We performed a comparison between IBM Security Network IPS and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention 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 is its simplicity."
"The initial setup is simple."
"You can scale the product."
"Everything has been okay with the solution. We are using all of the features."
"The application control and vulnerability protection are the most valuable features."
"With the IP address flag, I was able to see that I was being hacked. The moment there was an interaction between somebody on my network and that IP, the solution was able to flag it, and we were able to protect ourselves."
"The sandboxing tools offer great prevention for cloud feeds."
"I like the solution's interface."
"Most of the features of Palo Alto Threat Prevention are alright. I recommend features like content filtering, IP address, & intelligent firewalls. The reporting feature is very good."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It's quite easy. Deployment took one to two weeks."
"I'd like to see more integration with other tools and technologies."
"In the future, I would like to see a hybrid option so that we can work both on-premises and in the cloud."
"The documentation needs to be improved. I need better information about how to configure it and what the best practices are."
"Generally, to deploy it will take some downtime, about a day."
"The installation was complicated."
"The technology firewall anomaly network could stand improvement."
"It's not so easy to set up a test environment, because it's not so easy to get the test license. The vendor only gives you 90 days for a test license; it's a tough license to get."
"Right now we are focusing on email. If Palo Alto can increase the features related to email filtering and the new malware, it would help us protect our systems."
"Sometimes when you want to group a set of ports, and communicate with Palo Alto, you cannot group TCP and UDP ports together. This needs to be adjusted."
"Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention could improve the commercial offing. Other solutions, such as Fortinet provide better commercial features."
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IBM Security Network IPS is ranked 24th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 4 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 6th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. IBM Security Network IPS is rated 7.2, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of IBM Security Network IPS writes "User-friendly and has a good blocking feature but is quite expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". IBM Security Network IPS is most compared with Darktrace and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Arista NDR, Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System.
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