set up and the integration is good.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis and for what we get, the price is good. However, the pricing should be better.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did not have a great deal of time to evaluate other products.
What other advice do I have?
For anybody who is looking for a contained-based solution, I definitely recommend this product.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Head of Pre-Sales at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It provides secure access for cloud data centers or cloud platforms and is stable and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "The users can securely access any cloud data centers or cloud platforms. In terms of the features, it has all the features that Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall has. It is also very stable and scalable."
- "When it comes to the VPN, it uses the global protect VPN functionality to connect remotely, but it has a feature limitation for assigning multiple IP sub-links to different user groups. It would be much better if we are able to assign the current IP blocks for the sub-links based on the user groups."
What is our primary use case?
We use it to securely access cloud data centers or cloud platforms. If a customer has a lot of workload in the cloud, then from the Prisma Access cloud, they can create secure access to all cloud platforms.
What is most valuable?
The users can securely access any cloud data centers or cloud platforms. In terms of the features, it has all the features that Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall has. It is also very stable and scalable.
What needs improvement?
When it comes to the VPN, it uses the global protect VPN functionality to connect remotely, but it has a feature limitation for assigning multiple IP subnets to different user groups. It would be much better if we are able to assign the current IP blocks for the subnets based on the user groups.
For how long have I used the solution?
We got its distribution about eight months ago.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is very scalable. The scalability can be based on the number of users or the number of networks. You can expand it the way you want. In Sri Lanka, we have about 3,000 users.
How are customer service and technical support?
Palo Alto's technical support is good because they have multiple methods and licenses. Their premier support seems better.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward in a way, but there are certain things that may require Panorama, which is a centralized management platform. The management of certain things can only be done through Panorama. For the initial integration, a few steps have to be followed, but after that, it is easy to configure and use.
For the console-side deployment, one or two engineers would be enough. A complete user deployment may take a few weeks to complete.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Prisma Access is a little bit expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate Prisma Access a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Distributor
Senior Security Architecture Specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Stable and easy to scale, but it needs better integration with MDM
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the ability to join your network and provide access through the VPN."
- "Better integration with the MDM solution would be useful."
What is our primary use case?
We are a system integrator and Prisma Access is one of the security products that we implement for our clients. We handle all products, from high-level to low-level, and we propose an end-to-end solution for each customer. I am a pre-sales architect and engineer.
Prisma Access is the name of the GlobalProtect Cloud Service.
Normally, it is sold to users who want to use a VPN agent.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the ability to join your network and provide access through the VPN.
What needs improvement?
It is integrated with the MDM solution but it is not a VPN, so this is something that can be improved. Better integration with the MDM solution would be useful.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We don't hear from customers for a long time when they have this solution, so I think that it is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scaling is easy because it is just a license that you extend.
Our clients for this solution are typically small to medium-sized companies.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We work with similar solutions from a number of vendors including Fortinet, F5, Trend Micro, and others.
What about the implementation team?
We have an in-house team that is responsible for implementing products for our clients.
We also perform the required maintenance, as well as technical support.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
This is not an expensive product and everything is included with one license. We normally sell GlobalProtect bundled with a firewall if the customer wants an endpoint solution.
What other advice do I have?
We have to pitch it to smaller customers. When it comes to medium-sized organizations, they are almost dedicated to a VPN solution. This is a good solution and I can recommend it, although it would be improved with better MDM integration.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller
General Manager - CyberSecurity Practice at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Remote access using a zero-trust platform with easy cloud deployment
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the zero-trust part of this solution."
- "The cloud setup is straightforward, and the onboarding process is much better, but the on-premises initial setup is slightly complex."
What is our primary use case?
We are a services organization at the diagnostic stage. We generally see what matches the customer's requirements.
The primary use case of this solution mostly serves as remote access to the applications, and the secure access of applications both for the cloud and for their private data centers.
They are mainly using the zero-trust platform, which is very commonly used right now.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the zero-trust part of this solution.
This solution addresses most of our requirements.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see an increase in third-party integration, in terms of identity and access management, or strong authentication.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with this solution for the last six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This solution is stable we have not had any major issues with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is scalable. Our customers are large enterprise companies with anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 users.
How was the initial setup?
The cloud setup is straightforward, and the onboarding process is much better, but the on-premises initial setup is slightly complex.
What other advice do I have?
Anyone who is considering working with Prisma Access should go ahead and implement it. This is a product that I recommend.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner
Information Technology Consultant at Trillennium (Pvt) Ltd
Good performance and technical support
Pros and Cons
- "The performance is good."
- "The price can be reduced to make it more competitive."
What is our primary use case?
We are a solution provider and we work with our customers to provide them with cloud-based solutions. One of the categories we provide is in the security-related space, and Prisma SaaS is one that we are promoting.
One of the primary use cases is to create a more secure tunnel between home and office, allowing people to more securely work remotely from home.
What is most valuable?
We use the central monitoring tool from Palo Alto, which gives us good visibility on our network.
The performance is good.
What needs improvement?
The price can be reduced to make it more competitive.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been working with Prisma SaaS for the last six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, we have not had any problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have had no issues with scalability.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We work with a variety of security vendors including Check Point and Fortinet. For cloud-based solutions, we work with Barracuda.
The suitability of a particular product or vendor will depend on the client's requirements, situation, and budget.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Compared to other products, the price is slightly high. In fact, sometimes there is a large pricing gap.
What other advice do I have?
This is the best product that I have looked at, out of all of the competitors. We are still testing it, but from what I have seen, it is really good compared to the others.
I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Distributor

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