Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls Stability

Simon Webster - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Architect at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

It is very stable. A lot of times, it depends on what our network tweaks are, e.g., we monitor the link between the firewall and the router. If it misses some heartbeats on that, then it will switch over. That is part of how the HA process works. If it says I am not getting network connectivity, then it tells the other one to take over. We actually have an exciting way to do that because we have one data center at the top of the hill at the front-end of Boulder (or on the south-end.) We have another one in the HA link about 13 miles away at the north-end of Boulder. We actually do an HA pair across there using a 200-gig link with dark fiber between them. Most people, with their HA pairs, will be right next to each other, but ours are only that way on a globe.

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Donald Keeber - PeerSpot reviewer
President at Margate Net

They push stuff out that is not quite ready. If you use the product one version back, then you are pretty good. However, if you try to stay cutting edge, you are going to run into stuff that doesn't work. They are forever releasing stuff that doesn't work right or as designed. Every company does that though, so it is just a question of who is worse. You need to be careful with some of the newer stuff that they release. You need to bake it very well before you put it into production.

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Matt Gahafer - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Samtec, Inc.

I have had some issues here recently, but it has been more operating system issues. As far as the hardware goes, they have been very solid. Out of the last three or four years that we have utilized Palo Alto Network NG Firewalls. I have only had one time where I had a hardware failure on it that had to get a replacement.

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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls
March 2024
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Marcin Chudzik - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer Implementation&Support at T Systems Poland

Palo Alto firewalls are stable compared to Fortinet, Check Point, or Cisco. From time to time, the firewall is unstable, but that's related to the connection 99 percent of the time. I recommend doing a test with a resource monitor to see if the model is right for you. 

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MartinFerguson - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director/Co-Founder at Azured

The stability of this solution is unbelievable and the best on the market. We've never had an outage as a result of a technical problem on hundreds of firewalls that we run or thousands when we include the HA pairs and clusters that we've built.

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NimeshaBalasuriya - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd

The solution is very stable.

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John Sayer - PeerSpot reviewer
President at JTS Network Consulting, LLC

Palo Alto firewalls are solid. I can recall that we haven't had platform failures or product issues with the Palo Alto Firewalls. Everything can have a power supply failure. We have seen that occasionally, but it's rare. In eight years, we've had to replace power supplies in two firewalls out of hundreds we've deployed. It's a physically stable platform, and the software is also solid. I typically avoid the most recent software versions until they reach what I consider mature and seasoned. 

We've seldom had issues with performance. I always tell people that internet bandwidth will be bigger and cheaper in the future, so firewalls need to keep pace from a performance standpoint. Palo Alto has done a decent job of bringing out new models with higher throughput levels while maintaining all the threat-driven functions. But we constantly need to evaluate where we are with internet bandwidth and where we expect to be in the future. 

We tell people that the physical hardware platform they choose will protect them today, no matter which one. However, the choice will determine how long that can stay in your network. It ultimately comes down to pure bandwidth. As we move towards the cloud, more and more internet bandwidth becomes critical. Multiple internet providers are now essential on most of our customers' networks. The raw bandwidth and performance through the box must keep up with that. Palo Alto's newer platforms have multiple-gigabit throughput, and I assume they'll continue with that as they evolve the product line further.

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Ali Mohiuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Architect at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

It's extremely stable. We've used it on the parameter and as a core firewall in our data center. In both cases, it's what we rely on today.

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Muhammad-Nadeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Network Security Engineer at PTA

I give the stability a nine out of ten.

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MJ
Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

It's very stable. We have had no issues. There are only two issues that I recall ever happening on our firewalls. The first one was when they released an application ID that caused a problem on the network, but they were able to resolve it quickly within a matter of hours. The second issue was also because of the change in the OS. In both cases, the resolution was quick.

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QV
Director Of Technology at La Jolla Country Day School

It is very stable. We have never had any issues with any failures on it.

I haven't felt any performance lags on it. It has been handling everything just fine.

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AG
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have had a very minimal number of false positives with the solution and it has been very stable. There have been no issues with the firewall itself. In the previous case, we had a lot of tension between the firmware update and the customer service department. This was due to the system working itself up. We had absolutely zero capability issues.

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Sachin Vinay - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Amrita

It is extremely stable.

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GH
CyberSecurity Network Engineer at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

The stability is fire and forget. You don't have to worry about it. I've had to babysit Cisco devices in the past but I've never had to do the same with Palo Alto.

