AlgoSec vs Palo Alto Networks Panorama comparison

AlgoSec and Palo Alto Networks are both solutions in the Firewall Security Management category. AlgoSec is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.9, while Palo Alto Networks is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2. AlgoSec holds a 21.9% mindshare in Firewall Security Management, compared to Palo Alto Networks’s 8.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of AlgoSec users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Palo Alto Networks users who would recommend it.

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97% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

AlgoSec and Palo Alto Networks Panorama are key competitors in network security management. While both offer unique strengths, AlgoSec stands out for its detailed configuration insights, whereas Panorama excels in centralized firewall management.

Features: AlgoSec offers robust traffic simulation, change management through FireFlow, and policy optimization features, instrumental in identifying risky rules and streamlining compliance. Panorama provides centralized management and extensive control over multiple firewalls, alongside task automation and security updates.

Room for Improvement: AlgoSec needs to enhance API integrations and vendor support, especially for cloud solutions, and refine its reporting capabilities. Panorama faces challenges with cost efficiency, multi-tenancy, and integration with other network tools, while users suggest improvements for streamlined configurations and faster updates.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AlgoSec primarily offers on-premises deployment with a range of tiered support, although resolution delays have been noted. Panorama supports both on-premises and hybrid cloud deployments, providing responsive support but facing challenges in initial configuration complexities. Customer service is satisfactory, yet AlgoSec's technical support receives mixed feedback.

Pricing and ROI: AlgoSec is seen as a premium product, often critiqued for high licensing costs, yet it offers substantial ROI through automation and security insights. Panorama is expensive, justified by its comprehensive feature set and market positioning, with customers evaluating cost against capabilities and benefits provided by both solutions.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AlgoSec

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

182

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Palo Alto Networks Panorama

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of AlgoSec is 21.9%, up from 20.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is 8.6%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Q&A Highlights

Anouar Talbo

Works with 10,001+ employees

Nov 29, 2022

What are the differences between Palo Alto Networks Panorama and AlgoSec?

Hi Dear Anouar, I want to explain something to avoid misunderstanding. Palo Alto Networks (PAN) Panorama is the management dashboard for Palo Alto Firewalls; which is provided by PAN and comes with a license. However AlgoSec is used as a Firewall Analyzer tool to analyze firewall rules according to their severities, configuration mistakes, shadowing or redundant rules, etc. If you want a solution to analyze your firewalls and harden them; you can consider preferring a firewall analyzer solution. If you want to manage your firewall configurations, create rules, routes, etc., you can prefer to have PAN panorama; instead of managing the firewalls by connecting each of them separately.

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Shameerudheen Kp

Manager, MS Operations at NTT Security

Easy to setup with good auto-implementation and good rule reviews

AlgoSec is slow when it is loaded with too many firewalls and policies. A plan to take care of heavy usage is to be considered. Support of all firewalls and policy features to be enabled. AlgoSec should support in identifying most hit rules and re-ordering existing firewall rules - this is a very key to manage firewall CPU. A clustering of AlgoSec can also be considered. A group of AlgoSec servers managing large client bases geographically or datacenter-wise or function-wise. A head reporting unit and child processing units.

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Kim Ejby Lorentzen

Senior Principal Solutions Architect, HPE Aruba Networking - Full Stack Platform Expert at Danoffice IT ApS

Unified firewall management streamlines operations across branches with prompt support services

The primary use case for this solution is the management of the entire firewall portfolio across various branches Palo Alto Networks Panorama has simplified management by providing a unified interface for firewall management and configuration. One of the key advantages of Palo Alto Networks…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the reporting, including the policy report and regulatory compliance reports."

"It helps to perform FW cleanup, regulations requirement, FW migration projects, etc."

"Setup is easy. Just run the script and all seems fine."

"The solution helps visualize and manage the hybrid network."

"The complete and end-to-end visibility and analysis it provides of the policy rule base is invaluable and saves countless time and effort."

"It saves time by allowing administrators to test network traffic and pinpoint which rules are being triggered for a particular traffic flow."

"Auditors can get PDF or CSV reports without having to give them access to firewalls."

"There are some legacy customers still using AlgoSec. The benefit is the ease in management of firewalls and rules."

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"It is really useful for big deployments."

"The entire ease of use is most valuable. If you're managing firewalls locally with PAN-OS, the look and feel of Panorama is the same. So, you don't have to relearn another product. If you're used to managing firewalls from Palo Alto, you can easily use Panorama to manage them. It looks and feels the same."

"You don't need an overly experienced workforce to handle Palo Alto. It's very easy to use."

"The dashboards are very good on Palo Alto. They offer a centralized dashboard for managers as well."

"I found logging and management features the most valuable in Palo Alto Networks Panorama. Another good feature of the product is that it lets you define global firewall policies and templates."

"Compared to all of the other firewall vendors, Palo Alto is very secure."

"Panorama provides management functionalities."

"Templates and the possibility to apply a configuration to many devices at the same time are the most valuable features. We are able to create templates, and we don't need to go to each firewall to make changes. We can make changes in Panorama, and it automatically applies those changes to all those firewalls on which we want to apply the changes. It provides centralized management."

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Cons

"It doesn't support all features on our firewalls. For instance, planning changes, which include net rules, doesn't work. It didn't integrate so well with the ACI network."

