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    Cisco Multicloud Defense

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AA solution to simplify security and gain multidirectional protection across any public or private cloud to block inbound attacks, lateral movement, and data exfiltration using a single solution. Cisco Multicloud Defense protects all cloud environments using a single software-as-a-service (SaaS) control plane, eliminating inefficient, complex, and costly point solutions.N/A

    Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/APrisma Cloud, from Palo Alto Networks (based on technology acquired with Evident.io, or the Evident Security Platform) is presented as a comprehensive Cloud Native Security Platform (CNSP) that delivers full lifecycle security and full stack protection for multi- and hybrid-cloud environments. The solution is dedicated to reducing attack surface and checking for vulnerabilities against known or custom signatures of threats and provides daily risk reports, and also detects what users were…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
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Cloud Computing Security Features
    Comparison of Cloud Computing Security Features features of Cisco Multicloud Defense and Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud
    Feature
    Cisco Multicloud Defense
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Automated Data Backup and Recovery8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intrusion Detection and Prevention:7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regular Vulnerability Management8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identity and Access Management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure Data Transfer8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Incident Response8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance and Auditing8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Multicloud DefensePalo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    For WAF functionality and delivery of websites, It's very well suited for traditional firewalling, if you're doing that already, it can be quite difficult to rearchitect everything around this product. So an example of that would be if, like us, you came from a datacenter style architecture within your cloud environment and you are trying to move to a more cloud-fronted architecture. Probably the best way to put it is that can be quite difficult, but once you've deployed, it gets easier operationally. So to kind of reverse engineer everything and then do everything again can be quite tedious in some ways. But that will be specific to people depending on where they're coming from with it.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    Finding specific Cloud Vendor specific Cloud resource configuration, tags, network information and etc. is fairly easy to do. Cloud alert capabilities are pretty good and with proper knowledge top notch alerts can be created. Only downside I can think of is ease of use.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • DLP monitoring - key item for us which helps to view if anything which should leave our environment our or even between each part of network between/inside specific clouds
    • Segmentation of subnet, basic but helpful to isolate each host into their own part of single subnet and connect them, including all visibility features which are offered by Cisco defense systems
    • Allow/deny rules helps us to block, monitor and logs traffic passing in each direction of our environment
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    Palo Alto Networks
    • Vulnerability assessment using Twistlock
    • Enhancing Security by scanning workload based on different Security standards and provide a compliance report
    • CF template integration with CI/CD pipeline to identify any security issue before workload are deployed
    • IAM/UEBA features additional to enchaining security posture
    • Auto remediation
    • Integration is simple and solution is supported on multiple cloud
    • Customized dashboard/queries
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The ability to see traffic flowing and identify malicious traffic is amazing.
    • The ease of setting up the connections of the cloud platforms is perfect.
    • Dynamic based security policies allow for better protection.
    • I don't have any detailed examples of improvement so instead I highlighted a couple of aspects that make the solution amazing.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    • Real-time supports would be much appreciated. At the moment they have a third-party ticketing support tool, which can be replaced with real-time support, which can be provided to the user at the time of the issue.
    • The user should be provided with all the learning material by the Palo Alto team at the time of license purchase. This would save a lot of users' time, which is taken up by research and finding the correct documents from the website.
    • Themes can be introduced in the feature set, which would help the user customize the software as per their needs.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    If it maintains its current direction it will be very disruptive in the cloud security space
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    Palo Alto Networks
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Ease of Use
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    Palo Alto Networks
    It is no doubts about their functionalities and top-notch security features. The Products do really well in their every feature and gives you complete visibility to your valuable Data at all. The Support for the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud is also one of the plus point where you gain the confidence into the product.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    As of yet I havent logged a TAC case - It will be interesting to see how it is supported as a new product in the medium term
    Incentivized
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    Palo Alto Networks
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Multicloud Defense, Crowd Strike Falcon, and Arctic Wolf Cloud Posture Security Management System as a service SAAS platforms are very comparable platforms. Unfortunately for Croud Strike, they had a mishap recently that caused major downtime for many companies worldwide. I do not think that you would have to worry about this happening with Cisco Multicloud Defense.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    Prisma Cloud stacks well with other similar Palo Alto products. UI is beautiful, has decent documentation and some trainings as in other platforms.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • The insight that it provides allows us to move away from other tools and just utilize the Cisco Multicloud Defense.
    • Insights into data usage provides tangible analytics.
    • Ease of management and use allows for less in-depth and specialized training.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    • Help reduce the cost by assisting what resources can be removed according to usage.
    • Report the vulnerabilities.
    • Time saved in investigating the issue.
    Incentivized
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