Sold by: Palo Alto Networks
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Fully managed, cloud-native firewall service with threat prevention, app control and advanced URL filtering that integrates with AWS Firewall Manager, CloudWatch and more.
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Overview
Product Overview
Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (CNGFW) for AWS delivers best-in-class network security powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, stopping zero-day exploits faster than traditional platforms. This fully managed turnkey cloud-native firewall service with 99.99% availability removes the complexity of managing firewall infrastructure in AWS. It lets you immediately turn on the next-generation firewall features and scale your security, ensuring seamless protection for your applications in the AWS environment.
Cloud NGFW extends your threat prevention capabilities across AWS environments and seamlessly integrates with key AWS services like AWS Firewall Manager, CloudWatch, Kinesis Firehose, and more. It provides real-time insights, automated security workflows, and granular traffic control for robust network protection. Recent enhancements include Strata Cloud Manager integration for centralized visibility and firewall-as-code enhancements.
Benefits
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Effortless Deployment and Zero-Operational Burden: Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW takes care of the complex operational tasks, allowing for seamless firewall deployment and management in AWS. It streamlines processes such as certificate management, software upgrades, patch management and multi-dimensional scaling to ensure 99.99% availability. By eliminating the challenges of managing and scaling firewalls yourself, you can deploy robust cloud protection in just a few clicks, without worrying about infrastructure management.
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Advanced Threat Prevention. Secure your AWS VPC traffic from zero-day attacks and unknown command-and-control traffic using Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) powered by Precision AI as well as Unit 42 Threat Research, enabling detection and mitigation 180x faster than traditional platforms.
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Real-Time Threat Detection. Protect your applications with advanced AI and ML-powered threat prevention, leveraging intelligence derived from 70,000+ global customers to stop zero-day exploits, DNS threats, and web-based threats before they impact your network. This extensive threat intelligence network continuously learns and adapts, providing unparalleled protection that evolves with the latest attack vectors.
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Granular Traffic Control. Gain visibility and precise control over your network traffic based on workloads, users, and applications with patented Layer 7 classification. Reduce attack surfaces and safeguard your AWS environment from malicious traffic.
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Centralized Visibility. Simplify security operations with centralized management using Strata Cloud Manager or Panorama. Gain comprehensive visibility into applications, users, and threats for more efficient security management, faster threat resolution, and optimized policy creation.
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Improved Metrics & Monitoring. Leverage AWS CloudWatch to monitor NGFW health, performance, and usage patterns in real-time, ensuring your security operations run at peak efficiency.
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Firewall-as-Code Enhancements. Automate your firewall deployment, policy enforcement and account management workflows with the support of APls, CloudFormation and Terraform. Eliminate manual interventions and streamline your security operations.
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Cloud NGFW is the Firewall-as-a-Service. Choose either AWS Firewall Manager or Palo Alto Networks Panorama for consistent policy management across multiple AWS accounts, enabling flexible control and seamless security across your cloud environments.
Activate your 30-Day free trial and create up to two next-generation firewall resources on your existing AWS VPCs, securing up to 100GB of traffic. After the free trial, you'll transition to a pay-as-you-go model, and you can check your subscription status on the Subscription Management page.
Highlights
- Deploy your next-generation firewall with one-click, automated provisioning that auto-scales to match your network traffic. Leverage Palo Alto Networks Panorama or Strata Cloud Manager for unified security management, ensuring you maintain control and visibility across your cloud infrastructure without the complexity of managing infrastructure.
- Integrate seamlessly with AWS-native services like CloudWatch, Kinesis Firehose, and AWS Firewall Manager, providing real-time insights, granular traffic control, and enhanced security capabilities. Backed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Threat Research, the service delivers cutting-edge threat prevention and faster mitigation of zero-day exploits.
- Cloud NGFW supports automated onboarding of AWS environments and workflow automation through APIs, CloudFormation, and Terraform, enabling quick deployment and consistent operations. Gain comprehensive visibility and management across multiple AWS accounts with centralized security operations using Strata Cloud Manager or Panorama.
