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VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 1 [VM-300]
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User-friendly CLI and efficient dashboard streamline operations with robust security features
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I find Palo Alto Networks VM-Series easy to deploy, and none of my customers have had significant complaints. My customers have high certifications provided by Palo Alto Networks. The friendly dashboard and the ability to easily command and use the CLI make Palo Alto Networks VM-Series a better product. It offers robust solutions, making it valuable to my customers.
What needs improvement?
It may be beneficial if the firewall can monitor all internal elements like VMs pulling from HP servers. Consolidating these insights into a single dashboard would be advantageous.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been familiar with Palo Alto Networks for four or five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The performance of VM instances has some limitations in terms of threshold and throughput compared to appliances.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate scalability as eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Palo Alto Networks offers better technical support, maintaining SLA efficiently, and resolving issues promptly.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
In some cases, I have migrated from Cisco to Palo Alto Networks VM-Series smoothly.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing for Palo Alto Networks is higher than other OEMs, but considering the robustness and features, it gains customer trust. Technical configuration is a focus area due to its high commercial profile.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I consider Check Point alongside Palo Alto Networks, as well as Cisco for wireless solutions.
What other advice do I have?
When evaluating, consider the customer’s environment and pain points since both Check Point and Palo Alto Networks have their advantages. Overall, I rate Palo Alto Networks VM-Series eight out of ten.
Helpful tool for daily tasks
What do you like best about the product?
Handling everything with the Palo Alto is very smooth. The dashboard is clean and also very easy to do navigation , and I like how it handles traffic depending on applications, users, content. It gives strong insights into network activity, which really helps with troubleshooting. Details like threat detection and URL filtering are good, and WildFire adds an additional layer of safety through catching threats before.
What do you dislike about the product?
To be honest, it’s pretty solid overall, but the updates can feel kinda slow or annoying sometimes. If you’re new to it, it takes a bit to figure things out like, setting up those detailed rules isn’t super friendly. Also, it’s little pricey, so probably not the best for small setups.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Your firewalls make things very easier when it comes to keeping our network safe. We used to spend a lot of time dealing with security issues manually, but now it catches most threats on its own. It’s nice how it shows detailed traffic info and blocks risky stuff before it even becomes a problem. It definitely saves us a lot time.
AI-Powered Threat Detection and Autonomous Real-Time Protection
What do you like best about the product?
By employing preemptive thread detection and autonomous real-time protection, Palo Alto Networks' Next-Generation Firewalls empower organizations to promptly identify and neutralize potential security breaches. This empowers them to optimize performance by prioritizing critical processes during startup, leading to significantly faster boot times. It also enables AI-driven analysis of system behavior right from the start.
What do you dislike about the product?
While the AI integration offers numerous benefits, a potential drawback is the lack of transparency. It's challenging to understand why traffic is blocked or threats flagged, creating a 'black box' effect, hindering trust and making auditing difficult.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls use Malware Analysis and Sandboxing to identify and prevent malicious software from harming our systems. This saves our business time and money by preventing data breaches and other security incidents.
Strong Security
What do you like best about the product?
Strong Security: It's backed by Palo Alto's threat intelligence (WildFire, URL filtering, advanced threat protection).
Deep Integration with AWS: Ideal for companies heavily using AWS, as it simplifies deployment and scaling.
Centralized Management: Easy to manage through Palo Alto’s Panorama or native AWS integrations.
Scalable & Cloud-native: Works well in dynamic cloud environments with autoscaling and multi-VPC support.
Deep Integration with AWS: Ideal for companies heavily using AWS, as it simplifies deployment and scaling.
Centralized Management: Easy to manage through Palo Alto’s Panorama or native AWS integrations.
Scalable & Cloud-native: Works well in dynamic cloud environments with autoscaling and multi-VPC support.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost: Premium pricing might be a factor for small businesses or startups.
Learning Curve: Might be complex for teams unfamiliar with Palo Alto systems or AWS networking.
Better alternatives for multi-cloud?: If you're not AWS-centric, other solutions like Check Point CloudGuard or Fortinet might be more appealing.
Learning Curve: Might be complex for teams unfamiliar with Palo Alto systems or AWS networking.
Better alternatives for multi-cloud?: If you're not AWS-centric, other solutions like Check Point CloudGuard or Fortinet might be more appealing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solution: It provides consistent, enterprise-grade security policies across cloud environments.
Benefit: Security teams can enforce the same protections in AWS as in on-prem networks, reducing risk and complex
Benefit: Security teams can enforce the same protections in AWS as in on-prem networks, reducing risk and complex
Secures remote work with advanced threat protection and efficient traffic management
What is our primary use case?
