VM-Series Next-Gen Virtual Firewall w/ Advanced Security Subs (PAYG)
Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS 11.1.6-h7Linux/Unix, Other PAN-OS 11.1.6-h7 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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What do you like best about the product?
I feel like the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall stands out for its advanced threat prevention and seamless integration with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. Its centralized management via Panorama and scalability make it ideal for securing dynamic virtualized and hybrid environments while ensuring operational efficiency.
What do you dislike about the product?
licensing costs, limited session failover capabilities, and resource-intensive requirements for optimal performance, such as increased memory and vCPUs for higher throughput and session scaling
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall makes securing cloud and virtual environments way easier by blocking threats, simplifying policy management, and enabling Zero Trust segmentation. Plus, it’s super flexible for scaling in the cloud and saves time and effort with centralized management—basically a lifesaver for keeping things secure and efficient!
Reliable Firewall at a high cost
What do you like best about the product?
The VM-Series Virtual Firewall stands out for its robust, next-generation security features that deliver deep packet inspection, advanced threat prevention, and granular control over applications and users. Its seamless integration into both cloud and on-premises environments enables consistent security policies across hybrid infrastructures, which is critical for modern networks. Additionally, its detailed logging and analytics capabilities offer excellent visibility into network traffic, helping administrators quickly detect and respond to threats. Overall, its strong performance and comprehensive protection make it a compelling choice for enterprises seeking to secure virtualized environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
While the VM-Series offers a powerful security suite, its complexity can be a double-edged sword. The initial configuration and ongoing management often come with a steep learning curve, which might be challenging for organizations with limited security expertise or smaller teams. Moreover, the cost associated with licensing, subscriptions, and maintenance can be relatively high compared to some alternative solutions. This combination of complexity and expense may deter smaller businesses or those with tighter budgets, despite the firewall's robust capabilities.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Palo Alto’s VM-Series makes securing your cloud and on-prem setups a breeze by blocking advanced threats and streamlining management—so you can focus on your business without sweating over cyberattacks.
New user experience for threat prevention and Logging
What do you like best about the product?
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.
What do you dislike about the product?
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
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Other firewalls struggle to detect unknown or zero-day threats that don’t have existing signatures. WildFire analyzes suspicious files in a cloud-based sandbox and generates new security signatures in real-time
In most cloud environments, security teams lack clear insights into blocked threats, making incident response slow. After enabling Threat Prevention, I saw multiple intrusion attempts targeting exposed SSH ports.
The logs showed attack patterns (e.g., brute-force attempts from suspicious IPs in Russia & China).
In most cloud environments, security teams lack clear insights into blocked threats, making incident response slow. After enabling Threat Prevention, I saw multiple intrusion attempts targeting exposed SSH ports.
The logs showed attack patterns (e.g., brute-force attempts from suspicious IPs in Russia & China).
Limited, but interesting.
What do you like best about the product?
I like how it integrates smoothly with other Palo Alto products
What do you dislike about the product?
I find the cost to be prohibiotve to my organization
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It served as an IDS
Overall a good experience.
What do you like best about the product?
Scalability:
Designed to scale from small to very large environments with flexible throughput options.
Designed to scale from small to very large environments with flexible throughput options.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost:
For smaller environments or those with tight budgets, this might be a significant barrier.
For smaller environments or those with tight budgets, this might be a significant barrier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security:
Threat protection, application control, URL filtering, VPN support, and much more.
Threat protection, application control, URL filtering, VPN support, and much more.
Review Palto Alto
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Palto Alto VM-Series is simple to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
I am not a fan of the high pricing of the Palo Alto VM Series.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping by detecting potential malware by investigesting the signatures.
Excellent threat detection and prevention features
What do you like best about the product?
Palo Alto VM-Series is its flexibility to deploy robust security across diverse virtual environments and cloud platforms.
What do you dislike about the product?
Palo Alto VM-Series cost is too high , traffic congestion and commuting difficulties.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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User Friendly Application
What do you like best about the product?
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.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have anything i dislike. Everythins looks perfect for me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It addresses key problems such as inconsistent security across hybrid and multi-clous environments
Quick and easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
Helps me get to work quicker and easier to connect.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not often downtimes so that's not a problem.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping enteprise safe from attackers.
Pros and cons of Palo Alto VM-Series
What do you like best about the product?
Helps to have smooth communication with clouds like AWS, AZURE, Google cloud.
To maximize efficiency at more traffic situations, you can use technologies like Intelligent Traffic offload.
To maximize efficiency at more traffic situations, you can use technologies like Intelligent Traffic offload.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial steps of setting up a VM series are difficult.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helped to prevent data loss and data treats for different clouds.
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