It provides great scalability with different cloud providers. Also, it has stand out features like malware detection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
From my point of view the costing of firewall is little high than other firewalls. Sometimes also it consumes hight cpu and memory usage that leads to increase in cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
44 out of 45 Total Reviews for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall
Overall Review Sentiment for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall
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Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has evolved into a powerful security tool which is flexible when deployed in a virtual environment or in the cloud. Following are some of high level features and benefits as per my experience:
Cloud-Native.
Multi-Cloud Feature.
Scalability and Flexibility
Comes with High Performance Networking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Overall this is one of the perfect and scalable solution, however everything comes with improvements, instead of dislike I wanted to call few improvements as of Setup should be easy, Lack of Support and Cost need to be optimised Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have worked with global enterprise clients using different Network VM solutions and Palo Alto worked for us for two main aspects: having PA deployed universally on all our firewalls facilated the internal management of our naas by our team and the support from PA when needed was always spot on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
VM firewalls can only have 9 DP interfaces that's a limitation that this kind of product has Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Securely connecting to server without any security issues. Do not allow any outside threats during connectivity. Timely refreshing connection points. Stable connectivity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes it gets disconnect unknowingly. Network disruptions can be handled more precisely. Connectivity issues can be handled more efficiently.
Network switch required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The integration with various cloud providers is really amazing. I use AWS, it helps me integrate with it. But it’s not limited to AWS- we can work and integrate with Azure, GCP etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The complexity while setting up the VM series virtual firewall is bit tricky and time consuming. Also with Infrastructure as Code tools it’s not really great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Best feature about this is Advanced threat protection it provides. I personally like this feature. Furthermore, it provides great collaboration with different cloud providers like Azure, AWS and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
From Infrastructure as Code (IaC) point of view, its not the best. Because it has some issues with it. From my POV, the cost is also bit more from the market's tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Well, there are many positive aspects of this virtual FW. The majority ones are - quick and easy deployment, features go beyond layer 3/4, Integration with other third-party softwares for enhanced monitoring and off course user friendly GUI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
High cost is the major drawback when compared with other competitors in the market. All firewall features are not bundled being said that need licensing for some advanced features. As virtual VM it consumes high amount of resources and need a larger appliance to run VM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It provides deep security in general and great threat protection. Also it has seamless integration with various clouds in the market and also its easily scalable- that is really great feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There could be seen performance issue while working with it. Moreover deployment complexity is there, as it really requires expertise in this area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The WildFire analysis for detecting zero-day malware is impressive. It quickly flagged a test malware file I uploaded, and I could see real-time analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The syntax isn’t intuitive for a new user. The logs are detailed but lack context for beginners. I had to refer to external documentation to understand why a session was blocked Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I really like the advanced threat protection it offers, it is a stand out feature for me. Also it integrates really well with all cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The Terraform support is not that much good I'll say. Also costing is bit higher. And the initial setup seems complex to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is providing advanced threat protection with deep packet inspection, application based control, and zero-day threat protection through wildfire. it integrates seamlessly with major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and google cloud, ensuring consistant security policies across hybrid and multip-cloud environmnets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't have anything i dislike. Everythins looks perfect for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
