We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks Panorama and Skybox Security Suite 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."The interface is very easy to use. You can do most jobs from one single console."
"It's easy to deploy any software or policies."
"In Panorama, installing the policy, and pushing the policy, it's quite seamless."
"The entire ease of use is most valuable. If you're managing firewalls locally with PAN-OS, the look and feel of Panorama is the same. So, you don't have to relearn another product. If you're used to managing firewalls from Palo Alto, you can easily use Panorama to manage them. It looks and feels the same."
"Panorama is very easy, easy to administrate, and easy to control."
"Especially for big, worldwide clients, one of the most valuable features is being able to create some rules to place on the security groups."
"The dashboards are very good on Palo Alto. They offer a centralized dashboard for managers as well."
"Centralized firewall management and update management are the most valuable features."
"I am impressed with the tool's change management, firewall and network assurance."
"Skybox deployment is simple, and it's very useful."
"It can be integrated with a vulnerability management solution. When a client comes, apart from pitching network and firewall change management, we are recommending having vulnerability management. So, rather than just having the audit of the firewall, they can integrate it with their vulnerability management solution, which could be Rapid7, Qualys, or any other solution. This provides them the most value out of the platform. That is the way we are approaching our customer base."
"Key features for us include the firewall change audit every week. Also, being able to track firewall ACL usage, so that we can produce semiannual reports on ACL usage and shadowed and redundant rules on the firewall."
"It shows me a client's or an organization's entire network. I can see everything."
"The most valuable features are Firewall Assurance and Vulnerability Control."
"The most impressive feature is optimization and clean-up."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Skybox Security Suite, and this is because I work on the security side, are the firewall assurance, the change manager and the vulnerability control. These three features are the most impressive from Skybox Security."
"The licensing costs are quite high."
"There is room for improvement in response time for tech support."
"There is a need to improve the upgrade process. When we are upgrading the solution we are facing some issues with Elasticsearch services. Every time we upgrade it takes a long time to become stable."
"The product could use some method of allowing for more customization and open integration with other controls."
"The ease of use of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is an area for improvement. Another downside is that you need a lot of comprehension to understand what it is."
"The central firewall management could be better."
"The customer support needs to be better."
"The initial setup requires expertise and can be a bit complex."
"The solution needs to add more automation and orchestration capabilities. Those features would make the solution much stronger."
"The solution needs to move improve its interface to a full web browser version that is more accessible and doesn't require installation for use."
"The only place where Skybox has room for improvement, and they're working on releasing this, it's just a slow-go, is the UI. The user interface has historically been via a locally installed thick client. They are moving to a web-based console and it's slowly coming out."
"Modifications and the deletion of existing policies are currently unavailable."
"The price could be cheaper."
"Skybox Security Suite can improve the change management module. It is the one part of the tool that is used with the firewall devices and you have a change management module that is used to record changes of all firewalls in the company. It's not compatible with all brands, this is where they can improve the solution."
"Skybox should improve their UX features by making them easier to use."
"The Network Assurance, which helps to create the network model, is not so rich."
Palo Alto Networks Panorama is ranked 3rd in Firewall Security Management with 81 reviews while Skybox Security Suite is ranked 6th in Firewall Security Management with 34 reviews. Palo Alto Networks Panorama is rated 8.4, while Skybox Security Suite is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Panorama writes "Built-in proxy with the ability to maintain your own policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skybox Security Suite writes "Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use ". Palo Alto Networks Panorama is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, AlgoSec, Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Tufin Orchestration Suite and Azure Firewall Manager, whereas Skybox Security Suite is most compared with AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, RedSeal and Qualys VMDR. See our Palo Alto Networks Panorama vs. Skybox Security Suite report.
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