Prisma Cloud and AWS WAF offer competitive pricing and effective security measures, with Prisma Cloud focusing on multi-cloud visibility and automation, while AWS WAF is highlighted for its web protection capabilities and seamless integration with other AWS services. Prisma Cloud users value the ease of use and advanced threat detection, while AWS WAF users appreciate the customization options and real-time monitoring features.
The summary above is based on 142 interviews we conducted recently with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and AWS WAF users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The solution is stable."
"The stability of AWS WAF is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the security, making sure that files are protected, preventing unauthorized users from accessing the system."
"Their technical support has been quite good."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to limit access based on geographical location by restricting specific IP addresses."
"What I like best about AWS WAF is that it's a simple tool, so I could understand the basics of AWS WAF in two to three hours."
"The tool’s stability is very good."
"It's simple, easy to use."
"I find the CSPM area to be a more valuable and flexible feature."
"It supports the multi-cloud environment beautifully."
"The product is quite good for providing multi-clouds or cross-cloud security from a single-pane -of-glass."
"CSPM is the most valuable feature."
"It helps to identify the misconfigurations by monitoring regularly which helps to secure the organization's cloud environment."
"One of the most valuable features is the compliance of RedLock, which we are using for any issues with security. It flags them and that's the primary objective of that feature."
"The application visibility is amazing. For example, sometimes we don't know what a particular custom port is for and what is running on it. The visibility enables us to identify applications, what the protocol is, and what service is behind it. Within Azure, it is doing a great job of providing visibility. We know exactly what is passing through our network. If there is an issue of any sort we are able to quickly detect it and fix the problem."
"My favorite feature is the CWPP module. We can define various kinds of rules for vulnerabilities, incidents, or suspicious activities."
"One area for improvement in AWS WAF could be the limitation on the number of rules, particularly those from third-party sources, within the free tier."
"In a future release of this solution, I would like to see additional management features to make things simpler."
"The cost management has room for improvement."
"One area that could be improved is the DDoS protection."
"It will be helpful if the product recommends rules that we can implement."
"It would be better if AWS WAF were more flexible. For example, if you take a third-party WAF like Imperva, they maintain the rule set, and these rule sets are constantly updated. They push security insights or new rules into the firewall. However, when it comes to AWS, it has a standard set of rules, and only those sets of rules in the application firewalls trigger alerts, block, and manage traffic. Alternative WAFs have something like bot mitigation or bot control within the WAF, but you don't have such things in AWS WAF. I will say there could have been better bot mitigation plans, there could have been better dealer mitigation plans, and there could be better-updated rule sets for every security issue which arises in web applications. In the next release, I would like to see if AWS WAF could take on DDoS protection within itself rather than being in a stand-alone solution like AWS Shield. I would also like a solution like a bot mitigation."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"In a future release I would like to see automation. There's no interaction between the applications and that makes it tedious. We have to do the preparation all over again for each of our other applications."
"We have discovered that Prisma is not functioning properly with GCP."
"A better correlation between the multiple products Prisma Cloud contains would be crucial. It would reduce the time spent looking at reports and enable you to get all the actionable insights across products. I think that Palo Alto is working on it, but they need to work faster because it doesn't make sense to have all these products in a single pane of glass without any correlation between them."
"In terms of securing cloud-native development at build time, a lot of improvement is needed. Currently, it's more a runtime solution than a build-time solution. For runtime, I would rate it at seven out of 10, but for build-time there is a lot of work to be done."
"The IM security has room for improvement."
"While the code security feature has undergone recent enhancements, there is room for improvement in terms of its cost module."
"It can be too expensive for small companies."
"We are encountering issues with the new permissions required for AWS integration with Prisma."
"The solution does not currently support servers for GCP."
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AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 5th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 82 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks writes "The dashboard is very user-friendly and can be used to generate custom RQL based on user requirements". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Akamai App and API Protector, whereas Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Wiz, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Aqua Cloud Security Platform, AWS Security Hub and SUSE NeuVector. See our AWS WAF vs. Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks report.
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