I am using Palo Alto Networks VM-Series because almost all my application infrastructure is hosted on AWS. AWS supports deploying Palo Alto Networks VM-Series in their marketplace, and Palo Alto is a leader in security in the firewall market. I also use the GlobalProtect VPN from Palo Alto Networks.
What is most valuable?
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is very strong in security features like antivirus, anti-spyware, and machine learning capabilities that help scan for antivirus and anti-spam. This ensures high security for internal and external traffic. They frequently update antivirus patterns and application threats, which provides reliable protection. I also value GlobalProtect VPN for supporting remote users as most of my employees work remotely. Additionally, Palo Alto Networks helps me visualize and manage network traffic effectively, blocking risky files and enhancing network security.
What needs improvement?
Currently, I do not have specific suggestions for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series improvements. I am happy with the rich features provided. As I have only used it for four months, I might need more time to explore and suggest enhancements.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Palo Alto Networks VM-Series since December 2020, around four months.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
Deploying Palo Alto Networks VM-Series was a bit challenging. I rate it a six out of ten for ease, as it required going through extensive documentation to set it up. Deployment took nearly a week to complete.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series as seven out of ten. I have not experienced any major problems or downtime, but I haven't yet explored all its features.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Currently, I do not have a clear answer about the scalability of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series as I have not scaled it yet.
How are customer service and support?
I have not directly used Palo Alto's technical support as I rely on vendor support. The vendor provides me with documentation when needed.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before using Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, I used a physical box on-premises. The switch was due to moving all infrastructure to AWS, necessitating a virtual solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series was somewhat challenging, requiring extensive documentation review. I rate it a six out of ten for ease.
What about the implementation team?
I handled almost 100% of the deployment myself. However, for specific features, I consulted the vendor engineer, who provided online documentation for guidance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the pricing of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series as six or seven out of ten. The cost involves purchasing through a vendor, which might mark up due to the supply chain. I've had no complaints about Palo Alto's pricing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate other options before choosing Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, as it is a leader in the market.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate Palo Alto Networks VM-Series an eight out of ten. I am happy with its performance and rich features.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Review of Palo Alto Networks Services
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to access, UI that is simplified, since I use it on the daily, Implentation part is great as well with our Customer base (number wise) When it comes to number of features, they are all fine, and when it comes to ease of integration, I would say it is pretty good at doing being integrated with our technologies.
What do you dislike about the product?
Intermittent drops during my shift, I would love for it to be less disconnecting, as we do use high quality internet service at work.
When it comes to Customer Support it is really important for it to stay up and running all the time.
When it comes to Customer Support it is really important for it to stay up and running all the time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It benefits me in a way to securely access websites without having any issues, now when it comes to VPN, it does a well very good job, it is very protective.
PANW next gen firewalls review
What do you like best about the product?
It is easy to use and integrate - already integrated in the AWS marketplace and accounts.One of the standout features is the firewall's ability to identify and control applications regardless of port, protocol, or encryption. This allows us to use it at the application level. It is easy to implement as well with standard protocols and libraries.
What do you dislike about the product?
Trust and safety is still a concern since it is an external firewall and security system as compared to inhouse or self developed systems.Many aspects of the firewall are abstracted which do not give as much level of control sometimes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The PAN next gen firewalls are helping with setting up security settings and safeguards for our web applications, APIs and other resources exposed to our customers.We use it to detect and block unwanted or risky applications while allowing safe ones to function when we rely on other applications. We also inspect and analyze encrypted traffic for threats before they can enter the network. This gives us visibility into our threats, risks and top security concerns.
My experience with Palo Alto
What do you like best about the product?
I like the visibility that the firewalls provide. The automation is probably the best part about it. It is relatively intuitive compared to other legacy firewalls
What do you dislike about the product?
I think it is a little too pricey. For meraki I can justify the price because not only do I get more (customization and reliability) but it is worth its value
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
App-ID helps with dynamic/non-standard ports. Controlling the traffic based on the actual application and not just the port (as opposed to traditional firewalls)
Convenient and feature-rich but expensive
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use and quick integration make it a very useful tool, especially considering all the features it contains. It has also been very easy to onboard people to teach them how to use it, which hasn't been my experience with some competitors. Overall, it does it's job of securing our systems well.
What do you dislike about the product?
In my experience, it essentially just boils down to the cost. It is noticeably pricier compared to it's alternatives.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is a very robust firewall solution that has been easy to work with. I am on the user side of things, so not entirely sure how hard it is to maintain, however I do have experience setting it up and that was pretty easy to figure out. I haven't needed support (which is a good thing, of course) so I don't know much about that side of things.
Enterprise Grade
What do you like best about the product?
It's well known, has universal compatibility, frequent updates and customer support.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cookies stored for WAF appears to provide a security risk for non up to date browsers
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keep privacy and internal data safe and at the bad actors at the perimeter of our infrastructure.
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