We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"If you are using Darktrace or NAC solutions you can integrate Stealthwatch."
"It has improved our internal knowledge of what's going on with the network, and that's helpful."
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"Another notable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is its Layer 7 visibility, which allows us to monitor and analyze network communications at the application layer."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"The backup is the best feature."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"Stability is never a concern."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"We determined that Stealthwatch wouldn't provide the machine learning model that we required."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"The configuration of the solution was quite complex."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"The size of Palo Alto's cloud is big but it could be easier to use from a product management perspective."
"I don't think it needs to improve anything, except maybe the speed to deploy the changes."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex, mainly due to the GUI console and management challenges."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 58 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection and Fortinet FortiSandbox.
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