Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Mar 24, 2022
The pricing is reasonable for Palo Alto. They price their products using credit modules. There are various types of modules in each section. I believe there are four different modules. If you want to ensure that you are saving on cost, you should develop a very good DevOps or DevSecOps process with the cloud engineers and development team. Meaning, when the development team is no longer creating apps or working in their CI/CD environment, they must scale down, repave and decommission or it could increase your costs significantly.
Senior Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Oct 31, 2021
Prisma is in the middle of the road. It's not the most expensive, but it's not the cheapest. There aren't any additional costs, to my knowledge. I know they have some extra modules, but we didn't use them. I'd say the price fits the solution. Prisma is capable of many other things, but Palo Alto doesn't charge you extra for those things, unlike other companies. You can use them or not. Because your environment grows, you may not use it now, you may not need it now, but you may in the future. Those capabilities are there without an additional cost for a different module where other companies will break it out, where you have to pay for those things.
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.
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Senior Director at a logistics company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
May 16, 2019
I am not sure about the cost, but my advice to others would be that it is not a mistake going with them. You get what you pay for and I believe they are the best in their class.
Senior Director at a logistics company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
May 16, 2019
I am not sure about the cost, but my advice to others would be that it is not a mistake going with them. You get what you pay for and I believe they are the best in their class.
Architect - Cloud Serviced at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
MSP
Top 10
May 15, 2019
The pricing for this solution is on the higher end. Our customer felt that the solution was a bit overpriced but they had nothing that offered them better protection. The licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and there are no additional costs.
Architect - Cloud Serviced at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
MSP
Top 10
May 15, 2019
The pricing for this solution is on the higher end. Our customer felt that the solution was a bit overpriced but they had nothing that offered them better protection. The licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and there are no additional costs.
Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks provides consistent security for all users and applications across your remote networks. Prisma Access grants users safe access to the cloud and data center applications and the internet as well. In addition, the solution combines all of your security and networking capabilities into a single cloud-delivered platform, enabling flexible hybrid workforces.
Prisma Access can be managed two ways:
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The pricing is reasonable for Palo Alto. They price their products using credit modules. There are various types of modules in each section. I believe there are four different modules. If you want to ensure that you are saving on cost, you should develop a very good DevOps or DevSecOps process with the cloud engineers and development team. Meaning, when the development team is no longer creating apps or working in their CI/CD environment, they must scale down, repave and decommission or it could increase your costs significantly.
Prisma is in the middle of the road. It's not the most expensive, but it's not the cheapest. There aren't any additional costs, to my knowledge. I know they have some extra modules, but we didn't use them. I'd say the price fits the solution. Prisma is capable of many other things, but Palo Alto doesn't charge you extra for those things, unlike other companies. You can use them or not. Because your environment grows, you may not use it now, you may not need it now, but you may in the future. Those capabilities are there without an additional cost for a different module where other companies will break it out, where you have to pay for those things.
The licensing of this solution is a little expensive and is paid on an annual basis.
The licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis and for what we get, the price is good. However, the pricing should be better.
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.
Compared to other products, the price is slightly high. In fact, sometimes there is a large pricing gap.
The solution is actually very expensive. I don't know the particulars since the purchasing team dealt with it.
The solution is actually very expensive. I don't know the particulars since the purchasing team dealt with it.
I am not sure about the cost, but my advice to others would be that it is not a mistake going with them. You get what you pay for and I believe they are the best in their class.
I am not sure about the cost, but my advice to others would be that it is not a mistake going with them. You get what you pay for and I believe they are the best in their class.
The pricing for this solution is on the higher end. Our customer felt that the solution was a bit overpriced but they had nothing that offered them better protection. The licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and there are no additional costs.
The pricing for this solution is on the higher end. Our customer felt that the solution was a bit overpriced but they had nothing that offered them better protection. The licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and there are no additional costs.