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Palo Alto Networks WildFire pros and cons

Vendor: Palo Alto Networks
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Pros & Cons summary

Palo Alto Networks WildFire enhances security by blocking new threats and using cloud-based protection against zero-day threats. Its seamless integration within the Palo Alto ecosystem and AI-powered analysis strengthen security, yet its high cost limits affordability. Performance dips by 40-50% when disconnected from the cloud. Support lacks SLA adherence, and improvements in integration with third-party systems and cross-platform sandbox expansion are needed, along with better reporting and automation capabilities.

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PROS

Palo Alto Networks WildFire blocks new threats before common antivirus tools can detect them.
It provides high availability modes and detailed reporting with easy application to security policies.
WildFire reduces virus and malware occurrence significantly, minimizing dependency on end-users for threat identification.
The automatic verdict feature swiftly identifies potential threats and updates users on security attacks within minutes.
WildFire seamlessly integrates with Palo Alto's ecosystem, offering robust threat analysis and prevention measures.

CONS

Improvement is needed in the VPN, decryption, and technical support response.
The cost is excessively high and should be made more affordable, including offering discounts for charitable causes.
The time taken to process and update signatures should be reduced to improve real-time capabilities.
WildFire lacks high availability features and effective traffic management.
There is insufficient support for non-Windows formats and third-party system integrations.
 

Palo Alto Networks WildFire Pros review quotes

it_user647316 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Senior Systems Administrator/Network Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 15, 2017
Whole team can use the firewall and understand it.
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Azadur Sarker
Deputy Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jul 10, 2017
High availability with active-active and active-passive modes.
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Bachir Elsitt
Network Security Engineer at Data Consult
Jan 10, 2018
​Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization.
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Net32SysAd92
Network System Administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 22, 2018
Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch.
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it_user722004 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Security Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 29, 2018
The cloud-based services are a nice feature.
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Harish Gupta
Head Of Operations at Rah Infotech Pvt Ltd
Nov 6, 2018
The reporting feature helps our performance.
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it_user839463 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user839463
Associate Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2018
Being an application-based firewall, this is one of the critical focus factors along with the threat prevention services it provides.
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Itnetw355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Itnetw355
IT Network Consultant Engineer - Projects and ICT Infrastructure Services at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 24, 2019
It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN.
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Girish Vyas
Architect - Cloud Serviced at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 26, 2019
They have many different options with Palo Alto WildFire and the set-up is quick. If you have all the details in hand, it does not take more than 15 minutes to deploy a firewall.
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reviewer818484 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
May 9, 2019
The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not.
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Palo Alto Networks WildFire Cons review quotes

it_user647316 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user647316
Senior Systems Administrator/Network Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 15, 2017
The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker.
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Azadur Sarker
Deputy Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jul 10, 2017
The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve.
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Bachir Elsitt
Network Security Engineer at Data Consult
Jan 10, 2018
​The VPN and decryption need improvement.
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Net32SysAd92
Network System Administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 22, 2018
They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly.
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it_user722004 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user722004
Security Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 29, 2018
I think it would be nice for Palo Alto to work without the connection to the cloud. It is 100% powerful when connected to the cloud. But, if you disconnect from the cloud, you only get 40-50% power.
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Harish Gupta
Head Of Operations at Rah Infotech Pvt Ltd
Nov 6, 2018
I would give this product a rating of 9 out of 10 due to some slight issues of performance.
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it_user839463 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user839463
Associate Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2018
As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity.
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Itnetw355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Itnetw355
IT Network Consultant Engineer - Projects and ICT Infrastructure Services at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 24, 2019
Other vendors have some sort of bandwidth management built into the firewall itself and Palo Alto is missing that.
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Girish Vyas
Architect - Cloud Serviced at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 26, 2019
There are certain changes that I was expecting in the previous version, and I hope that they are soon fixed. All of the problems that I have faced so far have been resolved.
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reviewer818484 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer818484
Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
May 9, 2019
I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product.
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