We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Symantec Advanced Threat Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"With this product, we receive the best monitoring and reports."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"You have better control because you define apps. You just don't define ports. You define apps, and the apps are monitored in the traffic. It is more specific than the Cisco firewall when it comes to our needs."
"It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"The solution is easy to use and the Panorama feature is good. The software management or the malware blocking and some authentication management system are good."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"It has certainly helped out our audit efforts because we each stay compliant in terms of various security standards."
"The Application Control code and the easy integration are valuable features."
"You don't have to buy a separate email security platform. You can enable that using their endpoint, and I like that. You don't have to have two agents running on the same box."
"Symantec Endpoint Protection provides end-to-end protection. Along with antivirus protection, it has a lot of key areas, including intrusive prevention, firewall features, and application and device control."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow threat protection."
"Endpoint to network protects the line."
"Real-time threat analysis is quick and takes action on threats immediately."
"The system performance degrades after the solution has been deployed for some time. The data that it gives us becomes a little bit slow. When you try to get some data for troubleshooting, it seems like it's working hard to extract that data."
"High availability features are lacking."
"The price could be better."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"The initial setup was complex."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
"The cost of the solution is excessively high."
"The administration interface needs a lot of improvement. It should be UI based, and simple. They need to improve it. It's pretty much not that friendly compared to what we were using as Bitdefender before. It's okay but is improving, actually."
"It should be able to collect information if the agent is disabled."
"An improvement could be made on the reporting because then it would be easier to collect information and submit it for compliance."
"It also needs network-based threat protection for shared folders and files."
"Not ideal for advanced threat protection."
"The product's support services need improvement."
"There are some features that would add value to this product. One of them would be a graphical presentation of threats that the system has encountered."
"The support has dropped down to a five out of ten."
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews while Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is ranked 20th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 14 reviews. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4, while Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Advanced Threat Protection writes "Provides end-to-end antivirus protection and has good stability ". Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Check Point SandBlast Network, Trellix Network Detection and Response, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Arbor DDoS. See our Palo Alto Networks WildFire vs. Symantec Advanced Threat Protection report.
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