We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is having visibility into the data segments throughout our network."
"Visibility. The ability to look East and West. To see what is passing through your circuits, where it is coming from, and how big it is."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"The most valuable feature we got out of Stealthwatch is to be able to, while troubleshooting, go deep into one of our interfaces and verify what the bandwidth is and if there's any activity there that's causing problems."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"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."
"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."
"Prohibited URLs can be listed by category."
"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."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI."
"We determined that Stealthwatch wouldn't provide the machine learning model that we required."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"At my company, we might not be using it enough with other applications that we have that can integrate with it."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"Performance monitoring could use improvement."
"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."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"An area for improvement would be the technical support, which can be slow."
"It is an expensive solution and not everyone has the budget for it."
"We have had some challenges with making Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB work with ELK stack."
"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."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is ranked 18th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS). Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". 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 Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, 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. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB report.
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