TrustRadius Insights
The Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewall has found a wide range of use cases based on user experiences. Customers have …
Overview
What is Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series?
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…
Recent Reviews
Popular Features
- Content Inspection (6)10.0100%
- Identification Technologies (6)9.797%
- Visualization Tools (6)9.595%
- Policy-based Controls (6)9.595%
Pricing
N/A
Unavailable
What is Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series?
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.
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Would you like us to let the vendor know that you want pricing?
1 person also want pricing
Alternatives Pricing
What is Untangle NG Firewall?
Untangle NG Firewall is an open-source firewall and gateway security platform. It offers a free core firewall platform with paid add-ons, and a cloud-based management platform with a variety of deployment options for smaller teams.
What is Azure Firewall?
Microsoft's Azure Firewall is a managed cloud-based network security service that protects Azure Virtual Network resources.
Features
Return to navigation
Product Details
- About
- Tech Details
- FAQs
What is Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series?
| The VM-Series is a virtualized form factor of Palo Alto next-generation firewall that can be deployed in a range of private and public cloud computing environments based on technologies from VMware®, Amazon® Web Services, Microsoft®, Citrix®, and KVM. The VM-Series natively analyzes all traffic in a single pass to determine the application identity, the content within, and the user identity. These core elements can then be used as integral components of your security policy, improving security efficacy through a positive control model and reducing incident response time through visibility into applications across all ports. |
Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Technical Details
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
|---|---|
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Reviewers rate Content Inspection and Stateful Inspection highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
Comparisons
Compare with
Reviews and Ratings
(20)
Community Insights
TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!
- Business Problems Solved
The Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewall has found a wide range of use cases based on user experiences. Customers have deployed this firewall as a parameter firewall and site-to-site VPN gateway in their datacenters, providing robust security and protection against threats from websites and emails. The firewall logs all attempts to breach the system, sending notifications to administrators for proactive measures.
One key use case for the VM Series is its application in micro-segmentation implementation in the Datacenter. With its performance, scalability, and advanced layer 7 features, the VM Series firewall is well-suited for creating secure network segments within the datacenter environment. Additionally, organizations have chosen the VM-series Palo Alto solution as a cost-effective alternative to physical appliances, leveraging its speed and features for outbound browsing and inbound firewall needs.
Customers have also utilized the AD/Exchange agents provided by the Palo Alto VM series firewalls to simplify management by user. These agents enable monitoring of web traffic and SSL traffic decryption, adding an extra layer of control and visibility over user activities. Particularly during the pandemic, the VM-200 firewall has been implemented in branches to protect internal networks, establish site-to-site VPNs, and enable remote work.
Moreover, organizations have leveraged the Palo Alto VM series firewalls to extend their security measures to public cloud environments while replicating the same level of security as on-premises. By offering full inline threat protection, simplified VPN configuration, and scalable interfaces, these firewalls provide reliable access control in a VMware environment.
Overall, users appreciate the high throughput, reliability, and security offered by Palo Alto's Virtualized Next-Generation Firewall. With its diverse range of use cases across datacenters, branches, and public cloud environments, this product proves to be an essential component in safeguarding networks against modern cyber threats.
Attribute Ratings
Reviews
(1-7 of 7)Companies can't remove reviews or game the system. Here's why
June 03, 2022
Very strong product
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
June 02, 2022
Best in class Datacenter Solution
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 my opinion)
June 02, 2022
Palo Alto Firewall is The Firewall of the Future.
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 the network. If there is a compromised computer on a network Palo Alto can identify it and alert the administrators and block the computer from accessing the network until the administrator has taken a look at the computer, and cleaned it up of malware or viruses first.
October 21, 2021
Awesome Secure Web Gateway
- FireEye Network Security and Cisco ASA
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 help us improve our security posture. This product would be difficult for our organization to replace.
January 11, 2020
Secure Public Cloud
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.
December 06, 2018
PAN - Solid Choice!
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 is an absolute mess to configure a VPN with.
- Cisco ASA Firepower, SonicWall and Fortinet FortiGate
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 money we saved by switching to Palo Alto instead of Cisco, we purchased a small island in the Caribbean.
The Barracuda / Sonicwall / Fortinet technology is interesting, but nowhere near as robust as the PA technology. Using the money we saved by switching to Palo Alto instead of Cisco, we purchased a small island in the Caribbean.