Palo Alto Networks WildFire Reviews

Being able to discover malicious files unknown to most AV vendors.

It has allowed me to stop new attacks before they could gain a foothold in my network.

• Inspection over different protocols (not just HTTP/FTP)
• Inspecting more file types
• Providing information back to the community that it uses to support its product.

I've used it for three years. However, my current company isn't using the product. I took a different engineering route into the company and I decided to use other protection solutions and not Wildfire.

The deployment of Wildfire was surprisingly easy.

Wildfire itself was a very stable product.

I never had any issues with scalability. When I enabled it, it seemed to work in the environment that the firewall was already servicing.

Great when I was at a large company but average or less than average at a small company.

Overall their support people are better than most tech companies.

There was no solution in this space before Wildfire. Both FireEye and Wildfire came onto the market right around the same time.

It was straightforward as I could, literally, turn on the firewall settings in five minutes or less.

You really don't need to pay to turn it on. The configuration is very simple.

There are two levels of Wildfire.

1. The free version which is great, so I would guess there is no ROI on this version
2. Then there is the subscription version of the service and this is a very affordable yearly subscription per firewall

Initially, the product doesn't cost anything for the first tier of usage you can prove the product before buying it.

• FireEye
• Blue Coat
• ProofPoint.
• Even as the more the list of products I look at each year is pretty long.

If you're running Palo Alto firewalls there is no reason not to use it at the free level. Once you have run it for a while at the basic level, you can make an educated decision if it's worth paying for the subscription (it is).

We use WildFire for malware protection in our customers' companies.

WildFire's application encryption is useful.

The system performance degrades after the solution has been deployed for some time. The data that it gives us becomes a little bit slow. When you try to get some data for troubleshooting, it seems like it's working hard to extract that data. 

I've been selling WildFire for more than two years.

WildFire is stable.

Wildfire is scalable.

Palo Alto support is very slow in this region.

WildFire is easy to deploy. I have been working on these solutions for quite some time, so I don't foresee any issues.

WildFire is a little bit pricey. Sometimes it's difficult to sell it to customers at the current price.

We sometimes use Fortinet FortiGate for clients. It depends upon the requirements, which vary from customer to customer. 

I rate WildFire six out of 10. To people considering WildFire, I recommend that they understand their own needs. They should do the proper due diligence. Right now, everybody's cutting costs because of COVID-19. They're trying to automate most things through the PA, so the cost-cutting is going to be a major factor in the future.

I use this solution for protecting endpoint devices from malware.

The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses.

It has the ability to block bots that are trying to come into the network, and the Dynamic updates, pushing to the Palo Alto firewall. For example, if information comes into the enterprise and there are some new viruses, it automatically sends it to WildFire to validate. 

If it's new, they flag it, change it, and update all of the different firewalls across the globe, to inform everyone of what is going on.

The support is good but they could be faster.

I have been using Palo Alto Networks WildFire for approximately six years.

It's a very stable cloud-based solution.

It's the cloud, it scales quickly.

Technical support is alright but we have to wait for a while.

I am also acquainted with Fortinet.

Pricing could be improved.

I would rate Palo Alto Networks WildFire a nine out of ten.

The primary use case for this solution is the attention to detail. IT is also easy to manage, and easy to use. It is a really good product.

The reporting feature helps our performance. 

I really like the product, it is easy to manage and easy to use.

In the duration of our use, it has been stable.

It is a scalable product. We have had no issues with scalability.

I have not had issues with technical support of this solution.

The initial setup was very easy for us. 

The pricing is OK, it is not too expensive.

We looked at other products, but found PaloAlto to be the best solution for our needs.

I would give this product a rating of 9 out of 10 due to some slight issues of performance.

It has one of the best WebUIs that I have used, because at a glance looks simple, but offers us a lot of options to secure all the traffic that is passing through the device (or all traffic that the user decides to pass through). Besides, the way that scan the applications to detect what kind of application is do not affect anything about the device's performance. The way that the product process or handle the traffic, is one of the best in the industry.

