Compare Cato Networks vs. Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"The core business of Cisco Umbrella is non-malware. That's all it does: block the malware on the gateway." "The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability." "Using this solution has meant that we've needed to make fewer firewall changes." "The most valuable feature is that it secures our network against blacklisted or malicious websites." "The most valuable features are the protection against ransomware and phishing." "It will protect, give you more robustness, and faster responses, compared to any firewalls or any of the proxy web servers." "The most valuable feature for us is the DNS-based protection." "It analyzes the domain security helps us implement the securest policy." | "The most valuable feature is that it also works as a next-gen firewall because it has security features." "The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation." "It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything." "The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable." | "The initial setup is very straightforward." "It's very stable. Sometimes after installing the boxes, we leave them for one or two years. We would just touch the box in the case of the customer needing new requirements or changes to the setup." "The features I find most valuable is WildFire, user integration, and the basic technology features." "The most valuable feature is the zero-trust part of this solution." "The most valuable feature is the ability to join your network and provide access through the VPN." "It's great that we can make sure a machine meets the minimum requirements before users are allowed to log in." "The users can securely access any cloud data centers or cloud platforms. In terms of the features, it has all the features that Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall has. It is also very stable and scalable." |
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"The solution's technical support is not very good." "Security, overall, can always be improved." "I would like to see DLP integration in the next release of this solution." "Support for multiple domains is important to us." "I would like to see a graphical representation of the entire network." "It would be useful if they had a malware protection engine running inside their own VM." "This solution does not give us full, 360-degree protection." "I would like to see integration with SecurNX in the future." | "They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud." "They can't do one-to-one NAT (Network Address Translation) in AP (their access point), and that is something that Palo Alto can do." "I would like to see better integration with identity providers." "Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity." | "Dependencies of applications sometimes is a bit confusing." "Their next release should provide solutions for the mobile environment." "I would like to see better pricing and an easier logging process. Also, if there was a way to log a global log, everything could go onto the system. It would be better if there was a third log, otherwise one would have to do everything manually." "The cloud setup is straightforward, and the onboarding process is much better, but the on-premises initial setup is slightly complex." "Better integration with the MDM solution would be useful." "The solution needs to be more compatible with other solutions. This is specifically a problem for us when it comes to healthcare applications. They have proprietary connection types and things of that nature that make compatibility a challenge sometimes." "When it comes to the VPN, it uses the global protect VPN functionality to connect remotely, but it has a feature limitation for assigning multiple IP sub-links to different user groups. It would be much better if we are able to assign the current IP blocks for the sub-links based on the user groups." |
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"There is a one-time cost of approximately $800 USD per user, and then a yearly support fee of about $50 per user." "Our costs were negotiated, and they are okay." "Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis." "Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis." "Cisco has a model called ELA. With ELA, if you buy the solution you will have the complete security portfolio and you can pay it yearly or after three years, it depends on the contract." "I am not sure, I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I think it's $1.00 or so per device/month." "Cisco uses subscription models for the pricing and there are three subscription plans." "The licensing part for Umbrella is really flexible." | "The price is not an issue for us, as it is priced more competitively than some other vendors." "If you compare with VeloCloud, the price is the same or even cheaper." "You pay yearly based on the speed of your network. If you increase the speed of your network, you increase the cost for your throughput. It is by bandwidth for the most part and then licenses for VPN. There is some per-seat licensing for VPN access, but the majority of it is minimal. It is like $30 a year per client. The rest is based on how much bandwidth you'll use. You pay for that upfront for the year, and if you have to increase it, you increase it, and then they let you send more data through. There are no additional costs in addition to the standard licensing fees." | "The licensing cost is about 18,000 euros." "This is not an expensive product and everything is included with one license." "Prisma Access is a little bit expensive." More Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks Pricing and Cost Advice » |
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Ask a question Earn 20 points | Top Answer: The most valuable feature is that it also works as a next-gen firewall because it has security features. Top Answer: Our primary use case was to switch from MPLS to SD-WAN to minimize the cost. Also to have a cloud platform to transport… more » Top Answer: If you really want to have a solution that has an easy deployment and provides SD-WAN and firewall abilities, go with… more » | Ask a question Earn 20 points |
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Also Known As | ||
| OpenDNS | Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, Palo Alto GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager | |
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| Cisco | Cato Networks | Palo Alto Networks |
Overview  | ||
OpenDNS provides easy-to-implement Internet navigation and Web security solutions for families, schools, governmental organizations and businesses of all sizes. The services provided by OpenDNS increase the speed of navigating websites and prevent unintended access to phishing and malware sites as well as to any Web content that you configure to be restricted. | Cato connects your branch locations, physical and cloud datacenters, and mobile users into a secure and optimized global network in the cloud. The Cato Cloud Network is built on a globally distributed network of Points of Presence (PoPs). The PoPs are interconnected with an encrypted and optimized multi-carrier private backbone to ensure optimal global traffic routing. The Cato Cloud Network provides an affordable, SLA-backed, global enterprise network backbone. | Prisma Access provides protection straight from the cloud to make access to the cloud secure. It combines the connectivity and security you need – and delivers it everywhere you need it. |
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Sample Customers | ||
| Chart Industries, City of Aspen, Eastern Mountain Sports, FLEXcon, George Washington University, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Ohio Public Library Information Network, PTC, Richland Community College, Smart Motors, Tulane University, VeriClaim | Paysafe, AdRoll, Pet Lovers Centre, Arlington Orthopedics, Humphreys & Partners Architects | Concord Hospital, State of Colorado, Essilor International, RheinLand Versicherungsgruppe, University of Westminster, Universidade Nove de Julho, SPAR Austria, CAME Group, ZipRealty, Greenhill & Co., IKT Agder, Aviva Stadium, Animal Logic, Management & Training Corporation, Brigham Young University Hawaii, School District of Chilliwack |
Top Industries | ||
Financial Services Firm20% Comms Service Provider12% Consumer Goods Company8% Educational Organization8% Comms Service Provider30% Computer Software Company25% Government5% Financial Services Firm5% | Comms Service Provider27% Computer Software Company26% Manufacturing Company5% Retailer5% | Computer Software Company32% Comms Service Provider15% Media Company6% Manufacturing Company6% |
Company Size | ||
Small Business33% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise39% Small Business12% Midsize Enterprise25% Large Enterprise63% | No Data Available | Small Business29% Midsize Enterprise29% Large Enterprise43% |
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Cato Networks is ranked 3rd in ZTNA as a Service with 4 reviews while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 2nd in ZTNA as a Service with 7 reviews. Cato Networks is rated 9.0, while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cato Networks writes "Easy to deploy, easy to manage, and helpful for network stability and reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks writes "Stable with good posture checking and relatively easy to set up". Cato Networks is most compared with Zscaler SASE, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate and Aryaka SmartServices, whereas Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Zscaler Private Access, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, OpenVPN Access Server, F5 BIG-IP and Microsoft Intune. See our Cato Networks vs. Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks report.
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