I've always had really good assets over the years and in all, they have changed perhaps two or three of them. Overall, they've been wonderful.

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Ishan Kumara - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Data Servicers at Union Bank of Colombo

The solution is stable.

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AdamBrenner - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at NTT Global Networks Incorporated

Palo Alto is the most stable firewall that I have experience with. Firepower is second to Palo Alto. Fortinet is third coming in just after Firepower. Meraki is in there around number 100. The stability of that solution is absolutely horrific. That it is a security device — a firewall — makes that relatively more frightening because it affects the stability of the entire infrastructure.

Palo Alto's stability means that it is always on the alert and it keeps infrastructure safe.

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KUMAR SAIN - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network and Security Engineer at Shopper Local, LLC

When it comes to network security, there is no such thing as stability; every day brings different forms of attacks, which we must constantly work to prevent.

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OM
Chief Architect at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It has been very stable.

On the maintenance side, we haven't increased our team at all. One of the great things that we have been able to improve is the capability of our team without increasing the number of heads who are using Palo Alto.

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GT
Network Security Engineer at Diyar United Company

Its stability is fine. I'm happy with it.

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BR
Manager - Project at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable. We encounter small bugs sometimes but they are not a problem.

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Ishan Kumara - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Data Servicers at Union Bank of Colombo

Compared to other solutions, it is very stable.

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Afzal H. Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager (IT Security & Operations) at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is stable.

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JS
IS&S Europe and Global Infrastructure Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is pretty stable. Once you have it configured, normally it shouldn't have any issues. It does sometimes impact the metric flow, but that's natural because it filters everything going through, so it slows down the speed.

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NS
Head Of CERT at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

We have not had any issues with stability. I have not heard from our SOC about issues with devices either.

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MC
CISO at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate the stability of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls a nine or ten out of ten.

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AP
Sr Network Engineer/DBA at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

Our downtime has not been reduced by Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. We experienced a DSL firewall incident that resulted in a five-hour downtime while we discovered the bug, and although I cannot entirely blame the firewall, it was still a part of the issue. However, we have learned to deal with this inconvenience.

It's quite stable. We had one issue because of a bug. Aside from that, everything has been fine.

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HP
Security Architect at a government with 10,001+ employees

The firewalls are always on, and we haven't had any stability problems. We haven't even had any hardware failures, and the perishables are great.

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AF
Chief Data Center Operations at a government with 10,001+ employees

Stability-wise, we have three regions in which we use Palo Alto, and we are not pegging the resources for these boxes at all. They're meeting and exceeding our expectations in terms of stability, but we're definitely not pushing them to the limit.

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Gabriel Franco - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Service Delivery Engineer at Netdata Innovation Center

There are no issues with stability. In most cases, they are very stable. 

We recommend our customers to have an HA configuration with active/passive, which is very good in Palo Alto. It takes seconds to change from one firewall to another, which provides reliability and prevents loss of service because of a hardware problem or a network problem on a device. Having an HA environment makes your network resilient.

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RG
Security Operations Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The stability is good.

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SK
IT Specialist at a government with 501-1,000 employees

To say it's a set-and-forget system wouldn't be entirely accurate, but it is an incredibly stable and reliable system. Once it's set up and configured properly, you really just need to keep an eye on it for any necessary updates or new rules. In my experience, it's one of the most reliable systems available.

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YP
Network administrator at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

For the most part, the stability is good but we sometimes face problems with the VPN connections.

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YN
Network Solutions Architect at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

It is very stable. We had two outages this year that were not good. They were related to OSPF bugs. Those bugs affected our service availability. 

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TG
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The solution is pretty stable.

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RP
CIO at a government with 201-500 employees

It is a rock-solid solution in terms of stability. You very rarely have to worry about it. If there's a problem, it's usually because a rule got configured incorrectly.

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HI
IT Supervisor at a educational organization with 51-200 employees

The solution is incredibly stable. 

We have installed patches and updates, and they have all gone smoothly without any issues.

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ImranKhan3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant at Ericsson

The solution is very stable and robust. 

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JG
Sr Security Analyst at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The firewalls are relatively stable. We have a few that go up and down, but that has more to do with licensing issues than with the firewall itself.

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DS
Sr. Infrastructure Solution Architect and Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

It's always been a stable product.

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Satria Ady Pradana - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at PT. Mitra Integrasi Informatika

The stability is good.

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Srinivasa Rao R - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We have experienced 100% stability with this solution.

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HE
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration

It's a very stable firewall.

