Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series vs. Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Palo Alto next-generation firewalls classify all traffic, including encrypted and internal traffic, based on application, application function, user and content. Users can create security policies to enable only authorized users to run sanctioned applications.N/A
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Score 6.7 out of 10
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Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (replacing the former McAfee Web Gateway) is presented by the vendor as high-performance on-premises web security, that can be deployed as dedicated hardware or a virtual machine. With it, users can enforce internet-use policies, analyze the nature and intent of content and active code entering the network, and use DLP technology to scan outbound traffic.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA SeriesSkyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Features
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Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
9.4
21 Ratings
10% above category average
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
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Ratings
Identification Technologies9.921 Ratings00 Ratings
Visualization Tools9.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Inspection9.921 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy-based Controls10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP9.920 Ratings00 Ratings
Firewall Management Console10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and Logging7.621 Ratings00 Ratings
VPN8.421 Ratings00 Ratings
High Availability10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Stateful Inspection10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Proxy Server8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Check Point Quantum Security Gateway
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA SeriesSkyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(37 ratings)
6.4
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA SeriesSkyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
Palo Alto Networks
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.
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Skyhigh Security
McAfee Web Gateway is best suited for all types of organizations if they wan to achieve the security for their users as it has the large intel database as well. The best part is its flexible hybrid deployment methods- it can be deployed on premises (hardware and virtual), in the cloud, or both for the high availability.
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Pros
Palo Alto Networks
  • 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.
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Skyhigh Security
  • Great malware protection.
  • Excellent sandboxing.
  • Great URL filtering.
  • Very good pre-defined policies.
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Cons
Palo Alto Networks
  • 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.
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Skyhigh Security
  • UI
  • Malware detection
  • reporting
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Likelihood to Renew
Palo Alto Networks
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
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Skyhigh Security
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Usability
Palo Alto Networks
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.
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Skyhigh Security
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Support Rating
Palo Alto Networks
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.
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Skyhigh Security
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Alternatives Considered
Palo Alto Networks
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.
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Skyhigh Security
Both had comparable feature sets with Web Gateway at lesser cost.
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Return on Investment
Palo Alto Networks
  • 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.
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Skyhigh Security
  • Inbound and outbound both traffic protection
  • URL/ Content filtering
  • Protection available for both inside/outside office users
  • Sometimes slowness is faced by users
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