We performed a comparison between Cisco NGIPS and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Darktrace, Vectra AI, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)."The most valuable feature of Cisco NGIPS is its protection."
"The solution is stable. This is one of the good things in Firepower. Especially if we use ESE with it."
"The technical support is impressive."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its modularity, so whenever you need to upgrade or add another service, you don't need to buy another box."
"NGIPS lets you map web requests to a specific user to determine who is downloading files and what they are accessing. You can use it to identify users downloading malware or track time wasters using Facebook or something like that. It gives you visibility into what your users are doing on the Internet."
"I've found the performance and stability to be the most valuable features of Cisco NGIPS. It is scalable as well."
"The top features of Cisco NGIPS, which have been working very well, include stateful inspection and the access list-based security configuration. But from my perspective, the best part of Cisco NGIPS is the licensing process, which is very easy and straightforward. It's essentially copy-paste licensing."
"Cisco NGIPS is a stable tool...The technical support provided by Cisco NGIPS is okay."
"Prohibited URLs can be listed by category."
"The Palo Alto solution has improved our organization by providing threat protection across a variety of internet connections. Our company also gets valuable insights regarding threat analysis."
"Being able to manage blacklists and whitelists easily is very useful, especially for internal access and limiting outbound access."
"The most valuable feature is that the product can do everything in a single device, including the firewall, rules, and the PBL. It also has good routing and switching."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is easy to use, easy to operate, and easy to edit."
"It's allowed us to have better visibility and protection from threats."
"I would like to see the sanctions lifted so we could use the full solution and have the speed increased."
"They could provide one solution to fit all the use cases."
"In the next release I would like to see better reporting. I also find it's hard to act on the data it gives you."
"Should include additional security features."
"My opinion is that this solution should improve the pricing."
"I would like to see Cisco NGIPS to include home office support in one single product."
"The attack patterns and payloads go undetected in Cisco. We would like to see a new solution with more effective detection of attack patterns. There should be more data analyzing patterns as well which provides useful information."
"The aspect of private party integration solutions could be improved."
"It is an expensive solution and not everyone has the budget for it."
"An area for improvement would be the technical support, which can be slow."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"Performance monitoring could use improvement."
"One way Palo Alto can improve is by offering sandboxing. I don't know if they currently offer a sandboxing feature together with the firewall or not. They should provide secure sandboxing with the firewalls."
"For hosting sites like Blogspot, they host sites that should be in different categories, but get lumped together in general. There needs to be more granularity or multiple categorizations."
"We have had some challenges with making Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB work with ELK stack."
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Cisco NGIPS is ranked 5th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 62 reviews while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is ranked 18th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS). Cisco NGIPS is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco NGIPS writes "Very effective for malware and signature-based anomalies but stability needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB writes "Provides regular updates with an auto download option; prohibited URLs can be listed by category ". Cisco NGIPS is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, whereas Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Zscaler Cloud IPS, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention and Trend Micro Deep Discovery.
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