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Pricing
Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
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Dimension | Cost/unit |
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Base NGFW - incl. 3 AZs (1unit=1 usage hour), addt'l AZ 0.33 unit/hr | $1.50 |
Traffic Secured - First 15 TB / month (1 unit = 1 GB) | $0.065 |
Traffic Secured - Next 15 TB / month (1 unit = 1 GB) | $0.045 |
Traffic Secured - Above 30 TB / month (1 unit = 1 GB) | $0.03 |
Add-Ons (1 unit = 1 Cloud NGFW Credit) (refer to page bit.ly/cngfwaws) | $0.012 |
Dimensions summary
You pay only for what you use, with no upfront commitment. Your bill combines separate charges. A firewall charge is based on usage hours; the base covers three availability zones, and each extra zone adds a fraction of an hour per hour. A traffic charge applies per gigabyte inspected, tiered by monthly volume: the first 15 TB, the next 15 TB, and anything above 30 TB. Optional add-ons draw on Cloud NGFW Credits. The trial runs 30 days, then converts to this pay-as-you-go billing. Charges scale with your actual deployment size and traffic.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
One unit equals one hour of running the base firewall service across three availability zones. Each additional availability zone adds 0.33 unit per hour on top of the base. So a fourth zone raises your hourly rate proportionally. Charges accrue only while the firewall runs.
Traffic is metered per gigabyte inspected and grouped into monthly tiers. The first 15 TB bills at one rate, the next 15 TB at another, and volume above 30 TB at a third. Only the gigabytes within each band bill at that band's rate, not your whole volume.
Both bill independently and add together on one invoice. Firewall hours scale with how many zones run and for how long. Traffic charges scale with gigabytes inspected each month. High-throughput deployments tend to see traffic charges dominate; low-traffic always-on setups lean toward the hourly firewall charge. Add-ons draw separately from Cloud NGFW Credits.
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AI and Machine Learning-Powered Threat Prevention
Artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered threat prevention leveraging intelligence from 70,000+ global customers to detect and mitigate zero-day exploits, DNS threats, and web-based threats 180x faster than traditional platforms.
Layer 7 Application Classification and Control
Patented Layer 7 classification enabling granular traffic control and visibility based on workloads, users, and applications with precise network traffic management.
Cloud-Delivered Security Services
Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) powered by Precision AI and Unit 42 Threat Research for advanced threat prevention and detection of zero-day attacks and unknown command-and-control traffic.
Infrastructure as Code and Automation
Support for automated deployment, policy enforcement, and account management workflows through APIs, CloudFormation, and Terraform integration.
AWS Native Service Integration
Seamless integration with AWS services including AWS Firewall Manager, CloudWatch, Kinesis Firehose, and Strata Cloud Manager for centralized management and real-time monitoring.
Intrusion Prevention System
Leading Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) integrated into unified security solution for threat detection and prevention
Advanced Evasion Technique Detection
Capability to identify and stop Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs) with superior performance compared to other security devices
Application Layer Security
Advanced application control with application layer exfiltration security and dynamic security controls
Sandboxing and Malware Analysis
Sandboxing technology for identifying zero-day attacks and advanced malware threats
Centralized Management Console
Unified management console for streamlined security administration across data center, office, and branch firewalls
Advanced Threat Prevention Capabilities
Includes firewall, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), application control, IPsec VPN, URL filtering, antivirus, and anti-bot features for multi-layered network security.
Traffic Inspection and Control
Inspects and controls encrypted data flows between on-premises networks and AWS VPCs, including North-South traffic entering and exiting private subnets and East-West traffic between VPCs.
Infrastructure-as-Code Integration
Integrates with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform and Ansible for policy automation, with dynamic security policy adaptation based on real-time cloud metadata.
AWS Service Integration
Supports integration with Gateway Load Balancer, AWS Security Hub, VPC Ingress Routing, AWS Traffic Mirroring, AWS Transit Gateway, AWS Outposts, and Amazon Macie.
