Item: Palo Alto Panorama
Rating: 8
Author: Pat Balcerek

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Palo Alto Panorama as the main system for any firewall changes, so all of them are sync with similar setup. We have firewalls which are managed by Palo Alto Panorama in cloud and on prem and all is working fine. We have noticed couple problems with verification while some by accident misconfigured end firewall and panorama and panorama didn't catch it up. But otherwise company is happy about using it.

Pros and Cons

Managing firewalls
Upgrades
Making configuration easier

Verification of what configuration is being pushed
Better information about errors if they will show up during push

Return on Investment

If you have more then 40 firewalls you can easy manage them from one place
Time for checking logs from one place

Alternatives Considered

In the past, we have used Cisco firewalls with Firepower and Palo Alto Panorama is easier to manage and more user-friendly. Also the performance of end firewalls/devices is much better than Cisco if you enable all features on them.

Key Insights

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

Likelihood to Recommend

Pushing configuration to firewalls in the cloud is quite easy, as you can build them and then push all configurations, if you need to add one or few or just do replacement it also easy with Palo Alto Panorama. Similar situation is with firewall onsite but you can't remove them and easy replace.

Panorama for over 40 firewalls

Overall Satisfaction with Palo Alto Panorama