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Palo Alto Networks WildFire vs RiskIQ Illuminate comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Palo Alto Networks WildFire
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (3rd)
RiskIQ Illuminate
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Attack Surface Management (ASM) (30th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Palo Alto Networks WildFire and RiskIQ Illuminate aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is designed for Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and holds a mindshare of 12.5%, up 12.2% compared to last year.
RiskIQ Illuminate, on the other hand, focuses on Attack Surface Management (ASM), holds 0.2% mindshare, down 0.6% since last year.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
Attack Surface Management (ASM)
 

Featured Reviews

AjayKumar17 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced cybersecurity with advanced sandboxing and effective in controlling DNS issues
Improvements are needed in the UI part. The dashboard should provide better visibility, especially in showing how many files are sent to Wildfire and their findings. This information should be integrated with the Dashboard so that system admins can see what is happening. Furthermore, technical support needs a lot of improvement, particularly in terms of responsiveness and adhering to service level agreements.
SimonClark - PeerSpot reviewer
Able to discover unpatched servers, offers good stability, and scales very well
A low-cost service to evaluate the risk score of a supply chain would be very helpful. This could be useful for insurance companies offering cyber insurance to enterprise customers, providing the insurer with a valuable way to unobtrusively, quickly, and frequently assess their customers and apply appropriate premiums for the level of risk. This would also be useful for enterprises. They could, for example, assess companies prior to a merger or acquisition. What would also be useful for any enterprise would be if their supply chain has some kind of direct digital access to parts of their network.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You have better control because you define apps. You just don't define ports. You define apps, and the apps are monitored in the traffic. It is more specific than the Cisco firewall when it comes to our needs."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"Being an application-based firewall, this is one of the critical focus factors along with the threat prevention services it provides."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"We have found that Palo Alto Networks WildFire is scalable. We currently have six thousand users for the product."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"The solution is stable with 12 years of established historical data."
 

Cons

"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"​They provide a medium level of technical support."
"The threat intelligence that we receiving in the reporting was not as expected. We were expecting more. Additionally, we should be able to whitelist a specific file based on a variety of attributes."
"The configuration should be made a little bit easier. I understand why it is as it is, but there should be a way to make it easier from the user side."
"The product's false positive logs could be more user-friendly to understand. They could provide examples of precious cases to learn."
"If Wi-Fi can be improved to offer real-time security profiling and updates, it can prevent traits unrelated to Wi-Fi."
"Improving detection on non-Windows formats would be beneficial as there are many samples, such as Linux or ransomware for macOS."
"A low-cost service to evaluate the risk score of a supply chain would be very helpful."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different types of licenses."
"This solution is very pricey and it depends on the package that you implement."
"The price of Palo Alto Networks WildFire could improve. It is expensive. There is an annual subscription to use the solution."
"​More expensive than other firewalls.​"
"For the last three years, the price of Palo Alto in Vietnam has been very high."
"The solution is worth its price"
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire is a product with a high price."
"The physical appliance is around €3,000 or €4,000, and then, you have the licensing for a year for around €3,000."
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Comparison Review

it_user206346 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 11, 2015
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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Sample Customers

Novamedia, Nexon Asia Pacific, Lenovo, Samsonite, IOOF, Sinogrid, SanDisk Corporation
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