We performed a comparison between Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is known for its extensive visibility, robust management features, and user-friendly web interface. Users also praised Prisma Cloud's continuous compliance monitoring and seamless integration with third-party tools. In contrast, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security was lauded for its strong adherence to security best practices. It particularly excels in endpoint protection and its ability to leverage machine learning and AI. Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks could be more customizable and improve integration with ticketing solutions. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security could improve its Kubernetes and GCP support.
Service and Support: Some clients have commended Palo Alto support for being helpful and responsive, while others have reported sluggish response times and insufficient issue resolution. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security users are generally content with the support team's assistance and promptness.
Ease of Deployment: Users found the initial setup for Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks to be straightforward and easy, with helpful assistance from engineers and documentation. The setup for CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security was also deemed easy, but some users struggled with the Kubernetes implementation.
Pricing: Some found the price of Prisma Cloud to be reasonable and competitive. Others said the license is costly but justified due to the features it provides. The pricing structure is transparent, with no hidden expenses. Users consider the pricing of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security to be fair, but it may be pricier than on-premises alternatives.
ROI: Prisma Cloud delivers a solid ROI by mitigating threats, enhancing risk understanding, and automating tasks. Users have provided limited feedback about the return on investment for CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security.
Comparison Results: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is favored over CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security. Users appreciate Prisma Cloud's easy setup, comprehensive management features, powerful web GUI, and integration with other tools. It is also praised for its ability to provide security in various cloud environments. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security has received mixed reviews about its setup, user interface, and pricing.
"The most valuable feature is the ability to gain deep visibility into the workloads inside containers."
"It is scalable, stable, and can detect any threat on a machine. It uses artificial intelligence and can lock down any virus."
"We've seen a reduction in resources devoted to vulnerability monitoring. Before PingSafe we spent a lot of time monitoring and fixing these issues. PingSafe enabled us to divert more resources to the production environment."
"It is fairly simple. Anybody can use it."
"With PingSafe, it's easy to onboard new accounts."
"We noted immediate benefits from using the solution."
"It is pretty easy to integrate with this platform. When properly integrated, it monitors end-to-end."
"We like the platform and its response time. We also like that its console is user-friendly as well as modern and sleek."
"It is fully cloud-based, so we don't need to invest in third-party agents repeatedly."
"There is a lot that it can do, but endpoint protection is the main thing about it. The fact that it uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor and remediate the issues in real-time is probably the bread and butter of the product."
"Technical support is helpful."
"The most significant benefit is how quickly malware and other malicious attacks are detected."
"The initial setup is easy ."
"The immediate mitigation of potential threats and instant alerts are valuable."
"Cloud security posture management (CSPM) is most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is its lightweight sensor, taking minimal space and not impacting server performance."
"It has improved the overall collaboration between SecOps and DevOps. Now, instead of asking people to do something, it is a default offering in the CI/CD. There is less manual intervention and more seamless integration. It is why we don't have many dependencies across many teams, which is definitely a better state."
"The CSPM and CWPP functionalities are pretty good."
"The most valuable feature is that the rule set is managed and that it can be run on a regularly scheduled basis."
"I found the network queue sets useful. I also liked the Workload Protection Module, the vulnerability findings, and how the rule sets handle the vulnerabilities based on severity."
"You can also integrate with Amazon Managed Services. You can also get a snapshot in time, whether that's over a 24-hour period, seven days, or a month, to determine what the estate might look like at a certain point in time and generate reports from that for vulnerability management forums."
"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."
"Cloud security posture management is the preferred feature among other vendors."
"I like Prisma's ability to integrate with other tools. We can integrate it with Jira so that when Prisma triggers an alert, it opens a ticket in Jira. That was a big selling point for the product. There's a feature called the guest custom template that allows you to trigger alerts in Jira based on the template. That can also be added as a feature on Jira."
"I want PingSafe to integrate additional third-party resources. For example, PingSafe is compatible with Azure and AWS, but Azure AD isn't integrated with AWS. If PingSafe had that ability, it would enrich the data because how users interact with our AWS environment is crucial. All the identity-related features require improvement."
"The cost has the potential for improvement."
"In some cases, the rules are strictly enforced but do not align with real-world use cases."
"I'd like to see better onboarding documentation."
"We had a glitch in PingSafe where it fed us false positives in the past."
"They could generally give us better comprehensive rules."
"PingSafe can improve by eliminating 100 percent of the false positives."
"Bugs need to be disclosed quickly."
"The only challenge lies in token verification."
"Incorporating threat intelligence into the system would be a valuable addition."
"The only suggestion for improvement would be the pricing."
"The threat intelligence and user behavioral analysis could be more comprehensive."
"There should be cloud storage scanning. We would like to have cloud storage vulnerability and threat management on any cloud storage."
"Different file options should be available, and clients should be able to select from the options."
"The UI part needs to be improved."
"One area for improvement in Falcon Cloud Security is the support portal."
"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."
"When it comes to compliance, the issue is that when we are exporting the reports, there is only a single compliance option. If I need to report on multiple compliance requirements, that feature isn't available. For example, I made a single report for ISO 27000 but I can't correlate it with GDPR."
"Prisma Cloud's dashboards should be customizable. That's very important. Other similar solutions are more elastic so you have the power to create customized dashboards. In Prisma Cloud, you cannot do that."
"The integration of the Compute function into the cloud monitoring function—because those are two different tools that are being combined together—could use some more work. It still feels a little bit disjointed."
"Support is an area that needs improvement."
"One thing that is missing is Cloud Run runtime security—serverless. That would be great to have in the tool. It's not that easy to have Cloud Run in specific environments."
"They need to improve the API gateway."
"The IM security has room for improvement."
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CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is ranked 7th in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) with 13 reviews while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 1st in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) with 82 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is rated 8.8, while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security writes "Enhances the overall safety of our company's environment from cyber threats". 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". CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is most compared with AWS GuardDuty, Wiz, Qualys VMDR, Sysdig Falco and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, whereas Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Wiz, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Aqua Cloud Security Platform, AWS Security Hub and AWS GuardDuty. See our CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security vs. Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks report.
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