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Amol Kurane - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy General Manager IT at ARAI

Stability in the sense of security and alerts, this solution is very good, and we have not had had any issues. However, web filtering and application-based approach are very poor.

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AC
Engineering Manager at a security firm with 11-50 employees

It is a very solid, stable solution. We haven't had any issues with it, you know when we have to do updates there are no problems whatsoever. it's a very good solution.

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Gokul Anand - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The stability is very good. After the upgrade, every other process was smoother. We haven't often seen bugs or operational hazards in terms of the device. 

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Özden Aydın - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The stability is good. It's a very stable device. That is the biggest lesson I have learned from using them.

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TL
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is very good.

We have upgraded it several times for additional features, and we have never experienced any crashes or performance issues. Overall, it has been quite stable.

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JB
CISO at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I rate Palo Alto NG Firewalls a nine out of ten for stability. We have had zero downtime except for scheduled maintenance. The firewalls are in a cluster that never goes down.

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RC
Security Team Technical Manager at ECCOM Network System Co., Ltd.

Compared to its competitors, the stability of NG Firewalls is very good. We have faced some strange problems with the hardware platform or operating system. Most of these customer cases come from complicated configs and bugs. However, stability is very good overall.

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SC
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls are stable.

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LM
Manager, Cyber Security Risk & Compliance at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls are stable.

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Security and IT Infrastruture Senior Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

I give the stability an eight out of ten.

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TC
Compliance Analyst at a international affairs institute with 11-50 employees

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls have been instrumental in reducing our downtime as we moved away from less robust devices. By implementing Palo Alto firewalls, we have significantly improved our network stability.

If I had to estimate, it has saved us 10 to 15 hours per year.

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is a very stable solution.

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MS
Security Unit Manager at EEMC

I like the stability of the solution. From a stability perspective, all of them are stable. Sometimes Cisco's older versions, maybe from two years ago, were not as stable. Now, Cisco has improved its firewall and security products.

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AA
IT engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls are stable.

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AV
CAO at Bank "LVIV"

In terms of stability, the user rates it a nine out of ten.

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NP
Head of Engineering at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The firewalls are very stable.

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TM
Team Leader at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

It has been very stable so far.

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AM
Security Presales Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

They have a stable solution, stable hardware, and stable software since they have released multiple OSs. If there are any issues, they release a new OS. Each month, you will see new batches with a new OS introduced to customers. You can update it easily. 

With Palo Alto Networks, you have a dedicated management plan. Therefore, if you face an issue regarding the management interface, e.g., the GUI and CLI of Palo Alto Networks, if you have any problem on that you can restart it without effects on the data streams.

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Tuvshinjargal Batsaikhan - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at DLP

The solution is extremely stable.

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PC
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

It's pretty stable.

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BT
Manager, Global Security Operations at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

I have not heard of any complaints or issues regarding the stability of the firewalls.

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RS
Senior Network Analyst at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees

They're very reliable and stable. Compared to some of the competitors, they're more reliable.

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ES
Network Analyst at a recreational facilities/services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is pretty reliable. All the services pretty much work. It is not too buggy. With any hardware/software manager these days, when you get new features, they tend to not be too thoroughly tested and can be buggy. We have been noticing this. For example, they had zero-touch deployment and the first few iterations just didn't work. While we have encountered a few bugs, I don't think they are any worse than anything else we get. The underlying hardware seems to be pretty reliable. You can do configuration changes, reboot and reload them, and they just keep coming back and work.

Our cybersecurity guys tend to do the patching and upgrades when they come around. When one of these things had a hard disk failure, they got that restored or replaced. For day-to-day maintenance, other than typical operational changes and troubleshooting, I don't think there is that much maintenance to be done. Every few weeks, there is probably somebody who goes for a few hours and checks the various patch levels and possibly does upgrades.

The upgrades are fairly easy to do. You just download the software, the central management system, and tick off the devices that you want to deploy it to. It will automatically download it. Then, you just sort of schedule a reboot. I don't know how many hours per week or month people put into it, but it is pretty reasonable.

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TI
Senior Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The product is stable.

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KK
IT Network Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

The stability is great. They're not going anywhere. They're the industry leader.

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DB
Program Manager, Cybersecurity at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

They're pretty robust. They also have Unit 42, which is their threat intelligence team. They make you feel safer because they can identify the threats and then implement protection from those into their firewall.

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JP
Security Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is good.

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BM
Cloud and Data Center Ops at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is a very stable solution.

