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Palo Alto Networks

Prisma SD-WAN

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

39 Reviews Write a Review

What is Prisma SD-WAN?

Palo Alto Networks CloudGenix SD-WAN is the industry's first next-generation SD-WAN solution that enables the cloud-delivered branch.

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Awards & Recognition

Prisma SD-WAN won the following awards in the SD-WAN - Enterprise category

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2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

Prisma SD-WAN 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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

4
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5
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.

+95 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 SD-WAN?

0% Negative

2% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Multiple Connection Type Support

Quality of Service

Load Sharing

SD-WAN Security

Resilience

Flexible Deployment

Dynamic Routing

Simple Administration

Ease of Troubleshooting

Application Optimization

Adaptive Traffic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Prisma SD-WAN Reviews

Susmita B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Fantastic Product 9/10

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Prisma SD-WAN from other similar products?

Prisma SD-WAN is a next-generation SD-WAN, it is industry’s only next-generation SD-WAN solution that leverage machine learning (ML) and data science for autonomous operations. The solution also gives us deep application visibility, with Layer 7 intelligence.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Prisma SD-WAN uses software-defined policies for automated, real-time decision-making. This results in optimized performance, greater flexibility, and simplified network management compared to traditional WAN. It enables organizations to gain application service-level agreements (SLAs) and delivers branch services from the cloud.

What do you dislike most about this product?

They can improve UI design. Also, they can improve in complete SASE integration and the unified chassis

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ask for a demo and measure Prisma against other products, see how it stacks against competing products vis-a-vis The most important thing is to ask them to do a proof of concept. I recommend doing a POC before buying Prisma SD-WAN. This helps you understand how the solution works, If the product seems to suit your needs, clarify any doubts with Palo Alto specialists, identify all costs and know what the pricing will be.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Shankar M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Easy implementation, reduced management costs

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Prisma SD-WAN from other similar products?

Easy deployment and management, reduced upgrade efforts

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

telemetry options are great

What do you dislike most about this product?

None to mention for dislike

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Worth to buy and get stable environment

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Pedram G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Easy to use, but a bit pricey and too complicated

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates Prisma SD-WAN from other similar products?

ZTNA and next generation firewall capabilities

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The fact that it is cloud based

What do you dislike most about this product?

Too complicated to configure

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is top notch security but overly complicated to manage

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Fair
Trustworthy
Unique Features

How We Deliver

Prisma SD-WAN

What is Prisma SD-WAN?

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Prisma SD-WAN Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

4 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Prisma SD-WAN?

Pros

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

Multiple Connection Type Support Support of various broadband connection types, including TCP/IP, MPLS, frame relay, and LTE wireless.

Quality of Service Traffic prioritization and optimization for specific network services​.

Load Sharing Ability to load-share WAN traffic across multiple connections​.

SD-WAN Security Security of the SD-WAN by support of VPN and network security protocols​.

Resilience Connectivity resiliency due to the ability to leverage multiple connections .

Flexible Deployment Ability to deploy wherever broadband connectivity exists​.

Dynamic Routing Dynamic path selection across the broadband networks across the Internet​.

Simple Administration Ease of network administration across the Wide Area Network​.

Ease of Troubleshooting The simplicity of administration and of troubleshooting issues across the SD-WAN​.

Application Optimization Optimization of the performance of applications and services across the Wide Area Network​.

Adaptive Traffic Data traffic across the SD-WAN being adaptive to conditions across the Internet​.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Prisma SD-WAN Reviews

Susmita B.

Fantastic Product 9/10

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shankar M.

Easy implementation, reduced management costs

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Pedram G.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey and too complicated

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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Load Sharing

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Resilience

Flexible Deployment

Dynamic Routing

Simple Administration

Ease of Troubleshooting

Application Optimization

Adaptive Traffic

Vendor Capability Ratings

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Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

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Availability and Quality of Training

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