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The VM-Series Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) gives security teams complete visibility and control over all networks using powerful traffic identification, malware prevention, and threat intelligence technologies.
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Overview
VM-Series, when combined with native AWS services, enable you to create "touchless" deployments and allow your developers to operate at the speed of the cloud. VM-Series protects your applications and data using whitelisting and segmentation policies that are dynamically updated based on AWS tags, allowing you to reduce the attack surface area and achieve compliance. Additionally, threat prevention policies can stop both known and unknown attacks.
VM-Series now supports DPDK on the C5, C5n, M5, and M5n instances, running on the AWS Nitro System, to efficiently process traffic and offer increased performance. In addition, Panorama (available separately in Marketplace) allows the VM-Series to be managed centrally alongside our firewall appliances to maintain security policies that are consistent with on-premises environments.
There are three PAYG bundles available. The licenses includes are as follows: Bundle 1: VM-Series+Threat Prevention+Advanced Threat Prevention+USG (US Government) Support Bundle 2: VM-Series+Threat Prevention+Advanced Threat Prevention+URL Filtering+Advanced URL filtering+DNS Security+Global Protect+WildFire+Advanced Wildfire+USG (US Government) Support. Link: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-wsu46li6jw3je Bundle 3: VM-Series+Advanced Threat Prevention+Advanced URL Filtering+DNS Security+Global Protect+WildFire+USG (US Government) Support. Link: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-gfbcyenj6z75u
Highlights
- An AWS Network Competency and Security Competency approved solution that complements native AWS security with real-time threat and data theft prevention
- Dynamic and large scale deployments can be protected using AWS Auto Scaling/ELB integration and Transit VPC with AWS Transit Gateway and Gateway Load Balancer
- Amazon GuardDuty and AWS Security Hub integration enables the VM-Series to automatically block potentially malicious activity.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m5.2xlarge Recommended | $1.45 |
m5.large | $0.79 |
c5n.xlarge | $0.79 |
m5n.large | $0.79 |
m5.4xlarge | $2.88 |
c5.xlarge | $0.79 |
c5.4xlarge | $1.45 |
c5.2xlarge | $0.89 |
c5n.4xlarge | $1.45 |
c5n.2xlarge | $0.89 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this virtual firewall, billed on the AWS EC2 instance type you run it on. The 16 dimensions are not feature tiers. Each one maps to a specific instance size across the m5, m5n, c5, and c5n families. Larger instances (for example, xlarge through 9xlarge) carry more compute and network capacity, so their hourly rate rises accordingly. You choose the instance that fits your throughput and traffic needs. The Bundle1 software and 24x7 support apply the same across every instance option.
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You pay for each hour the firewall runs on its EC2 instance. The rate is tied to the instance type you select, from the m5, m5n, c5, and c5n families. Charges accrue per running hour. The instance size sets both compute and network capacity available to the firewall.
The hourly software charge meters running time only. A fully stopped instance stops accruing the firewall software charge. You may still pay underlying AWS fees for stored data or reserved resources tied to the instance, but those are separate from the firewall software billing.
Each dimension maps to a fixed instance size, so growth means running a larger instance or adding instances. This is not automatic within one instance. Palo Alto Networks offers auto scaling designs using AWS load balancers that launch added firewall instances to absorb traffic bursts.
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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See documentation for detailed steps to set admin password before using the web interface of VM-Series. Once the instance is running, connect to it using a SSH client with the private key file used to launch the instance. For example: ssh -i <privatekey.pem> admin@<EIP or private IP of eth0> Then use the PAN-OS CLI commands "configure", "set mgt-config users admin password" and "commit" commands to set the password.
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Traffic Identification and Classification
Powerful traffic identification technology for complete visibility and control over network traffic
Malware Prevention
Malware prevention capabilities to protect applications and data from known and unknown attacks
Dynamic Policy Management
Dynamically updated whitelisting and segmentation policies based on AWS tags for reduced attack surface
High-Performance Processing
DPDK support on C5, C5n, M5, and M5n instances running on AWS Nitro System for efficient traffic processing
Cloud-Native Integration
AWS Auto Scaling, ELB integration, Transit VPC with AWS Transit Gateway, and Gateway Load Balancer support for large-scale deployments
Intrusion Prevention System
Leading Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) integrated into unified security solution for threat detection and prevention
Advanced Evasion Technique Detection
Capability to identify and stop Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs) with superior performance compared to other security devices
Application Layer Security
Advanced application control with application layer exfiltration security and dynamic security controls
Sandboxing and Malware Analysis
Sandboxing technology for identifying zero-day attacks and advanced malware threats
Centralized Management Console
Unified management console for streamlined security administration across data center, office, and branch firewalls
Advanced Threat Prevention Capabilities
Includes firewall, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), application control, IPsec VPN, URL filtering, antivirus, and anti-bot features for multi-layered network security.
