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Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
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Feature Set Ratings
- Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series ranks higher in 1 feature set: Firewall
Firewall
7.7
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
77%
9.7
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
97%
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series ranks higher in 11/11 features
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies
7.7
77%
29 Ratings
9.9
99%
21 Ratings
Visualization Tools
6.6
66%
28 Ratings
9.2
92%
21 Ratings
Content Inspection
7.6
76%
28 Ratings
9.9
99%
21 Ratings
Policy-based Controls
8.1
81%
31 Ratings
10.0
100%
21 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP
7.5
75%
27 Ratings
9.7
97%
20 Ratings
Firewall Management Console
7.4
74%
30 Ratings
9.8
98%
21 Ratings
Reporting and Logging
7.0
70%
31 Ratings
9.4
94%
21 Ratings
VPN
8.6
86%
26 Ratings
9.5
95%
21 Ratings
High Availability
8.3
83%
30 Ratings
10.0
100%
20 Ratings
Stateful Inspection
8.4
84%
27 Ratings
10.0
100%
20 Ratings
Proxy Server
N/A
0 Ratings
9.3
93%
10 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
77%
31 Ratings
9.7
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
97%
37 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
100%
1 Rating
Usability
8.0
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
80%
4 Ratings
10.0
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
100%
2 Ratings
Performance
8.2
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
82%
26 Ratings
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
7.9
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
79%
31 Ratings
8.4
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
84%
18 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series is best and required for every organization. It will give you more control [over] incoming and outgoing traffic and more visibility on user traffic. Sandbox is one of the best features [that] provides you [with] deep-level packet scans and gives you multilayered security. It can stop any malware attack on your organization. The support of Cisco is very fast and lots of documentation are available on the Cisco website.
Executive System Admin
MattsenKumar LLCInformation Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
Palo Alto firewall only affords by Large level infrastructure having a budget for Security Prospect. I will recommend it for the Card information industry & Confidential data solutions. Because it provides a bucket of security features that are not easily vulnerable.
Network Administrator
InfosysInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
Pros
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
- My organization is all Cisco and wants to stay in the Cisco life cycle, Firepower 1000 series is great for small to medium-size office.
- Very robust enterprise-grade security solution with updated threat features to handle any current and upcoming threats. The solution is backed by Cisco to ensure constant security updates. Integrated AnyConnect remote client VPN is a big plus to allow for secure remote workers access. Easier to set up a site to site VPN due to the large user base and case studies published on integrating to other manufacturer solutions.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employeesNext-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
- The PA handles VPN connectivity without missing a beat. We have multiple VPN tunnels in use for redundancy to cloud-based services.
- The PA has great functionality in supporting failover internet connections, again with the ability to have multiple paths out to our cloud-based services.
- The PA is updated on the regular with various security updates, we are not concerned with the firewall's ability to see what packets are really flowing across the network. Being able to see beyond just IP and port requests lets you know things are locked down better than traditional firewalls.
- It is a great overall kit, with URL filtering and other services that fill in the gaps between other solutions without breaking the bank.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesCons
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
- ACLS in gui are PIA cant see object details
- Objects in ACLs dont show IP addresses
- Have to renames every object to name+ip to make acl GUI useable
- Speed to data can use improvement.
- Health warnings should allow you to resolve you have to dig n search in some cases.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Hospitality Company, 5001-10,000 employeesNext-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
- Our specific model is a bit slow and outdated and takes up to 10 minutes to commit a configuration change.
- Nested security rules would be helpful instead of a linear approach. But rule creation in general is very simple.
- Documentation gives a very straight forward answer to some items but is very vague in others.
- Support could be a little better. An issue we had a tech was insistent it was the "other guy" and it ended up being the very latest PAN OS upgrade.
Senior Network Security Engineer
PeoplesBankBanking, 201-500 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0 per appliance
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series Editions & Modules
Edition
Firepower 1000 | 1,000-5,0001 |
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- per appliance
Additional Pricing Details
—Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series 10.0
Based on 1 answer
The PA5220s have far exceeded what we have expected out of them. It was a bit of a learning curve coming from another vendor, but everything falls into place now with ease. The capabilities of the solution still surprise us, allowing us to remove other costly hardware and providing a single point of management needed

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesUsability
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series 8.0
Based on 4 answers
Firepowers are secure, reliable, central management and configuration is easy and they fit in well with our existing Cisco infrastructure. Good feature set and support. Good management and control with chassis manager and central control with additional Firepower Management Centre.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesNext-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series 10.0
Based on 2 answers
In my opinion, the Palo Alto Firewall is the simplest firewall in terms of management interfaces; though it has more advanced options that apply to more advanced use cases. Configuring basic features on the firewall is nearly self-explanatory; configuring more advanced features can be met with very thorough vendor documentation.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 1001-5000 employeesPerformance
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series 8.2
Based on 26 answers
Great performance even on the lower end model of the series. You can push a lot of traffic through these devices without much performance impact. If you decide you want to inspect encrypted traffic however, you may take a big hit on the cpu and memory of the box, but they still manage to keep up even with all the bells and whistles turned on.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employeesNext-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series 7.9
Based on 31 answers
I have had troubles with Firepower Management Center and the FTD's in the past. Sticking to a Gold Star image and upgrading when the "bugs" are fixed is great. That still doesn't mean you are left vulnerable though. The extra features are just not enabled yet. Great product and calling support is readily available for any issue.
Sr. Network Architect
CernerHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series 8.4
Based on 18 answers
We've run into a couple undocumented bugs, but that seems to happen with every brand and technology. Any time we've had to engage Palo Alto support they've always been professional, knowledgeable and prompt. In almost all cases we've been able to resolve our issues without having to escalate our tickets.
Network Engineer
Kentucky Administrative Office of the CourtsGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
TALOS for us was one of the deal makers for Cisco. We liked it and that made us choose Cisco over others. Moreover, Cisco support is above all vendors in the market. We have all Cisco in our infrastructure so integration and support were very critical for us and that was the deciding factor.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesNext-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
No one can say any other companies in this time is better than Palo Alto Networks Next-Generatoin Firewalls. Palo Alto offers very advanced features which protect you[r] organization. Advanced malware protection, anti spam, lots of other threats.
Executive System Admin
FreelancerInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
- We have seen improved throughput on our internet.
- It took several attempts with Cisco engineers to configure the device; it requires a deep set of knowledge to set up in a more complicated environment.
- This will allow us to move forward with a more stable and configurable environment with security available we didn't have before.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employeesNext-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
- Overall, even though the device is very expensive (both hardware and licensing), the product does produce a decent ROI, given that one (or HA pair) of devices can do so many things, such as anti-virus, anti-malware, URL filtering, SSL decryption, SSL VPN, routing, etc.
- There will definitely be sticker shock when you're renewal comes up annually (or after 3 years), so be sure to look very carefully at the recurring costs of this product, with respect to licensing and hardware/software maintenance.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees