We performed a comparison between CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It allows users to self-provision access to the accounts that they need."
"The Vault offers great capabilities for structuring and accessing data."
"CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is stable."
"We are able to centrally manage credentials, touch applications, and rotate passwords."
"The solution is stable."
"The integrations are the most valuable aspect of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager. The software offers pre-built integrations, and our team can also create custom connectors. This flexibility allows us to integrate with systems that we previously didn't consider integrating with, making it a significant advantage for us."
"The risk of lost password and forbidden access to resources has been drastically reduced which increased the security level for the entire company,"
"We like it for the ability to automatically change passwords. At least for my group, that's the best thing."
"The solution enables organizations to enforce policies."
"The most valuable feature is the CLI."
"The main advantage of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series stems from the fact that you can access it with the help of cloud services."
"The feature that I have found the most useful is that it meets all our requirements technically."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"In terms of security breaches, the product aids in categorizing and monitoring traffic, allowing for the identification of potentially malicisous or incorrectly formatted applications."
"It is an easy-to-scale product."
"The most valuable feature is that you can launch it in a very short time. You don't have to wait for the hardware to arrive and get it staged and installed. From that perspective, it is easy to launch. It is also scalable."
"I would like easier integrations for creating an online dashboard that executives would look at or are able to run reports from the tool."
"They can do a better job in the PSM space."
"Integration with the ticketing system should allow any number of fields to be used for validation before allowing a user to be evaluated and able to access a server."
"The product documentation has to be more precise in certain aspects with explanations for functionality limitations along with reference material or screenshots."
"Having a centralized place to manage the solution has been something that I have always wanted, and they are starting to understand that and bring things back together."
"Report creation could be improved. The policies could be more customized."
"It can be integrated with other systems, but it is not easy to integrate. It takes too long to integrate it. Its integration should be easier and simpler."
"The initial setup was somewhat complex."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
"It can definitely improve on the performance."
"There could be dynamic DNS features similar to Fortinet in the product."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
"The user-friendliness of the UI could be improved."
"Palo Alto should update their documentation to make it more readable and provide easier-to-follow instructions through videos."
"There are some delays that I have observed when my company communicates with Palo Alto's support engineers."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is ranked 1st in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 142 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews. CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is rated 8.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager writes "Lets you ensure relevant, compliant access in good time and with an audit trail, yet lacks clarity on MITRE ATT&CK". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID, Delinea Secret Server, WALLIX Bastion and One Identity Safeguard, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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