Name: PA-Series
Rating: 4.6 (1156 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is PA-Series?

PA-Series is a network security software from Palo Alto Networks that provides firewall capabilities for enterprises and organizations. The software offers advanced threat prevention, application awareness, and traffic control to help manage and secure network traffic. It is designed to identify and control applications, users, and content, enabling organizations to protect against cyber threats and enforce security policies. The software supports features such as intrusion prevention, URL filtering, malware analysis, and visibility into encrypted traffic. PA-Series aims to address challenges related to unauthorized access, data breaches, and regulatory compliance by offering centralized management and reporting capabilities for network security.

Overall experience with PA-Series

DIRECTOR OF IT

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education

FAVORABLE

“Ease of Use and Monitoring Stand Out in Palo Alto PA-3410 Experience”

5.0

Nov 3, 2025

Migrating to Palo Alto's PA-3410 Next-Generation Firewall has been a highly positive experience, significantly enhancing our security posture. The device efficiently manages our campus network traffic, delivering robust performance and reliability without compromise.

DIRECTOR OF IT ENGINEERING

500M - 1B USD, Travel and Hospitality

CRITICAL

“Strong Threat Detection and Reliable Platform Amid Declining Support Experiences”

3.0

Jul 31, 2025

The product is great but the sales team and support are lacking.

About Company

Company Description

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity organization shaping the future of cloud-centric technology. The main business objective is to provide effective cybersecurity solutions, maintaining and valuing the digital way of life. It addresses the significant issue of maintaining digital security in an increasingly online-centric world. The company utilizes innovative approaches leveraging advancements in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. Offering an integrated platform and bolstering a burgeoning ecosystem of collaborators, it assures protection across various platforms including clouds, networks, and mobile devices. The organization envisions a progressively safe and secure digital world each day.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

2005

Head office location

SANTA CLARA, United States

Number of employees

10001+

Website

http://www.paloaltonetworks.com

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The intuitive interface and ease of use are standout features, making day-to-day management straightforward. Its robust monitoring tools provide deep visibility into network activity, which has been instrumental in quickly identifying and resolving issues.

The product works great and the platform is robust. It does real well at detecting and preventing threats. It is also very reliable.

In my opinion, the strenght of firewalls lies in their easy of management and configuration. At the hardware level, depending on the model, they are extremely robust and high-capacity devices. Another aspect worth highlighting is the manufacturer's technical support. We've had a few software issues that the partner couldn't resolve, but the Palo Alto engineers quickly figured out how to handle them.

While I don't have any specific complaints about the PA-3410, it does come with a steep learning curve. The platform offers a wide range of powerful features, but fully understanding and utilizing them requires a significant investment of time and training.

The sales and support teams have declined drastically over the last couple of years.

The aspect I like least, aside from the price of the equipment, is the firmware updates and version upgrades. All the problems we've had have stemmed from a software change. You have to be very careful when upgrading the firewall.

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Gov't/PS/Ed

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Ease of Use and Monitoring Stand Out in Palo Alto PA-3410 Experience

IT Manager

Palo Alto Firewalls Offer Reliable Management But High Costs

Mar 5, 2026

Palo Alto firewalls have provided us with realiability for many years. Managing the equipment is simple and very convenient compared to other firewalls in its class. It offers a wealth of data for monitoring and logging, wich greatly facilitates management. However, maintaining the licenses and equipment is expensive, making them suitable for large enterprises.

It Security & Risk Management Associate

1B-10B USD

Insurance (except health)

Palo Alto Firewalls Streamline Network Management With Efficient Panorama Integration

Jan 22, 2026

Overall, Palo Alto is an extremely crucial client we use within our company. We rely on their services, customer support, and applications heavily. The Palo Alto Firewalls have been a backbone in our company, being able to manage all firewalls on Panorama makes work extremely fluent and quick to solve troubleshooting issues.

DEPUTY MANAGER

10B+ USD

Energy and Utilities

Deployment of Palo Alto 5200 Series Enhanced Security and Performance Measures

Nov 30, 2025

We have successfully deployed Palo alto 5200 series firewalls in our enterprises environment, after this deployment we achieved high performance and advances security functionality like application-aware policies, granular user based control and significantly strengthening our overall security posture.

IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE

Manufacturing

Initial Setup Difficult but Advanced Security Features and Wide Capabilities Stand Out

Feb 2, 2026

Hard to get into the administration of the system but once you get some experience it has great capabilities