We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Zscaler Cloud Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"They now know the details about their network traffic that they did not know before: Applications that they are using and some application they did not know they were using."
"A solid operating system with all the necessary data center security features."
"It is reliable and the support is very good."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"It offers a single pane of glass for all the different types of installations."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"The main advantage of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series stems from the fact that you can access it with the help of cloud services."
"It allows us to see all our traffic to properly secure it and only allow what is needed through the firewall."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"Zscaler provides effective protection against various cyber threats ensuring a safe environment"
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration of multi-factor authentication vendors."
"At the beginning of the implementation, we had some difficulties with the scripts, but Palo Alto Networks support together with a local partner finally fixed it."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"We don't know how it will scale once we start putting more load on it."
"It'll help if Palo Alto Networks provided better documentation."
"We have ran into issues with Palo Alto’s limitations for resolving large IP lists from DNS lookups, as well as the antivirus interfering with App-ID."
"Recently, they introduced their Prisma Cloud solution. Compared to the previous technologies, like Panorama, which is used for centralized firewall management, or even the individual firewalls, it's a bit challenging to integrate the traditional firewall policies into Prisma Cloud."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"Certain criteria need to be met if you want to scale this solution."
"We are having some issues with internet access being denied when organizational ID-based policies change. For example, a lower level employee ends up getting the same level of access as that of a higher level employee."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, OPNsense, Cisco Multicloud Defense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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