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Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10

What is Palo Alto Cortex XDR?

To stay ahead of fast-moving threats, you need AI-powered endpoint security that continuously learns new attack techniques. Cortex XDR™ offers protection that blocks all malware, exploits and fileless attacks to keep your endpoints safe

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Awards & Recognition

Palo Alto Cortex XDR won the following awards in the Endpoint Protection - Enterprise category

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

88 Plan to Renew

6
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Palo Alto Cortex XDR?

0% Negative
12% Neutral
88% Positive

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Daniel F.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

proactive detection and prevention of cyberthreats

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

The smooth implementation of Traps, and its immediate effectiveness, have encouraged a greater appetite for tackling security

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Proactively identifies and blocks the most advanced known and unknown cyberthreats, leveraging central intelligence capabilities and automatic delivery of preventive security measures

What do you dislike most about this product?

The system availability can decline during traffic peaks. Rogue traffic causes connectivity problems, especially for the call center, during the busiest times of the workday

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Palo Alto Networks platform delivers application, user, and content visibility and control, as well as protection against known and unknown cyberthreats. The threat intelligence cloud provides central intelligence capabilities and automates the delivery of preventative measures against cyberattacks

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Joshua W.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Great solution for end point protection!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

Their ability to unify prevention, investigation, detection and response in one platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cortex's ability to bring our vast amount of data together into one place for analysis and review.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing, it's a great solution to help keep our network secure from external threats.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Talk to one of their representatives. They were very helpful in answering all of the questions we had!

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Vassilis B.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Innovative solution to thwart threats

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

It is absolutely critical to the company because it allows users to securely access applications and data without having to store the information locally where it might be lost or stolen. I was impressed by the way Palo Alto Networks uses crowdsourcing to improve the operation of Traps

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

A solution that look at everything coming into the data center, identify the threats and eliminate as many as possible. It keeps our security infrastructure simple and easy to manage and safeguards all traffic for the company operations, including our flagship website, mobile apps and payment infrastructure

What do you dislike most about this product?

The Palo Alto Networks consultant showed me how to use Auto-Focus to observe the entire threat lifecycle. The time I spent getting up to speed om Auto-Focus was one of the most valuable exercises I have done in a long time

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Palo Alto Networks has consistently evolved in the security marketplace in areas such as next-generation firewalls and endpoint protection. When it comes to product quality, Palo Alto Network sets the standard for the industry

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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