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IK
Security Expert at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

So far, it's stable. I haven't had any problem with it. I'm always authorizing to have the minor version aligned with the latest version. There haven't been any published vulnerabilities with the product so far.

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Faisal Ghaus - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is very stable; we don't have any problems with the stability. 

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CD
Deputy Project Leader for CVE at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

It is a stable solution.

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NK
M&B at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Since we have definitely used Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, it's not possible to compare them with any other product.

The stability of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is good.

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Ahmed Hesham - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at Raya Integration
Nils Paley - PeerSpot reviewer
Network responsible at NMD

The product is stable. I rate its stability a ten out of ten.

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TH
Manager IT Security & Infrastructure at Currimjee Jeewanjee & Co. Ltd.

The big firewalls, like the PA-300 and the PA-3020, are very good, stable, and performant. They are very reliable. The smaller models are reliable, but the performance on their management plane is a bit slow. Even the management plane of the PA-850 is a bit slow when you compare it to some of the bigger models.

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LS
Director of Information Technology at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is stable.

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ŁC
IT Architect at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

In my experience, the stability is very good. 

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GP
Server Administrator and Operation Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

The stability is excellent. It's reliable. We don't deal with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Overall, it's been very good in terms of performance.

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JH
Information Security Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

It's very stable. They are highly ranked within their space.

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LH
Information Security Specialist at a government with 501-1,000 employees

In my experience, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls have been a stable solution.

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Ferenc Balku - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

The solution is incredibly stable.

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MA
Network Security Head at a government with 51-200 employees

This solution is very stable.

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RK
Sr. Product Management Specialist at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

It is stable.

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VV
Vice President of Digital Transformation at Sysnet Global Technologies

It's a very stable product, so far.

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SG
Network Administrator at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees

The firewalls are very stable. We've had no issues with downtime.

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MV
Senior Staff Security Engineer at a renewables & environment company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Its stability is good.

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Jorge Huaman - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Manager at Italtel

In my company, I am responsible for the development of the proposal that we give to the client. We develop the spectrum and the pricing. We make presentations to the customer to explain the solution and answer questions about it.

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MV
Quality engineer of the 1st category at Modern Expo

It's been 10 years and I don't remember any outages because of a hardware failure or a logical error in configuration. We had problems with servers or switches initially but it works like a charm now. 

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VP
Head of IT Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability is excellent. 

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Ryan Dave Brigino - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Es'hailSat

The solution has proven itself to be quite stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable in terms of performance.

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AK
Chief of IT security department at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have found Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls to be a very stable solution and very convenient solution.

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AM
Partner Alliance Director at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is quite stable. We don't have bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's quite good and we've been happy with it.

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AM
Information Security Specialist at UAEU

In the past two years I haven't had any issues with the stability. That applies to the hardware, software, upgrades, updates, new feeds. I haven't faced any big issue, you can say that. 

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ST
Technology consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The stability is good in the Palo Alto firewall.

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Ragesh Alappurath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Almoayyed Computers

There are occasionally issues with reporting, otherwise stability is fine. 

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KR
Sr. Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

The stability of the solution is good. It's quite reliable. I haven't experienced bugs or glitches that affect its performance. It doesn't crash.

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GS
Analyst at a non-tech company

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls are pretty stable. 

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JH
Marine Consultant/Captain/Senior DPO at Jan Arild Hammer

It is very stable.

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it_user1049139 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Palo Alto NG is a stable product as long as it's working. It does what it expected to do. But sometimes for some reason the hardware resources spike, so it stops responding. 

The only fix is to restart the firewall,i.e. a  hardware restart. This is one of the issues. It's not related to the software because of the troubleshooting that we did. 

It's about resource consumption. Some hardware and software issues Palo Alto needs to work on. They released their Palo Alto Operating System which enhanced their product suite.

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GP
Professional Services Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

From a stability point of view, the firewall is very stable because the PAN-OS version doesn't change very often. If a new PAN-OS version is out in the market, our engineering team checks it multiple times.

The network performance is never compromised.

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TB
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is working fine.

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ST
System Engineer at asa

It's definitely a stable solution.

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RK
Vice President & Head Technology Transition at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is generally stable. There are no issues. We have forty-thousand users.

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GS
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

From my experience, it's the best hardware compared to other NG firewalls from the perspective of performance stability. While the other firewalls lose 50 or 60% of performance when enabling all policies, Palo Alto loses 10 to 20% maximum, even with enabled IPS and fire detection and all. From our experience performance-wise, it's one of the best hardware solutions for firewalls. 

