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Palo Alto Networks

Prisma Cloud

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

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What is Prisma Cloud?

By offering advanced data protection and consistency across clouds, Palo Alto Networks reins in the risks. Our products address your cloud access security broker, or CASB, needs and provide advanced capabilities in risk discovery, data loss prevention and advanced threat protection. Now, you can maintain compliance while preventing data leaks and business disruption through a fully cloud-delivered CASB deployment.

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Awards & Recognition

Prisma Cloud won the following awards in the Cloud Access Security Broker category

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Product Impact

Latest Award, 2025

4 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2025

Product Impact

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

4 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

Prisma Cloud 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.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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.

+84 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 Prisma Cloud?

0% Negative

12% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Cloud Security Posture Management

Policy Management

Cloud Discovery

Zero Trust

Inspect Data in Authorized App

Encryption/Tokenization

Threat Integration

Analytics and Reporting

Record Management

Access Control

Web Content Filtering

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Prisma Cloud Reviews

Otieno G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Cloud Access Security Made Easy

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Prisma Cloud from other similar products?

When it comes to managing cloud risks, there is no better broker than Prisma Cloud.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the ease of discovering risks with Prisma Cloud It comes with advanced threat detection and protection

What do you dislike most about this product?

Prisma Cloud has been great all through

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

With Prisma Cloud, data leaks is is prevented and we no longer worry about cloud security. I recommend this software fully.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Elvin F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Operative Platform for Business Access

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Prisma Cloud from other similar products?

Prisma Cloud makes a solutions useful for the purposes of access controls

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Prisma Cloud has a solid navigating power to boost business controlled access

What do you dislike most about this product?

Prisma Cloud is more operational in matters intelligence, but the price tag is quite hefty.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Prisma Cloud is conventional in establishing business safety

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Aakansha P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Great customer service and great product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Prisma Cloud from other similar products?

The breadth of features and the policy pack is extensive.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love the UI and the intuitive nature of the product

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure you utilise the product in the most efficient manner.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

Prisma Cloud Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Prisma Cloud?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Security Posture Management Provides functionality to extend security policies into Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) assets.

Policy Management Solution centralizes policies, standards, and procedures mapped to regulations or best-practices (PCI-DSS, ISO/IEC, HIPAA, etc.) with built-in templates.

Cloud Discovery Automated discovery of cloud usage across the environment and users.

Zero Trust Provides features that enable a zero trust architecture, including device authentication and user contextual risk based authentication.

Inspect Data in Authorized App System can be deployed in an API mode to scan data at rest in cloud services and enforce policies across this data.

Encryption/Tokenization Ensures enterprise control on encryption keys, barring access to corporate data without the knowledge of the enterprise.

Threat Integration Provides Endpoint protection through integration with anti-virus, anti-malware, UEBA and other security appliances.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Record Management Includes ability for Data stewards to monitor data quality, taking action to determine the root cause of flagged issues and recommending remediation actions.

Access Control Defines and grants access to data within the network based on roles and responsibilities.

Web Content Filtering Restrictive filtering of web surfing to limit exposure to harmful and inappropriate sites.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Prisma Cloud Reviews

Otieno G.

Cloud Access Security Made Easy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Elvin F.

Operative Platform for Business Access

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Aakansha P.

Great customer service and great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Security Posture Management

Policy Management

Cloud Discovery

Zero Trust

Inspect Data in Authorized App

Encryption/Tokenization

Threat Integration

Analytics and Reporting

Record Management

Access Control

Web Content Filtering

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration