Panorama is a solution offered by Palo Alto Networks, which manages and controls the Firewall centrally. Below is the best part of Panorama :

1. We can centrally manage and controls the connected Palo Alto Firewall

2. We can collect logs from various connected firewalls to Panorama

3. We can configure the connected firewall centrally by Panorama Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My overall experience with Panorama is very excellent, but there are some points where there is a chance for improvement :

1. In log collector mode, we can't get GUI access of the firewalls.

2. There is no option of dual-homing where we can use IPv4 & IPv6 together on the management port.

3. There should be some default template and device group that the user can use for the basic configuration of the firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With the help of Panorama, we can manage multiple firewalls at a time and change the configuration of any firewall and also see the logs of all firewalls on a common GUI which is Panorama GUI. and also collect long-time logs of multiple firewalls and reduce the risk of losing logs with the help of deploy panorama in a log-collector mode and forward all logs of firewalls to log-collectors & manage those log-collectors from panorama which it may be in only Management-mode either Panorama mode ( Log-collector + Management mode). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing I don't like about Panorama is that many times after an upgrade either panorama or firewall reachability breaks due to a particular pan-os bug.

for ex from Pan-OS 10.0.1 to 10.0.5 if you integrate the firewall with panorama you will require auth key which is generated from Panorama and pasted to the firewall through the command line.

Also on that version, if you import firewall configuration to panorama you must be enabled the feature of import object tab configuration in Panorama as a shared object and due to this existing firewall data storage must be full or high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have worked on several firewall management platforms such as Checkpoint smartcenter, Juniper`s Junos space, Cisco Firepower etc. and I found Panorama as the best among all owing to its simple user interface and one platform for all concept. The best part about is that you get a centralized interface that comprises of all the features at one place. The upgrade of the management platform is fairly easier and simplified as compared to other vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One may find the platform complex in the beginning and may require some training. In the beginning the platform was difficult for me to figure out but post getting some training sessions from the palo alto team, it was a smooth sail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is the same as that of firewalls so if you are comfortable you don't have to learn a new thing but you can already apply your knowledge.

Useful for centralizing logs, configurations and certainly firewal management in general. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Understanding how reports work is really hard.

And even when you understand it, you realize that it could be done much better: it would be enough to apply a little theory of the realistic db Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like everything about Palo Alto! Among its 2 major competitors (Fortinet and Check Point which I also handled), it has the most efficient GUI especially for the management server - Panorama. So easy to navigate and use, can easily push policies/configurations, and I can install only the changes made by me not the others, which other firewall management cannot do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Well, I can't think of any. Palo Alto is the best among other firewalls, really. The GUI is getting better on every feature release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wildfire, HA configuration, Content filtering, application filtering, even GUI also, even in NAT/PAT configuration, even policies, deployments and much more deep packet inspection also Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

License need to purchase, if we require more features need to buy individual permissions, Contexting features and HA functional capabilities need to improve, zone based firewall will good thing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use and manage all aspects of my network and protection provided was outstanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I cannot think of anything I disliked. It did take awhile to find some functions but that normal for any new product you use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The upgrades from Panaroma are quiet smooth and moreover commiting and pushing Security and NAT policies on firewalls is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes bug fixes are hurdle but palo alto support team is very quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Managing, upgrading and configuring firewalls is good. Never ever needed to log in the device itself other than log issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Having some trouble viewing logs. For big enterprises, if you have lots of object and rules you may encounter some loading screen issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of management... easy to upgrade the firewalls.. easy to manage the updates etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There should be an option to forcefully push template settings for specific settings. Currently, when we select force, it will overwrite all template values... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.