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APF Software Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
APF Software Firewall
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Advanced Policy Firewall (APF) is a free and open-source iptables(netfilter) based firewall system designed around the Internet 's deployed servers and the unique needs of custom deployed Linux installations. The configuration of APF is designed to be informative and present the user with an easy to follow process, from top to bottom of the configuration file.
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Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Score 10.0 out of 10
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The VM-Series is a virtualized form of Palo Alto next-generation firewall that can be deployed in a range of cloud environments. The VM-Series natively analyzes all traffic in a single pass to determine the application identity, the content within, and the user identity.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
APF Software Firewall
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Ratings
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
9.5
6 Ratings
10% above category average
Identification Technologies00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Visualization Tools00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
Content Inspection00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
Firewall Management Console00 Ratings9.46 Ratings
Reporting and Logging00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
VPN00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
High Availability00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Stateful Inspection00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Proxy Server00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
User Ratings
APF Software FirewallPalo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
9.5
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
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10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
APF Software FirewallPalo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
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Palo Alto Networks
PaloAlto VM-200 is a virtualized firewall with high processing power and network edge protection. The great advantage is being able to implement in a VMware environment without worrying about hardware, rack space, physical network connections and others. It can be easily managed via the web and remotely to create protection, access and reporting rules. The VM-200 firewall can be used by any company, small or large because it has several models available according to the real needs of each one.
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Pros
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Palo Alto Networks
  • Decrypt internet traffic
  • daily reporting of top internet users
  • classify internet traffic in real-time to allow us to understand the organization needs.
  • Strong AI capabilities
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Ronald Barrett
Director of Information Technology
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Cons
Open Source
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Palo Alto Networks
  • High Availability can be improved to allow active-active deployment
  • All command line documentation to provide and support automation
  • It will be nice to have link aggregation just like in the hardware firewall models.
Shephered Moyo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shephered Moyo
Systems Engineer
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Usability
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Palo Alto Networks
It is very easy to use, even for those with little experience in this particular firewall. Some of the advanced content filtering and content-based policies are difficult to pick up; however, almost all required decoders are built in. Built-in logging and rule testing make rule definition easy, and labels/tags allow filtering, grouping, and categorisation of rules. Updates are easy, and high availability is also reliable.
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Support Rating
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Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto VM series are best selling and industry's top-selling security product which customers prefer while securing their public cloud environment
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Alternatives Considered
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Palo Alto Networks
palo alto firewalls are application-oriented systems. They can beat other product which are based on layer 3/4 inspection. Vm series are also quickly available and could be useful in urgent deployment needs . other vendors like Fortinet and cisco could take much more time to provide the VM and in some cases installation and license validation are complicated
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Return on Investment
Open Source
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Palo Alto Networks
  • ROI has been achieved quickly through lack of security incidents.
  • Inline filtering happens at line rate, unline Sourcefire from Cisco.
  • Great incentives from PAN to switch made a difference in the choice to change.
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