Centralized Security Management
Provides unified, centralized management through Check Point Security Management Server with consistent policy, logging, and reporting across AWS, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
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Customer reviews
Computer Networking
Effortless Cloud Integration and Massive Time Savings
Reviewed on Aug 14, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
effortlessly it integrates directly into our existing cloud setup. Instead of wasting time on complex network routing or custom workarounds, it plugs right into our cloud provider's native infrastructure and management tools. This seamless integration saves our team several hours each week when extending security across multiple accounts. An unexpected benefit was how easily our regular IT staff could manage and work with it without needing specialized firewall training
What do you dislike about the product?
premium credit based pricing structure and the initial learning curve required for policy setup Additionally, while standard cloud integrations are straightforward, navigating detailed threat logs and fine tuning advanced rules felt slightly overwhelming at first for general IT engineers without specialized Palo Alto training. The service could be improved by providing clearer usage forecasting calculators inside the console and offering pre-configured rule templates for standard cloud networking architectures
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before using Cloud NGFW, we struggled with manually deploying and routing traffic through virtual firewall instances across multiple cloud accounts, which created significant maintenance overhead. Now, we can secure our cloud traffic using a fully managed service that plugs right into our cloud setup without complex workarounds This has cut our weekly networking maintenance workload by nearly 50% and reduced new cloud environment setup times from several days down to just a few hours
Naveen V.
Powerful Security with Advanced Configuration Challenges
Reviewed on Aug 13, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW for the visibility and control it provides over network traffic and security. The security policies are flexible and allow us to control access based on our organization’s requirements. The monitoring and threat detection capabilities are really useful for troubleshooting connectivity issues and identifying potential security risks. I really enjoy the overall reliability and ease of managing security policies. The visibility into network activities makes it easier to identify unusual traffic and troubleshoot issues quickly. The combination of strong security controls, monitoring, and centralized management works especially well for supporting a secure IT environment. It's also easy to manage once the initial setup and advanced configurations are understood.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find the complexity of some of the configurations and security policy options challenging, especially for users who are not familiar with the software. Some advanced features can take time to understand and configure correctly. It would be helpful to have more straightforward guidance, simplified workflows, and clearer documentation for common support and troubleshooting scenarios to make the platform even easier to use. Simplifying the configuration interface and making security policy management more simple would improve the overall user experience. More practical examples and guided troubleshooting for common scenarios would also be helpful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW to secure and protect our cloud and network infrastructure, monitor network traffic, apply security policies, control access, and ease troubleshooting. It provides visibility and control over network traffic, preventing threats and helping enforce security policies effectively.
Computer & Network Security
NextGen Firewall Cloud Security with Centralized Network Protection
Reviewed on Aug 13, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW is the strong security capabilities combined with centralized management. Layer 7 application inspection, URL filtering, SSL/TLS decryption I liked the most.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it can be difficult to provision the infra and required setup for it rest are fine.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's a managed, cloud-native next-generation firewall service available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure so it won't make you sweat on configurations and uptime as it's managed service that means rest are handled by the teamitself.
Henok P.
Effortless Workload Security with a Better UI
Reviewed on Aug 12, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The best feature I can think of is, Palo Alto Networks Cloud can easily secures my workloads and traffic with out manually installing firewall virtual machines
Also, it is has way better user Interface than most systems
Also, it is has way better user Interface than most systems
What do you dislike about the product?
The Pricing is not effective, since it is a Pay as you go approach. It is easy to be mis-used
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We host a tier 1 ERP system, and security was a major concern for all stakeholders. With Palo Alto Networks, we’ve been able to use it smoothly while keeping our data protected.
Habtemariam Z.
Zero Trust with Deep Layer-7 Visibility and High-Throughput Protection
Reviewed on Aug 12, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Zero trust architecture more advancing, Deep Layer 1 -7 visibility, accurately identifies applications and blocks advanced threats automatically, Consistent Policy Enforcement, High Throughput Performance.
What do you dislike about the product?
High Cumulative Cost for not affordable for new startup company. Cloud NGFW can take some time to adapting to managing policy
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Used for secured cloud network traffic without physical firewall , flexible central control , application visibility and best threat preventions and also help to me reducing complexity of managing secured across distributed environment , improving visibility in to traffic and makes it easier to scaling security in our infrastructure