We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Palo Alto Networks Panorama based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's a fine solution in terms of scalability."
"The solution is quite scalable."
"The solution has a great UI and a policy deployment mechanism, and all the configuration is easily manageable for the firewalls."
"The most valuable aspects are the antivirus and URL filtering."
"The product's user interface is very easy to use and convenient."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the intrusion prevention system."
"I like its system management and filtering options as a layer seven firewall."
"Scalability is not an issue as long as you are able to buy additional licenses. Ten percent of our customers use Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, and we have large accounts with 50% of their end users behind this firewall."
"The ability to manage a large number of firewalls from a single point is most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is its innovation and impressive capacity to handle network traffic efficiently."
"The most valuable feature is the Threat Intelligence."
"The threat prevention and layer seven security features were the most used and important for us. All operations are quite good in this solution."
"This solution is user-friendly. It is centrally managed and provides role optimization, without the need for additional tools."
"This is an efficient solution."
"Technical support is quite helpful."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is its ease of use."
"Some duplicated values and security standards are not working in some high-application protocols with Cisco's next-generation firewalls."
"The interface is an area that could be improved."
"Cisco Firepower has been effective in solving various problems, but it could be improved by making it simpler and more user-friendly like Fortinet."
"Areas for improvement include pricing points and the range of products available at any given time."
"The solution could improve the number of ports available and load balancing."
"The performance of the Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center could be improved."
"It takes five to seven minutes to push one policy."
"Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center could improve by being less expensive."
"There is room for improvement in response time for tech support."
"At times we have noticed that we get into issues where Panorama is going too slow or has other little problems. The performance can suffer occasionally."
"Sometimes in Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we receive issues where it is overloaded and unresponsive. We have issues with accessing the devices due to a slow response from Panorama."
"This would be a better solution if it were more tightly integrated with the firewalls."
"The configuration could be a bit better."
"My pain point is the automation process is not well-documented. There are some things that they could improve on there."
"The implementation is not that easy."
"Sometimes technical support is slow to respond."
More Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Pricing and Cost Advice →
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is ranked 7th in Firewall Security Management with 19 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is ranked 3rd in Firewall Security Management with 81 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is rated 8.0, while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center writes "A stable and reasonably priced product that protects organizations from malware". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Panorama writes "Built-in proxy with the ability to maintain your own policies". Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, whereas Palo Alto Networks Panorama is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, AlgoSec, Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Tufin Orchestration Suite and FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF). See our Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center vs. Palo Alto Networks Panorama report.
See our list of best Firewall Security Management vendors.
We monitor all Firewall Security Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
