VM-Series Next-Gen Virtual Firewall w/Advanced Threat Prevention (PAYG)
Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS 10.2.14Linux/Unix, Other PAN-OS 10.2.14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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yes, off course. its very good, reliable
What do you like best about the product?
1) It works seamlessly with AWS, Azure and google cloud and others
2)It has security features like App-ID, User-ID and Threat preventions on appliances.
2)It has security features like App-ID, User-ID and Threat preventions on appliances.
What do you dislike about the product?
1) Too much resource intensive on CPU and memory in cloud environments.
2) It needs deep expertise as in training to understand it's full value which can be understood.
2) It needs deep expertise as in training to understand it's full value which can be understood.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1) It's slow and security has to be done manually
2) There is almost no or very less visibility and control in the cloud
3) It's not reliable with security policies across all environments
2) There is almost no or very less visibility and control in the cloud
3) It's not reliable with security policies across all environments
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Robust Cloud Firewall with Granular Control and Strong Security Features
What do you like best about the product?
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall is a fantastic choice for organizations that need enterprise-grade security in virtualized and cloud environments. It applies features like application-aware traffic management, threat protection, and packet analysis with packet flexibility on AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes environments.
One of its best features is offering consistent security policies for multi-cloud and hybrid deployments. The firewall is highly scalable, is automatable with tools like Terraform, and plays nicely in CI/CD pipelines. Management through Panorama also simplifies operations by providing centralized management over multiple instances.
The built-in WildFire service offers a secondary layer of real-time threat intelligence, helping to defend against new and emerging threats in a timely fashion.
One of its best features is offering consistent security policies for multi-cloud and hybrid deployments. The firewall is highly scalable, is automatable with tools like Terraform, and plays nicely in CI/CD pipelines. Management through Panorama also simplifies operations by providing centralized management over multiple instances.
The built-in WildFire service offers a secondary layer of real-time threat intelligence, helping to defend against new and emerging threats in a timely fashion.
What do you dislike about the product?
While the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall is excellent at security, it is not without its drawbacks. The most significant drawback is cost — licensing, subscription, and cloud resource use can easily become expensive, especially at scale. Setup is also extremely complex and usually requires specialist knowledge, so the learning curve is steep for beginners. Additionally, the firewall can be resource-intensive, consuming heavy CPU and memory, and that increases the operating cost in cloud environments. Last, Palo Alto's licensing options and feature sets are difficult to understand, making the onboarding more complicated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall is meeting the critical need to protect cloud and hybrid environments as securely as it is conventionally possible in on-premises data centers. It is confronting challenges like detecting advanced threats, fine-grained traffic control, application visibility, and consistent policy enforcement across multiple cloud platforms. With deep packet inspection, real-time threat intelligence, and automation tool integrations like Terraform, it enables us to securely migrate workloads into the cloud without relaxing security. This has enabled us to accomplish risk reduction, compliance enhancement, and centralized visibility and management for all our network infrastructure irrespective of where the workloads are directed.
Palo Alto's reliability
What do you like best about the product?
Through my career I've worked with several firewall providers, primarily Sophos what I love about Palo Alto compared to the others is that the support base for this firewall is extremely detailed. Also many advanced features, exactly what you would need in the enterprise.
What do you dislike about the product?
Steep learning curve this is what was the biggest challenge and what I've disliked the most about it. Never firewalls have better UI but it's still pretty rough to switch vendors
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Well as any firewall the primary purpose is of course network protection. We have several unique Inbound/outbound rules and policy's requirements that this firewall is meeting so security and management.
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.
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.
Secure and easy to integrate.
What do you like best about the product?
It excels in providing robust security features tailored for cloud environments. Its ability to seamlessly integrate with major cloud platforms ensures consistent protection across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. Additionally, its scalability is a strong point, allowing organizations to adapt to changing workloads without compromising performance. The centralized management through Panorama further simplifies operations, making it a powerful tool for securing dynamic, cloud-based infrastructures.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial setup and configuration can be complex, especially for users without prior experience. The learning curve is steep, requiring significant time and effort to optimize deployment. Additionally, the licensing and ongoing costs can be relatively high, which could deter smaller organizations or those with limited budgets.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As an administrator, I’ve found that it solves a lot of the challenges we face with securing workloads in the cloud. It provides advanced threat prevention, great traffic visibility, and consistent policy enforcement across our hybrid and multi-cloud environments. One of the biggest benefits is its ability to integrate with cloud-native tools, which simplifies managing security across different platforms. It’s helped us prevent malware, secure east-west traffic, and maintain compliance without adding unnecessary complexity.
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.
Good experience with Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
I love the consistency of the firewall, it generally works well. It works well enough that most of the time I don't realize that it's doing anything at all.
What do you dislike about the product?
I enjoy Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall, however there are times when there are outages with it that are quite inconvenient at times. Generally I don't have issues.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves the issue of preventing bad actors from accessing the same network that I use on a daily basis at my place of business. It also solves the problem of creating an in-house firewall.
My Review of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
My role as a Cyber Security Engineer in the Caribbean's leading MSPs has had me involved with all sorts of technoliogies and after testing this vm for myself left me astounded with the Strong Security and Threat protection including Deep pack inspectopon, threat prevention against the latest vulnerabilites is a strong backing for any firewall. Along with the Cloud Integration for the different platform like Azure and AWS make deployment so much easier.
The UI that is built into the Palo Alto Firewall is a breeze to use and makes implementation less of a hastle.
The UI that is built into the Palo Alto Firewall is a breeze to use and makes implementation less of a hastle.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is minimal things I personally dislike about the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall but it was noticed that during peak traffic the performance has seen a drastic dip once a lot of traffic is transversing the network. Also tied with the high cost of licensing will add to the cons.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Palo Alto Networks VM-Series virtual firewall solves problems related to securing virtualized and cloud environments by providing advanced threat prevention and network security
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