Traffic Inspection and Control
Inspects and controls encrypted data flows between on-premises networks and AWS VPCs, including North-South traffic entering and exiting private subnets and East-West traffic between VPCs.
Infrastructure-as-Code Integration
Integrates with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform and Ansible for policy automation, with dynamic security policy adaptation based on real-time cloud metadata.
AWS Service Integration
Supports integration with Gateway Load Balancer, AWS Security Hub, VPC Ingress Routing, AWS Traffic Mirroring, AWS Transit Gateway, AWS Outposts, and Amazon Macie.
Centralized Security Management
Provides unified, centralized management through Check Point Security Management Server with consistent policy, logging, and reporting across AWS, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
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Defense & Space
Consistent On-Prem and Cloud Security with Deep App Awareness
Reviewed on Jan 20, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall is the consistency it brings between on-premises and cloud security. The same App-ID, User-ID and Threat Prevention capabilities available on physical firewalls are preserved in virtualized and cloud environments. This makes it easier to enforce uniform security policies, reduce operational complexity, and integrate with centralized management. Its deep application awareness, strong threat intelligence, and cloud-native deployment models enable strong security controls without sacrificing visibility or control in dynamic cloud architectures.
What do you dislike about the product?
One of the main downsides of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall is its cost and licensing complexity, which can be challenging, especially in highly large-scale cloud environments. Additionally, performance tuning and sizing require careful planning, as improper instance selection can lead to unexpected throughput limitations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall helps us address the complexity of securing hybrid cloud environments while maintaining the same security posture as on-premises. It solves challenges around consistent traffic inspection, east-west and north-south visibility, advanced threat prevention, and granular application-level control in the cloud. By using VM-Series, we benefit from centralized policy management, uniform security controls across data centers and cloud workloads, improved compliance, and reduced operational risk when scaling or redesigning cloud architectures.
Seid H.
Consistent Security and Powerful Cloud Integration
Reviewed on Dec 16, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall is:
Consistent NGFW security across on-prem and cloud
App-ID, User-ID, and Threat Prevention for deep visibility and control
Strong cloud and automation support (AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, APIs)
Centralized management with Panorama
Consistent NGFW security across on-prem and cloud
App-ID, User-ID, and Threat Prevention for deep visibility and control
Strong cloud and automation support (AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, APIs)
Centralized management with Panorama
What do you dislike about the product?
What I dislike about Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall:
High cost, especially with licenses and subscriptions
Complex initial setup for new users
Resource-intensive (needs strong CPU/RAM for good performance)
Throughput depends heavily on cloud instance sizing
Advanced features require multiple licenses
High cost, especially with licenses and subscriptions
Complex initial setup for new users
Resource-intensive (needs strong CPU/RAM for good performance)
Throughput depends heavily on cloud instance sizing
Advanced features require multiple licenses
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall solves:
Inconsistent security in cloud and on-prem → same NGFW policies everywhere
Lack of visibility → app- and user-level control
Cloud security gaps → protects virtual workloads
Manual deployments → automation and central management
Inconsistent security in cloud and on-prem → same NGFW policies everywhere
Lack of visibility → app- and user-level control
Cloud security gaps → protects virtual workloads
Manual deployments → automation and central management
MuhammadNadeem
Has supported urgent deployments and enabled inline threat protection but pricing and features could be more flexible
Reviewed on Nov 06, 2025
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
I am not working on a NAC solution. I am working on Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewall, and I am mainly working with firewalls.
I am totally working with Palo Alto Networks VM-Series products. I am working with VMs, including 400 series, 1400 series, and 3400 series firewalls, which are next-generation firewalls and fourth-generation firewalls of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series.
I am also working with VMs for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, and for POCs sometimes. Mostly, I provide solutions for some of our customers who need urgent solutions with Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. I provide them VMs and activate the licenses from Palo Alto as a partner. We are working as innovator partners with Palo Alto. Sometimes for POCs and for urgent solutions, if the customer or some organization needs it, we provide them Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and it works fine.
