Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series	Score 9.8 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

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

—

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Considered Both Products	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Verified User Engineer Chose Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Diego Carmignani IT Infrastructure Coordinator Chose Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series We also use Watchguard for ROBOs but we decide to install Palo Alto VM Series because is a real Enterprise Solution. In our 2 Datacenters, we need a stable, scalable, and solid solution Watchguard missing some features and it's more appropriate in small-mid size companies (in … Incentivized Helpful? Shephered Moyo Systems Engineer Chose Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series The above firewalls are great but the Palo Alto is the king. The Palo Alto does everything from layer 3 to layer 7. It gives visibility to the network, unlike other firewalls. When configured properly it will monitor and report on each and every packet that enters and leaves … Incentivized Helpful? RB Ronald Barrett Director of Information Technology Chose Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Palo has great AI, easy to configure and understand reporting, SSL decryption and visual dashboards. All of these capabilities are better than what we have experienced with other products. Palo continues to evolve their products and provide feature sets that are useful and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Palo Alto VM series firewalls were the only product available on public cloud. As of today, Fortinet has also hosted its VM series firewalls on the public cloud. Palo Alto's seamless integration with our existing environment gave us the edge. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series PAN was a much more solid choice, with less infrastructure needs required than Checkpoint. Cost was also a factor, with PAN being cheaper, even without the discounts given by our rep. VPN's are much easier to configure with non-heterogeneous products where the checkpoint … Incentivized Helpful? Bear Golightly IT Operations Manager / IT Service Manager Chose Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series We did a shootout between the SonicWall / Fortinet / Barracuda / Cisco ASA + Firepower / Palo Alto, both hardware and (when applicable) VM appliances. The Barracuda / Sonicwall / Fortinet technology is interesting, but nowhere near as robust as the PA technology. Using the … Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Technical support Pro Easily added Pro Organization needs
Top Cons	Minus Sd wan Minus User friendly Minus User interface

Features

Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Firewall

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

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

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

User Testimonials
	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Likelihood to Recommend	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	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	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	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	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	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
ScreenShots