We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Stormshield Network Security 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."We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The trackability is most valuable. When a port is open for a protocol, such as port 443 for HTTPS, it can look inside the traffic and identify or verify the applications that are using the port, which was previously not possible with traditional firewalls."
"The packet level inspection is the most valuable feature. The traffic restriction features allow us to restrict the sub-features of any platform."
"In general, its performance and ease of use are the most valuable. Its performance is good, stable, and reliable. The user interface is friendly and easy to use. Customers find it easy to work with and easy to learn."
"I like to install Palo Alto mainly on the data center side to have visibility into all VLANs. That gives full visibility into the core."
"I like the navigation of the general Panorama solution. I can easily navigate around and get to the thing I need. I'm not wasting time trying to find something."
"Some of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls' valuable features are their powerful capabilities and user-friendliness."
"You can easily integrate it with Active Directory, and you can use the GlobalProtect VPN for internal and external purposes. The URL Filtering is also clear and the application filtering is a plus. The application filtering is much better when you compare it to FortiGate or other firewall vendors."
"It has a solid network security with some robust tools. We can block unexpected attacks, especially zero-day attacks. Since they use the Pan-OS engine, they can collect attacks from all over the world and analyze them. They can then protect against zero-day attacks and unexpected attacks."
"This solution is quick and easy to configure."
"It's an easy, straightforward management platform to use."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"A very robust product."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"Palo Alto is like Microsoft. It has varied features, but it's too technical. A lot of the features could be simplified. The procedure, process, features, and usability could be more simple."
"The solution doesn't support routing in virtual firewall creation, and we want that to be enabled."
"Support should be improved, wait times can be long."
"I would like them to bring in some features that would encourage traffic shaping or bandwidth routing, like other UTM firewalls, because the solution should be capable of limiting the bandwidth for rules."
"The analysis of the ITS ID by Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls could be improved."
"Its software updates can be improved. It sometimes becomes very slow with the software updates for different features. It should have an External Dynamic List of data. The malicious IP is not frequently getting updated in Palo Alto, and this should be done."
"Customers don't want to buy extra things for extra capabilities"
"In the future, I would like to see more OTP features."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"Not all the fields are activated yet and we were informed that it will take at least one month."
"Stormshield Network Security is quite expensive."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"The product must improve its pricing."
"The biggest issue was their support department was not able to help us, then everything stops. This is a no-go area for me."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 164 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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