Well, I work as a security consultant, so one of my functions is to help and provide to the end users with recommendations about technologies or process to secure their network. So, one of my customer decide to migrate from TMG/UMG to Palo Alto, it took a while, but during this process, I showed them many ways to improve their current security with Palo Alto, and after a while, they are very comfortable with the technology, for them now, it is easier to apply some kind of web filtering or application filtering than the past.

I'd like to see a wizard to create IPSec VPNs. They need to  improve the graphics to show the network behavior.

Deployment is easy.

The stability is acceptable.

It depends about the project, but offers a good HA option.

Always show to the customer what the product can do for them and what not, is a good practice, because they can open their eyes and to be sure what are the benefits of that technology. Always analyze the network topology, using the customer's network diagram and ask every doubt that you have, for my experience a good analysis and deployment plan give us a successful implementation.

We primarily use Wildfire products to prevent attacks. As resellers, we showcase the Wildfire capabilities like handling known and unknown threats on the customer side. 

The way that the solution quickly updates to adjust to threats is the solution's most valuable aspect. When there's a security attack, within five minutes, all Wildfire subscribers have access to updates so that all systems will be safe. Its threat prevention is way better than other vendor products.

In terms of threat prevention capabilities, the solution doesn't need any improvements that I can see. We've been quite satisfied.

The size of Palo Alto's cloud is big but it could be easier to use from a product management perspective.

I've been using the solution for nine months now. I'm new to Palo Alto Networks but I have been using the solution since I started working with Palo Alto Networks on the reseller side.

We've dealt with technical support in the past. Once you open a ticket from the support portal, you will be assigned an engineer. That engineer will only focus on your case until it is solved. It's unlike other vendors that don't necessarily give you the same engineer or service representative for the same ticket. It offers good continuity when there are issues to be resolved. We've been quite satisfied with their level of service.

I've used Sophos Firewall in the past. They can also block or scan threats. 

The solution is very straightforward. Setting it up is easy. We just create a Wildfire profile then apply it on the security parcel. It is pretty straightforward.

The pricing of the solution is a bit higher, but it's worth the extra money you will spend because of the protection that you get.

I really recommend Palo Alto Networks. Out of 10 stars, I would give 11. 

I would recommend the solution because it's so easy to deploy and when you read the security profiles, it's very easy to handle, unlike other vendors. When it comes to threat protection, the features are easy to use and understand.

My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway. It creates a proxy or an appropriation for the suspicious files that can be damaging. 

The cloud-based services are a nice feature.

I do not find it as secure as other solutions. Furthermore, the cloud-based solutions are still not legally available in countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Russia. Some countries do not allow the service according to country obligations. They can not use the cloud services for government offices. So, Wildfire is not allowed in several locations.

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.

I have previous experience with FireEye and Symantec. I find that Symantec is a standalone on an enterprise level secure market, which I cannot say for WildFire.

The initial setup was straightforward and easy.

We are using Palo Alto Networks WildFire as a firewall to block malicious traffic. We use the IOCs, such as hash signatures matches, and IP addresses to block potential threats. Additionally, we use Palo Alto for VPN connectivity, but this is another product.

The solution has plenty of features.

I have been using Palo Alto Networks WildFire for approximately three years.

The solution is stable.

Palo Alto Networks WildFire is scalable.

We have 12 offices that are using Palo Alto Network solutions.

I have previously used Juniper solutions, such as the vSRX model.

The solution is easy to install.

We had one person from the vendor's support team help us do the implementation of the solution. They were very helpful.

The price of the Palo Alto Networks WildFire license is expensive. When it came time to renew the solution the price doubled.

We are evaluating other solutions, such as FortiGate because the price of Palo Alto Networks WildFire is high.

If your organization can afford this solution then I would recommend it. However, there are other solutions on the market that have similar features at a lower cost, such as FortiGate and Juniper.

I rate Palo Alto Networks WildFire a nine out of ten.