Palo Alto's Panorama does what it's name implies, which is a good thing!
January 17, 2020

Palo Alto's Panorama does what it's name implies, which is a good thing!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Palo Alto Panorama

Our Information & Technology services department is using Palo Alto Panorama to manage our data center gateways, our GlobalProtect VPN deployment, our AD user identification, and our terminal server user identification.
  • It simplifies management by providing a single management point for most tasks.
  • It allows for customized layouts for every user.
  • Responsiveness sometimes bogs down even with recommended specs.
  • GlobalProtect user information is harder to get to than it should be.
  • It has substantially decrease the amount of time required for management.
  • It has slightly increased the time required for updates since there's an additional device to update.
Palo Alto Panorama offered much more advanced features when we made the switch from Check Point. Panorama takes an application-based approach, while still supporting older port-based methods. For Check Point, at least at the time, we switched from them, application-based security was more of a tacked-on approach. Also, Panorama's interface is web-based, while the Check Point interface was an installed application.
They have always been able to resolve our issues promptly. We have only had one critical issue, and it was handled expediently.

Do you think Palo Alto Panorama delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Palo Alto Panorama's feature set?

Yes

Did Palo Alto Panorama live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Palo Alto Panorama go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Palo Alto Panorama again?

Yes

F5 BIG-IP, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
I think Palo Alto Panorama is well suited for any deployment greater than one Palo Alto gateway. The more devices you manage, the greater the benefit of using Palo Alto Panorama is. We only have two gateways, along with two user ID agents and several hundred terminal server agents, but it still makes their management much more manageable. It doesn't add to the complexity or require substantial resources, so I can't think of a reason not to use it.

Palo Alto Panorama Feature Ratings

Policy planning and rule management
9
Automated Policy Orchestration
7
Device Discovery
Not Rated
Policy Compliance Auditing
8
Attack Path Simulation Testing
8
Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation
9
Vulnerability Scans
Not Rated
Firewall Rule Cleanup
9