Cisco Firepower 9300 Series vs. Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco Firepower 9300 series is presented by the vendor as a carrier-grade next-generation firewall (NGFW) ideal for data centers and high-performance settings that require low latency and high throughput. With it, the vendor providdes, users can deliver scalable, consistent security to workloads and data flows across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.	N/A
Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series	Score 9.7 out of 10	N/A	The VM-Series is a virtualized form of Palo Alto next-generation firewall that can be deployed in a range of cloud environments. The VM-Series natively analyzes all traffic in a single pass to determine the application identity, the content within, and the user identity.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Editions & Modules

Firepower 93000: 17,000-30,000
per appliance

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Technical support Pro Easily added Pro Organization needs
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Sd wan Minus User friendly Minus User interface

Features

Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Firewall

Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series 9.4 1 Ratings 10% above category average	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series 9.5 6 Ratings 11% above category average
Identification Technologies	9.01 Ratings	9.76 Ratings
Visualization Tools	9.01 Ratings	9.56 Ratings
Content Inspection	9.01 Ratings	10.06 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	10.01 Ratings	9.56 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	9.01 Ratings	9.56 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	10.01 Ratings	9.46 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	10.01 Ratings	9.36 Ratings
VPN	9.01 Ratings	9.26 Ratings
High Availability	9.01 Ratings	8.85 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	10.01 Ratings	10.06 Ratings
Proxy Server	9.01 Ratings	9.44 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Small Businesses	pfSense Score 9.2 out of 10	pfSense Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Score 9.3 out of 10	Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises	Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Score 9.3 out of 10	Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Score 9.3 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.5 (8 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Firepower 9300 Series	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco While Cisco Firepower 9300 Series is an enterprise-grade Firewall solution, it might be less suited for businesses with restricted IT budgets. Still, Cisco Firepower 9300 Series meet all cybersecurity and compliance requirements and is the best option available at this moment in my opinion. Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	Palo Alto Networks PaloAlto VM-200 is a virtualized firewall with high processing power and network edge protection. The great advantage is being able to implement in a VMware environment without worrying about hardware, rack space, physical network connections and others. It can be easily managed via the web and remotely to create protection, access and reporting rules. The VM-200 firewall can be used by any company, small or large because it has several models available according to the real needs of each one. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Cisco Tracking and containing of malwares and potential threats Monitoring over network, users, and appliances All-in-one centralized security dashboard Threat control Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	Palo Alto Networks Decrypt internet traffic daily reporting of top internet users classify internet traffic in real-time to allow us to understand the organization needs. Strong AI capabilities Incentivized RB Ronald Barrett Director of Information Technology Read full review
Cons	Cisco Frequent video tutorials about Firepower 9300 Series Flexible subscription licenses Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	Palo Alto Networks High Availability can be improved to allow active-active deployment All command line documentation to provide and support automation It will be nice to have link aggregation just like in the hardware firewall models. Incentivized Shephered Moyo Systems Engineer Read full review
Support Rating	Cisco No answers on this topic	Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto VM series are best selling and industry's top-selling security product which customers prefer while securing their public cloud environment Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco N/A Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	Palo Alto Networks palo alto firewalls are application-oriented systems. They can beat other product which are based on layer 3/4 inspection. Vm series are also quickly available and could be useful in urgent deployment needs . other vendors like Fortinet and cisco could take much more time to provide the VM and in some cases installation and license validation are complicated Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco Met yearly compliance requirements Boosted trust in investors Secured IT environment Incentivized Isabelle Carnel Director Read full review	Palo Alto Networks ROI has been achieved quickly through lack of security incidents. Inline filtering happens at line rate, unline Sourcefire from Cisco. Great incentives from PAN to switch made a difference in the choice to change. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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