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Snort vs Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Snort
27 Ratings
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
23 Ratings

Snort

27 Ratings
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Score 9 out of 100

Based on 27 reviews and ratings

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

23 Ratings
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Score 7.5 out of 100

Based on 23 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Snort is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

Likelihood to Recommend

8.4

Snort

84%
5 Ratings
7.7

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

77%
7 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

Snort

N/A
0 Ratings
10.0

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

100%
1 Rating

Usability

Snort

N/A
0 Ratings
10.0

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

100%
1 Rating

Support Rating

Snort

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

90%
3 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Snort

If a colleague was looking to tighten down their network I can easily recommend Snort to them. It gives you some more peace of mind knowing that its always scanning traffic for malicious looking code. Even things your major firewalls and security hardware might miss, Snort has picked up. Its an easy recommendation for me.

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Palo Alto Networks Wildfire is well suited for pretty much anywhere that you need the latest and greatest network security. It is extremely good at protecting you from the latest malware threats that might pose a potential problem for your network/endpoints. We've been very please since we installed it and I would say cost of the Palo Altos is the only drawback. If money were no object I'd go with a Palo Alto with Wildfire every time. But unfortunately in some smaller branches it just doesn't make financial sense.

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Pros

Snort

  • IPS detection.
  • DoS detection.
  • Packet logging.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

  • This is could base and easily manageable for our collocation. While working within the could can review in live time potential treats that it has reported from other devices.
  • Worked very well with existing Palo Alto devices.
  • Another huge plus is the simplicity of managing and ease of scalability.
  • Its cost is competitive with similar/like products available.

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Daniel J. Lewis | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

Snort

  • At times can be unstable with Cisco bugs, require frequent upgrading.
  • FTD images that are being pushed for ASAs are less efficient from an administration standpoint, no CLI.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

  • WildFire, like other sandboxes, has to stay up with malware sandbox evasion techniques, which necessitates larger file size limits.
  • More file formats should be able to be submitted and scanned by WildFire, which needs improved initial administration and setup.
  • It's quite pricey, and there's no warning choice for performance on the cloud.

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Mst Rahima Khatun | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pricing Details

Snort

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Likelihood to Renew

Snort

No score
No answers yet
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Palo Alto Networks WildFire 10.0
Based on 1 answer
It works very well and takes care of protecting us from threats new and well-known. It's been a game changer in terms of threat detection & prevention.

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Usability

Snort

No score
No answers yet
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Palo Alto Networks WildFire 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Easy to use and works well. For the most part it's set it and forget it, but there's also some flexibility for high security environments and those with extra privacy concerns.

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Support Rating

Snort

No score
No answers yet
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Palo Alto Networks WildFire 9.0
Based on 3 answers
PAN support is very good. You can get the reasonable and timely support on any conditions. When the product is already integrated with the PAN firewalls, you can choose the severity levels based on the effect. The customer service/TAC is very helpful, they even have additional recommendations of advises for product usability. Local partners are also assisting the cases and give their expertise.

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Alternatives Considered

Snort

For our organization, the Cisco defense in depth concept works the best. While Cisco can be made to work with other vendors, we have found the best in depth protection by integrating Cisco products for maximum visibility. We had a Barracuda Web Filter, but it was difficult to maintain when you had limited scope on what you could block, so we created a whitelist only setup which required a lot of additional manpower. This wouldn't have covered new threats with DNS spoofing and the like.Sourcefire also integrated with our anti-malware platform (Cisco AMP) for even better visibility on what may be happening on the end users workstation. We are planning on adding in Cisco ISE to complete the approach and possibly stealthwatch to cover our bases in the future. The Palo Alto gear was interesting, but it was priced far out of our range.

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David Myers | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

We wanted a single device to handle numerous jobs, such as antivirus, antimalware, vulnerability detection, url filtering, etc. Palo Alto provides this, while TippingPoint IPS is a more dedicated product. Caveat: I used TippingPoint over 5 years ago, so things may have changed.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment

Snort

  • Being open source, ROI on free is hard to beat for something that works.
  • I believe it greatly enhances the security of my network.

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Curt Dickman | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire

  • Unknown file analysis helps with identifying malware that may not have a current signature.
  • Additional visibility into files transferred across networks.

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Alex Waitkus, CISSP-ISSAP, OSCP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alex Waitkus, CISSP-ISSAP, OSCP
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