We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center 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."The product's user interface is very easy to use and convenient."
"The most valuable aspects are the antivirus and URL filtering."
"One of the most valuable features of Cisco Secure Firewalls is their seamless integration with other Cisco products."
"Cisco's support and services are far superior to any other security product in Pakistan."
"It's a fine solution in terms of scalability."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features are the Virtual Private Network and the Electronic Control Lists."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is the UTM."
"Using this solution means that you can store logs for longer periods, up to perhaps two years, depending on your attached storage."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that it works better than a normal firewall, easy to explorer all of its features, and it has the Log Collector mode. This mode allows us to store our logs for two years in the solution itself."
"The installation process is very simple."
"I would improve the management. I need to view charts and traffic statistics, but the management console doesn't share that information with me."
"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."
"It has made our ROIs easier, but consolidating the correlation of data into one single point, which is pretty great."
"The solution is very stable. It's reliable. We don't experience bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash. It works as expected."
"Improving the product by incorporating SD-WAN functionality would be highly beneficial, especially for remote offices with limited server and Internet availability."
"Areas for improvement include pricing points and the range of products available at any given time."
"The solution should improve the user interface."
"Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center's logging functionality could be improved."
"Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center needs to reduce its price."
"The IOS and the deploy option could be improved."
"The interface is an area that could be improved."
"Due to the lack of enough tutorials available online, I face problems with Cisco."
"The solution can improve by providing unique reports in relation to the function of which you choose the firewall to do."
"I would like more dashboard management."
"The dual WAN functionality is missing in this solution."
"It's difficult to implement."
"Instead of searching their knowledge base in their website, maybe they can interact with us in the user interface to explain things better."
"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."
"The price of Palo Alto Networks Panorama could be better."
"Palo Alto Networks Panorama could improve by making the solution less expensive."
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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is ranked 7th in Firewall Security Management with 19 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is ranked 3rd in Firewall Security Management with 81 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is rated 8.0, while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center writes "A stable and reasonably priced product that protects organizations from malware". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Panorama writes "Built-in proxy with the ability to maintain your own policies". Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, whereas Palo Alto Networks Panorama is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, AlgoSec, Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Tufin Orchestration Suite and FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF). See our Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center vs. Palo Alto Networks Panorama report.
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