We performed a comparison between AlgoSec and Palo Alto Networks Panorama based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has reduced the workload for the firewall team thanks to the API integration with our ticketing system, handling the standard types of requests automatically."
"With the solution, we can uncover bottlenecks, streamline, and clean up our firewall rules."
"It detects if the requested network and ports are getting blocked by the network or firewalls by a simple query, which helps to identify the network blocking firewalls in the topology."
"AlgoSec Firewall Analyser improves the firewall rules dramatically by identifying rules and objects that are not needed and consolidates rules and rule re-ordering."
"The firewall analyzer is great if you deploy a new firewall platform and need to see if it provides an adequate level of protection, where you don't have any dangerous rules."
"There are some important and really nice features that I want to mention about AlgoSec. The most useful feature is instantaneous AFA reports, that you do not have to wait (at least one week or even more for a more accurate one) to get optimization recommendations about policy as many other vendors."
"One of the features that I like about AlgoSec is the topology table. It helps us understand where the traffic flows through, where it gets interconnected, and how the traffic flows from our device to the other device."
"AFA provides project teams with a simplified way to obtain the status on their current rule set."
"This is an efficient solution."
"All of the reports and events from different locations can be managed centrally."
"From a configuration point of view, when we are implementing it for large organizations where the customer owns a hundred firewalls, it's just easy to manage them all at one central location."
"It has shared profiles for all gateways. If I do not have Panorama, I need to create a separate profile for each and every gateway by logging into that particular gateway, but with Panorama, I can create a shared profile and just push it down to each and every gateway connected to it."
"Palo Alto Networks Panorama is stable."
"The product can scale."
"The ability to manage a large number of firewalls from a single point is most valuable."
"It is really useful for big deployments."
"Advanced analytics and reporting capabilities that provide deeper insights into network traffic, security policy effectiveness, compliance, and risk management can be beneficial."
"Priority should be to improve the user interface for the risk and compliance part, making it more responsive and user-friendly."
"The reports are lacking information when they come out. They will not pull the URL or application information from Cisco FTDs. I know this works for Palo Alto Firewalls, which we currently do not have. If they could improve the integration with Cisco FTDs as a whole, that would be immensely helpful."
"Some features require a learning curve and may necessitate support from AlgoSec, which can be challenging at times."
"Since COVID-19, a number of the technical support team members have been working from home or remotely. So, we haven't gotten support people right when we need them. Sometimes, it takes a couple of hours or even days for us to get that instant support that we used to get."
"It seems that AlgoSec created a VSYS (Virtual system) for each virtual router name, even though our firewall has only a single VSYS."
"The UX control panel is in need of improvement."
"I would like the reporting to be more customizable, as per user and auditing needs."
"Price is probably one of the biggest things that we struggle with, specifically with Palo, and that's across their whole portfolio."
"I would like to see remote VPN, like the Cisco client."
"The current documentation is not detailed enough."
"The solution can improve by providing unique reports in relation to the function of which you choose the firewall to do."
"There could be more integrations with third parties."
"We had some challenges with the initial setup, but it was more on a learning curve basis."
"The dual WAN functionality is missing in this solution."
"It is very hard to understand the platform. It is not easy and user-friendly. You need a lot of experience to use Panorama. It is very complex, and you must know exactly what to do. I would like to have a more user-friendly product. FortiManager is comparatively very easy to use. It would be good if Panorama improves in terms of user-friendliness. It is also harder to use than Palo Alto Firewalls."
AlgoSec is ranked 1st in Firewall Security Management with 173 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is ranked 3rd in Firewall Security Management with 80 reviews. AlgoSec is rated 9.0, while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of AlgoSec writes "Helps identify risks, reduce attack surfaces, and streamline policy changes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Panorama writes "Built-in proxy with the ability to maintain your own policies". AlgoSec is most compared with Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Skybox Security Suite, ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer and Fortinet FortiManager, whereas Palo Alto Networks Panorama is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager and Skybox Security Suite. See our AlgoSec vs. Palo Alto Networks Panorama report.
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