We haven't lost performance really, so I would describe it as very stable. There are not any issues.

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IG
Head of Information Network Security at FRA

The solution is very stable, but I think the local providers have no sufficient products. We are looking for more support. 

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DL
Sales Solutions Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It's a great firewall, really one of the best in the market. It is one of few firewalls that can claim to be better than Cisco. It functions well, is very stable, and its reputation is known in the market.

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MM
Head, Information Technology at a construction company with 201-500 employees

It's very stable.

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Chong Kah Wooi - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Ipenet Solutions
SM
Technical Manager at PSR

Palo Alto suggests version 9.1.7 for stability. When new features come out, things are not as stable.

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JJ
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I am completely happy with its stability. I have no issues with its stability.

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SZ
Team Lead Network Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution offers very good stability. I don't have issues with bugs or glitches. It's reliable.

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AE
System Engineer at IRIS

This is a stable firewall and you don't have a lot of surprises. The performance, throughput, and decryption are all good. It is important to remember that at the end of the day, it depends on the configuration.

For special functionality, you are going to have some exceptions. However, for the well-known functionality, it is stable.

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SP
Senior information technology consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We have found this to be a stable solution during our time working with it.

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MG
President at MT-Data

The stability is awesome. I haven't had any issues with the solution stability-wise. I've got the same firewalls that have been out there for five years and they work great.

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AP
Security Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.

It's quite stable. They are launching a new firmware version, but compared to other products, Palo Alto is quite stable.

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BE
Network Security Engineer at Data Consult

Palo Alto is very stable. I worked on Cisco products like FTD and Firepower, and they are not as stable as Palo Alto. Also, some Fortigates are not stable. Palo Alto, as far as I know, is the most stable firewall compared to these others.

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RR
Network Engineer at Acliv Technologies Pvt Ltd

Stability is good.

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AL
Cyber Security Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The solution has been extremely stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's very reliable.

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EW
Cyber Security Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The stability is generally pretty good. I haven't heard any complaints from our customers around Palo Alto's stability. It's one of the reasons why they're the leaders in this space.

We've got our own team for maintenance. My company is a large multinational with 20,000 employees.

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EB
Senior Technical Consultant at Exclusive GRP

It's a very stable solution.

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AS
Director, Middle East, East India & SAARC at DMX Technologies

It was fine normally, but during peak business hours, it used to have challenges. We faced this issue at least two to three times a month.

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PS
Technology Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

It is stable.

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TM
Sr. Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

While the solution itself is okay in terms of stability, there could be issues if the hardware is affected. We have hardware that gets affected by humidity, for example, which can end up affecting a wide range of infrastructure. If the environment is good, the solution will be okay. If we talking about Palo Alto's series starting from the 3,000 to 5,000 or 7,000, Palo Alto has a really stable product.

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HC
Cyber Security Trainee at Macroview Telecom Limited

We have had no complaints about stability.

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JC
Technical Manager El Salvador at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Its stability is perfect. It has excellent stability.

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ST
Senior Network Security Engineer at Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd

In terms of stability, we have had a very good experience with this product. I would say that it is excellent.

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MS
ITSM Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

It is stable and reliable.

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VK
Information Technology Project Manager at JSC "Penkiu kontinentu komunikaciju centras"

PA-220 Next-Generation Firewall is a stable solution. 

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MJ
CIO/CTO at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

We used the product on a daily basis and have had no critical issues so far.

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TA
Senior solution architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

This is a stable product.

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KZ
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The product is generally stable but with each new update you need to get the OS bug fix. Any security device has a vulnerability which a hacker can exploit and you have to keep on patching.

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VS
Team Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The solution is very stable.

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ME
Security Presales Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It is stable.

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SK
Network Security Engineer

This solution is stable and reliable.

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RN
Lead Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

So far, this solution has been stable.

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BF
Network Engineer & Security Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is stable, but its stability can be better.

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TT
Cloud Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very reliable.

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HD
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

On performance and stability, I've never heard any complaints. The product is running well and easily maintained by an admin.

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KN
Service Delivery Engineer - Network Security Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This is a very stable solution. 

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Chief Executive Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is very stable.

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OO
Sales Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 51-200 employees

The solution's stability is normal.

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TM
Partner & vCISO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The stability is good.

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AA
System Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I have not found any bugs, this solution is stable.

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Buyer's Guide
Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls
March 2024
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