"Needs better integration between modules and also a better troubleshooting methodology."

"Further integration with ACI and NSX will be key to our customers' requirements moving forward, as customers adopt new, innovative environments."

"At the integration point, a manual page could be added to the dashboard where directions about the products are explained in detail."

"This product could be improved in several ways including more device support, an automated rollback process and options in active push, software-defined WAN integration and support, and application-aware policy identification and optimization."

"AlgoSec integrates with most of the leading firewall vendors, but one issue is that AlgoSec doesn't support Sophos and Forcepoint. AlgoSec competitors, like FireMon, support Forcepoint."

"We are running multiple hybrid cloud solutions, working with cloud providers, and looking for API integrations with cloud and related interoperability. Sometimes, when we are trying to delete or disable any rule, it takes more time than expected."

"We are using AlgoSec directly against our Cisco Firepower. At first, AlgoSec didn't work with Firepower. It didn't know how to read the logs. So, improvement has been made. Now, the feature that was available on the older generation firewall is available on the current one, but this is a problem which has already been dealt with."

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"The solution can improve by providing unique reports in relation to the function of which you choose the firewall to do."

"Palo Alto Networks Panorama could improve by making the solution less expensive."

"The solution's utilization of network ports makes things as complex as possible."

"I am observing that whenever pushing our configurations sometimes the configuration will not push properly and then we have to go to the individual firewall and save it again."

"This would be a better solution if it were more tightly integrated with the firewalls."

"Sometimes in Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we receive issues where it is overloaded and unresponsive. We have issues with accessing the devices due to a slow response from Panorama."

"Aside from pricing, I don't have any issues with Panorama."

"My company's getting whatever it needs from Palo Alto Networks Panorama, but in the cloud, there's an issue with CPU management, and that's an area for improvement. Though the normal data traffic doesn't go through the management interface, whenever there's an increase in the throughput, CPU management becomes high. If you increase the load, CPU management spikes, and it's what needs to be taken care of in Palo Alto Networks Panorama."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Initially, it was more expensive, but we managed to negotiate the price. It's about average now."

"The initial cost was high for us."

"AlgoSec may be little pricier with its licenses, but it is probably better than any of other competitors."

"Licensing is offered as a subscription and as a perpetual model."

"AlgoSec is not a cheap product. If I compare Firemon and AlgoSec, because I am also Firemon certified, Firemon is still cheaper in price than AlgoSec."

"The pricing is good. Though, I would like if pricing could better support small businesses."

"It is fair."

"My advice is that you must do a POC and show value."

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"The price of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is expensive."

"The pricing is pretty average. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it a five."

"The price of the licenses could be lower. Still, because we have Panorama with 25 firewalls, Palo Alto gives us a good discount."

"Sometimes the company prefers to give a license to test the product in our environment before we go to the customer. But the customer should buy his own license, and that's the system here. The system is different between one country and another. Some countries say that the IT solutions provider should provide the license."

"Palo Alto Networks Panorama is a more expensive solution than competitors. They should lower the price to stay competitive."

"It is pretty reasonable as compared to other companies."

"Its licensing is yearly and multi-yearly. It is not expensive."

"We have a yearly license. The cost is not that high and not that cheap either."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AlgoSec?

AlgoSec's ability to integrate with various security and networking solutions enhances its overall value.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlgoSec?

I am into operations and not aware of cost or pricing.

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What needs improvement with AlgoSec?

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What do you like most about Palo Alto Networks Panorama?

The most valuable aspect of Palo Alto Networks Panorama for me is the centralized management of multiple firewalls.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Palo Alto Networks Panorama?

In large installations, it can be expensive with hardware appliances, however, virtual Panorama is well-priced and is sold every time there's a solution.

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What needs improvement with Palo Alto Networks Panorama?

The integration between Strata Cloud Manager and Panorama could be enhanced to allow customers to stay on Panorama for many years while still utilizing Strata Cloud Manager for deployment.

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Overview

AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to secure application connectivity and cloud-native applications throughout their multi-cloud and hybrid network. Trusted by more than 1,800 of the world’s leading organizations, AlgoSec’s application-centric approach enables to securely accelerate business application deployment by centrally managing application connectivity and security policies across the public clouds, private clouds, containers, and on-premises networks. Using its unique vendor-agnostic deep algorithm for intelligent change management automation, AlgoSec enables acceleration of digital transformation projects, helps prevent business application downtime and substantially reduces manual work and exposure to security risks. AlgoSec’s policy management and CNAPP platforms provide a single source for visibility into security and compliance issues within cloud-native applications as well as across the hybrid network environment, to ensure ongoing adherence to internet security standards, industry, and internal regulations. Learn how AlgoSec enables application owners, information security experts, DevSecOps and cloud security teams to deploy business applications up to 10 times faster while maintaining security at www.algosec.com.

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Panorama network security management provides static rules and dynamic security updates in an ever-changing threat landscape. Reduce administrator workload and improve your overall security posture with a single rule base for firewall, threat prevention, URL filtering, application awareness, user identification, file blocking and data filtering.

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Maersk, Delta Airlines, Chevron, General Motors, T-Mobile, Chevron, AT&T, BP, Bell Canada, HCA Healthcare, Morgan Stanley, Unilever, Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, US Bank, Microsoft

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