Palo Alto Networks K2-Series Reviews

We are a system integrator and this Palo Alto K2-Series is one of the firewall products that we implement for our customers.

This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application.

The WildFire feature is very good.

Using Panorama and the web interface makes it easy to manage.

The reporting functionality in GlobalProtect needs to be improved. Other products, such as Check Point, have better reporting features that give more reports.

The price of the K2-Series should be lowered.

The dashboard could be improved by adding more GUI components.

We have about three years of experience with the Palo Alto K2-Series in my company, although I have only been working with this solution for about one year.

Palo Alto is very stable. In my previous job, I had not faced any stability issues.

All of the higher-level Palo Alto products are scalable.

We are the first level of support for our customers. If the problem is very complicated and we cannot solve it then we open a case through the distributor, which is the second level. After that, if they cannot solve it, the case is escalated directly to the Palo Alto technical team. Generally, if we cannot solve it then the distributor cannot either.

We also have experience with Check Point firewalls, as well as with solutions from Fortinet. I think that Palo Alto is better than Check Point in terms of threat prevention, and both of these are better than Fortinet. Palo Alto, however, is very expensive compared to Fortinet.

Check Point has better reporting and a better dashboard but is more difficult to install. Price-wise, they are similar.

The initial setup is very easy compared to Check Point. It is not hard for me to install and configure features such as High Availability.

We implement and deploy this solution for our customers. We also provide maintenance and support.

Palo Alto firewalls are very expensive.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

The most valuable feature is availability.

There are a lot of bugs in this solution.

We have been using this solution for three years.

We have approximately 3,000 users and we have no plans to increase our usage at this time.

I am satisfied with the technical support.

We are also using Cisco Firewall products.

We have installed many firewalls and continue to do so on an ongoing basis. The biggest one took perhaps three months.

The price of this solution is too high.

This is a product that I would recommend. My advice to anybody who is implementing it is to make sure that you have full control over all of the features that you are using.

Overall, the features are very good but the price is too high.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

I use this to provide better content to my students as an instructor.

Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors. 

Palo Alto has many other products. It would be nice for these products to be centralized under one tool rather than having to jump from tool to tool.

I have been using this product for four years.

This product is designed for large companies. The price would not be suitable for a small or medium-size company.

Your budget should be your main concern when considering K2-Series as a solution to ensure you will be able to take advantage of each feature or if you would be better off choosing a different solution.

Overall, I give this tool an eight out of ten.

I am a network security engineer and this is one of the products that make up our security solution. We implement this product for our clients.

The most valuable feature is security.

The technical support, and how they provide it to the client, needs to be improved. They take too long to provide answers.

I would like to have a statistical report that shows the number of times that each rule is used.

I have been working with the Palo Alto K2 series for about three years.

This is a very reliable firewall and we have never had problems with it.

This firewall is scalable. Our clients vary in size. They are small and medium-sized businesses, as well as enterprises.

I deal with a number of different firewalls including solutions by Cisco, Check Point, and Palo Alto.

This is an easy firewall to set up, although the length of time required to deploy depends on a number of variables. For example, a complex environment will be more complex and take longer to configure. This type of setup could take a week but a simpler one could take a day or two.

We have an in-house team for deployment. I can do it by myself, or I can ask my colleagues because several of them can do it as well.

Overall, this is a very good firewall and I would recommend it. With respect to security, it is a perfect solution.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We are a solution provider and the Palo Alto K2-Series is one of the products that we implement for our clients. Our clients for this work in a variety of sectors.

Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good. It includes signatures for the domains and machine learning functionality. It is currently the most popular feature for our customers.

The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it.

The concept of clustering would be of benefit to Palo Alto and it would make it more productive. For example, with Forcepoint, you can cluster two different products.

We have seen no issues with stability.

Scalability is good.

We are satisfied with the technical support.

I am also familiar with the next-generation firewall solution by Forcepoint.

Palo Alto is similar to other commercial firewalls but it has two unique functions. First, the engine is very sophisticated and well suited to the epicenter. It also has good performance. The second area that is unique is DNS Security.

I am familiar with Fortinet products and they are also very good, but they are cheaper than Palo Alto.

The initial setup is straightforward.

While the firewall itself is on-premises, some of the services such as DNS Security and WildFire are cloud-based options that depend on a public cloud or the Palo Alto cloud. There are also options such as Cortext XDR, which has traps that extend to the cloud.

Pricing is a sensitive issue because the cost is high in this market. If the price were reduced then it would be very good because it will be more competitive with vendors such as Fortinet. In fact, I would say that pricing is the weakest point of this solution.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

I am using Palo Alto Networks K2-Series as a perimeter firewall.

The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good.

We had some issues with upgrading in the past. They could make the process easier.

Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has improved their central management but if they could improve upon it more that would be a great benefit.

I have been using Palo Alto Networks K2-Series for approximately 12 years.

The solution is very stable, we have had no issues.

We had some scalability issues with Palo Alto Networks K2-Series. I do not know how good the hardware firewalls are, but the cloud platform is scalable.

When we had some minor issues we were in contact with the technical support and they were very good. We have not used the support often.

The initial setup was easy.

When comparing Palo Alto Networks K2-Series with other solutions it is on the higher end of the price scale.

This solution is best suited for small to medium-sized businesses.

I rate Palo Alto Networks K2-Series a nine out of ten.

Palo Alto has an approach that makes the configuration easier not only for the customers but also for the IT help for the customers. 

In terms of what needs improvement, Palo Alto is lacking abilities that other firewalls can do. They disable the current sessions when you think the hardest part is done. They have a workaround for authentication, but then our clients just use the local database of the device itself.

Some of the small to medium businesses are using these features and it would be easier for us to upsell the product up to other networks. Palo Alto Networks is quite a bit higher when it comes to prices. They should implement the features that the other firewalls have.

In the next release, I would like for them to include a checkbox where the user could disable concurrent users of the portal.

I have been using Palo Alto Networks K2-Series for six months. 

When it comes to bug fixes, bugs will be fixed through a software upgrade or another fix.

Scalability is easy to do because we just have to know the number of users.

If I'm going to rate the support of Palo Alto, I would give it an 8 out of ten because they have good engineers, but sometimes I think that they take too long to respond to my queries. But most of them are very good.

The initial setup is easy. I have very little knowledge really in procedures, but I could connect to the internet and it was easy to follow when initially configuring the firewall.

The time to configure will depend on the client. If the client is just a small to medium business it will only take a day or two to configure it.

My advice to someone considering this solution would be that it's okay to spend a bit higher on your security products because Palo Alto is a bit more expensive than other products, but it is definitely worth it. The granularity of Palo Alto gives you more control over the security of your network.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

K2-Series' best features include its scalability, which is the best on the market, and its continuous development of new technologies and features.

Palo Alto releases a lot of bug fixes for their firewalls, which means it's necessary to do frequent upgrades. They should work on decreasing their bugs so that upgrades aren't needed so often. They also don't always ensure that their upgrades are available for older firewalls.

I've been using K2-Series for two to three years.

Palo Alto's firewalls are the most stable on the market.

K2-Series is scalable.

Palo Alto offers two different types of support - partner-enabled and direct. The direct support is a bit expensive because it allows customers to open cases directly with Palo Alto techs. In contrast, the partner-enabled support goes to the ticket distributor, which can be time-consuming. In general, it can be hard to get answers from Palo Alto's support.

The initial setup of the firewall was easy and took between five and ten minutes. However, implementing DNS or IoT security or packing working features requires assistance from an integrator or professional service.

If you compare K2-Series' quality with its price, I think it is reasonable.

I would rate K2-Series nine out of ten.