We are working with Dynamic Address Groups in Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. Mostly, we use them for securing our network and for blocking malicious traffic from specific sources around the globe. We block them through Dynamic Address Groups as a source and create another policy for that. We block any dynamic addresses coming with malicious traffic using specific policies. We use Dynamic Address Groups and after tagging those malicious IPs, when they come to our firewall from outside or from inside, including some of our local computers, if we detect something concerning such as bots or similar traffic, we block them using Dynamic Address Groups.
Advanced Threat Protection is working in Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. In Advanced Threat Protection, we use inline protection features, including anti-malware solutions and vulnerability protection. We mostly use Advanced Threat Protection because Palo Alto provides the core subscription and core security bundle, which is cheaper than the other bundle. We propose the same bundle to customers because it is cheaper and includes DNS security, SD-WAN, vulnerability protection, URL filtering, anti-spyware, and antivirus subscriptions bundled in the same core bundle. If I buy only threat protection separately, it is more expensive than this bundle. We create security profiles for spyware and antivirus and provide inline protection to customers.
What is most valuable?
App-IDs in Palo Alto Networks VM-Series are very important and working fine. We mostly use App-IDs due to which we are securing customers who are vulnerable and who need security solutions.
There are Dynamic Address Groups, EDLs, and integration with other solutions such as Forescout for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, which we did two years ago. There are API integrations as well. We mostly automate the security structure for the organization using SIEM solutions, integration with SIEM solutions, and XDR solutions. This is very interesting.
What needs improvement?
I am not using Palo Alto Networks VM-Series mostly, but based on my experience, there are some deficiencies in Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. Having those features missing, we are not proposing Palo Alto Networks VM-Series to all customers. However, for urgency and for some solutions that customers need for some of their other sites and subdivisions, we are providing the same.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Palo Alto Networks VM-Series since 2020, which is approximately six to seven years back.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is provided through premium partner support. We are working with StarLink, and they are providing the best solution and best support. We have advanced partnership and advanced support for some of our customers. They are good with technical solutions.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is better than Fortinet, mainly in its SP3 structure, flexibility, and reliability, and based on feedback from customers. Most of our customers have shifted from Fortinet to Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. Their feedback indicated concerns about slowness, subscription renewals, and other aspects they were not happy with.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Fortinet is the main competitor for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series on the market.
What other advice do I have?
Prices of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series are higher than other firewalls and other solutions. However, we are using its security features and proposing them, mostly winning tenders with this product. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a very best solution if you have subscription and extra support, and I would rate this solution seven to eight out of ten. I would give this review an overall rating of eight.
Bereket N.
Experience on palo alto vm Series Firewall
Reviewed on Nov 05, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The most i like is its cost and it has more capable as the physical one and also as long as you purchase it you can get it no pending time west in manfacturing
What do you dislike about the product?
While enabling advanced features it has the most difficualt configurations by itself and also haively depends on the server capacity or resource is needed
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As i said previously you can save time of munfacturing, cost and also defending the network infrastructure with palo alto makes secure with tight security profiles
Oluwaseun A.
Seamless Deployment with Robust Security
Reviewed on Nov 04, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate the ease of configuration provided by the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall. The user interface and experience (UI/UX) make it very straightforward and intuitive for someone like me to configure and manage the firewall effectively. This seamless interface significantly aids in deploying the firewall into our infrastructure without much hassle. Additionally, the support from Palo Alto Networks during deployment was invaluable, allowing us to implement the firewall quickly and efficiently. The integration into our network was smooth, enhancing our productivity by enabling us to perform large configurations and then focus our efforts on other tasks. Overall, this firewall is incredibly efficient and productive, ensuring we're able to perform our security functions effectively as a team.
What do you dislike about the product?
I feel that the integration of more AI capabilities into the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall could significantly elevate its functionality. Although there are current functions that touch on this, a more comprehensive AI integration would enhance the ability to analyze incoming logs and automatically generate a visual representation of the network's status. This would be incredibly beneficial for quickly understanding what's happening within the network and for generating management and board reports without needing to manually interpret raw data or logs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall for deep packet filtering, enhancing our security by blocking outside threats and analyzing traffic logs. It simplifies configuration and deployment, making our work more efficient and productive.