VM-Series Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (BYOL)
Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS 10.1.14-h9Linux/Unix, Other 10.1.14-h9 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Using Palo alto Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to deploy on AWS, Azure, and GCP with consistent security policies across hybrid environments is a game-changer. Additionally, the SSL decryption feature ensures no threats hide in encrypted traffic
What do you dislike about the product?
The VM-Series’ dynamic address groups and User-ID features streamline policy enforcement based on real-time user/device context. The Threat Prevention subscription (with WildFire) provides AI-driven malware analysis
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Shadow IT Risks: Layer 7 visibility identifies unauthorized SaaS apps (e.g., employees using unapproved cloud storage), reducing data exfiltration risks by 60%.
Cloud Security Gaps: Auto-scaling in AWS prevents bottlenecks during traffic spikes while maintaining threat inspection.
Cloud Security Gaps: Auto-scaling in AWS prevents bottlenecks during traffic spikes while maintaining threat inspection.
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very easy to spin up, manage, and deploy using terraform, manage using ansible
What do you like best about the product?
was able to deploy using terraform, and provision all the firewall rules using ansible, easy to control via code. was able to test deploying in AWS and azure with no problems.
What do you dislike about the product?
not much, great product overall. i will say i wish getting the product deployed was a little faster, not nessicarly the most emphermial product, but besides that great
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
limiting access to backend application, acting as network gatweay and firewall for my backend appication. used it as middlewear in between azure devops and my private application.
Great experience using Palo Alto VM series devices
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use and implementation of the VM devices. VM series offer a great experience whether deploying in the cloud or on-premises. Palo Alto support is very responsive, also the support portal is very easy to navigate.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not much to dislike about Palo Alto VM series devices, one thing might be the way they are licenced. You need to purchase Flex credits and depending on the features you use it how many credits your VM consumes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Enabling our organization and our users to establish secure connection to external applications and services. Also provides resiliency and stability to our network.
Highly Secure and Efficient
What do you like best about the product?
This upe'd our security 10x. I loved the ease in managing and configuring the firewall. Loved how easy the GUI was to navigate and how intuitive it was.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes logs were hard to find and pin point because there was not enough info. There was also some syncing issues between Okta and Palo Alto when we setup Scep certs for WIFI.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It saving our IT team a lot of time by allowing us to automate security threats and send us notifications when we need to be aware of high level issues.
Intuitive and efficient
What do you like best about the product?
The software is easy to use and responsive. I work a high-volume help desk and VPN issues are one of our main call drivers, which requires efficiency.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no pop-up or noticeable prompt after resubmitting the host profile and when it is complete. Also, may be helpful to have a disconnect prompt.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
User's frequently call for lost access to an application that requires the VPN and Palo Alto makes it easy for me to troubleshoot their connection issue.
Palo Alto network
What do you like best about the product?
Securely connecting to server without any security issues. Do not allow any outside threats during connectivity. Timely refreshing connection points. Stable connectivity
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it gets disconnect unknowingly. Network disruptions can be handled more precisely. Connectivity issues can be handled more efficiently.
Network switch required
Network switch required
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Securely connecting with the client server without any issues.
Allowing user to connect in other domain servers using VPN.
Easy and robust way to connect server
Allowing user to connect in other domain servers using VPN.
Easy and robust way to connect server
Review for VM-Series Virtual Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
It provides great scalability with different cloud providers. Also, it has stand out features like malware detection.
What do you dislike about the product?
From my point of view the costing of firewall is little high than other firewalls. Sometimes also it consumes hight cpu and memory usage that leads to increase in cost.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For the containerizaed workloads it provides greater security. Also it simplifies audits and compliance risks.
Best VM-series Virtual Firewall in the market by Palo Alto
What do you like best about the product?
Best feature about this is Advanced threat protection it provides. I personally like this feature. Furthermore, it provides great collaboration with different cloud providers like Azure, AWS and more.
What do you dislike about the product?
From Infrastructure as Code (IaC) point of view, its not the best. Because it has some issues with it. From my POV, the cost is also bit more from the market's tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The security it provides is immensely awesome. Whether you are using cloud technologies or not, it is the best. It helps also in automating the deployments via Hashicorp's Terraform.
Excellent threat detection and prevention features
What do you like best about the product?
Palo Alto VM-Series is its flexibility to deploy robust security across diverse virtual environments and cloud platforms.
What do you dislike about the product?
Palo Alto VM-Series cost is too high , traffic congestion and commuting difficulties.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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User Friendly Application
What do you like best about the product?
It is providing advanced threat protection with deep packet inspection, application based control, and zero-day threat protection through wildfire. it integrates seamlessly with major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and google cloud, ensuring consistant security policies across hybrid and multip-cloud environmnets.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have anything i dislike. Everythins looks perfect for me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It addresses key problems such as inconsistent security across hybrid and multi-clous environments
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