We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks K2-Series and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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 lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors."
"The scalability of the product is quite high."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"This is a very reliable firewall and we have never had problems with it."
"I have found the threat profile feature valuable."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls enable efficient application search, viewing, and configuration access across various services for different user groups within our company."
"Innovative, advanced threat protection is the most valuable feature."
"Some of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls' valuable features are their powerful capabilities and user-friendliness."
"I like the architecture because it separates the management plan process and the data plan process."
"IoT security is most valuable in the current version. Content IDs, DDoS protection, zone protection, and DLP are the most prominent features in Palo Alto Networks NG Firewall. It is easier to configure than other solutions."
"The sandboxing is valuable and they are frequently updating their signature database. We get new updates every five minutes. That makes it easy to detect new and unknown attacks."
"The basic configuration will only take 15 minutes to set up"
"We like the fact that this product can provide multiple layers of protection depending on our clients requirements, and can be configured to whatever level of protection and the specific protocols that they want."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"If we have issues, they take anywhere from two days to a week to respond. I even wrote to their CEO because there was no response. When it comes to support, this is the worst company."
"Palo Alto has many other products. It would be nice for these products to be centralized under one tool"
"They could improve by providing more features in the solution."
"The product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
"There are a lot of bugs in this solution."
"Palo Alto releases a lot of bug fixes for their firewalls, which means it's necessary to do frequent upgrades. They should work on decreasing their bugs so that upgrades aren't needed so often."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"The tool needs to improve integration with more products from other vendors. I would like the product to add threat intelligence features as well."
"Currently, they don't have email protection. They can maybe add it in the future. Currently, if you want to do so, you need to go with another solution."
"This solution cannot be implemented on-premises; it's only a cloud solution. The price is high as well."
"When it comes to their support, we have to select every single component that we want to include in a particular bundle. That is a very tedious process. T"
"We need better affiliations for profiling the user."
"The solution is not straightforward."
"The data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities need to be beefed up."
"The solution could be simplified."
"The initial configuration is complicated to set up."
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Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 164 reviews. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with , whereas Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Palo Alto Networks K2-Series vs. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
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