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Categories and Ranking

Digital.ai App Management [...
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Prisma Access by Palo Alto ...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (5th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (1st), Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (5th), ZTNA as a Service (4th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (1st)
 

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RA
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
​Speeds up app deployment and management. Needs a better API.
Manage mobile applications on unmanaged devices. Allows apps to be distributed to contractor's devices not on company managed MDM Speeds up app deployment and management. Provides a good and usable enterprise app store. Supports rolling out apps to unmanaged devices (devices not on Enterprise…
IgorPinter - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at PULSEC
Zero-trust access has improved remote security and now simplifies cloud-based firewall management
Regarding the integration part for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, the integration with identity providers is pretty much good. It is basically firewall as a service, so it performs well. I completed the integration without any issues. What Palo Alto Networks can do better for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is probably to have the point of presence available in more locations. The point of presence from the Serbia region has the nearest POP in Frankfurt, which is an issue since it is your gateway—when you start browsing the internet, you go through a commercial connection in Germany. They definitely need to spread the service in other countries.

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Pros

"​Speeds up app deployment and management."
"The ability to quickly get apps out to the testing community for review has proven invaluable to our mobile development efforts."
"Deployment functionality has been most valuable; we launched Apperian in June of 2015 to improve quality of deployment process for a native mobile app on Android and iOS, successfully implementing single sign-on with our corporate security."
"Allows apps to be distributed to contractor's devices not on company managed MDM."
"The features I find most valuable is WildFire, user integration, and the basic technology features."
"Being able to use the user ID or Active Directory Group is one of the great features for control and providing more flexibility without worrying about IP addresses."
"It supports auto-scaling for mobile users. It auto-scales depending on the mobile user traffic. For example, if 1,000 people are working from home today, and tomorrow, the number increases to 2,000, it is not going to be an issue."
"It shows the alerts in real-time, and we are pretty happy with the service it offers."
"Prisma Access does everything beautifully."
"Customers are quite happy with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks because there is less spending on technologies."
"You have the ability to create your own expressions for your data. Palo Alto understands that DLP is not the same for all consumers. You might have a particular need to fulfill, and they give you the opportunity to create a custom expression to match the specific format that you have. For a confidential file property that you have in your files, you can add a metadata field. It gives you that opportunity to create that."
"The valuable features are that it is easy to use, easy to integrate, and is stable; it's scalable as well."
 

Cons

"Needs a better API."
"We had an issue with deployment with Android apps, which require an expansion file."
"We have had an issue with iOS 10 since it was released that still hasn't been addressed following multiple contacts."
"Better support for Office 365 integration would help improve it further."
"When you sell a product by saying that it's cloud-native and that users can make all configuration changes on-the-fly, when those changes are made they should happen within a minute."
"Pricing for Prisma Access and Prisma SD WAN is high due to the need for different hardware flavors like IONs."
"The pricing for this solution is on the higher end. Our customer felt that the solution was a bit overpriced but they had nothing that offered them better protection."
"My clients are not satisfied with the technical support from Palo Alto Networks."
"We've run into some challenges, having hit a lot of bugs over the past year in the deployment of GlobalProtect. We've had our fair share of issues that I haven't been happy with. We're working with the support organization to remediate them and waiting for updated releases. The response on getting the bugs fixed has not been what I would consider adequate for a product like this."
"My clients would like to see a more feature-rich product."
"Their next release should provide solutions for the mobile environment."
"It's not really Prisma's fault, but when you try to create exceptions you don't really have those abilities. You cannot say, on the management platform, "Hey, for these users I want to create these exceptions." That is one thing that I have gotten some complaints about, and we have faced some challenges there."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's pricey, it's not cheap. But you get what you pay for."
"As compared to other solutions, Prisma Access is much cheaper. It is probably 30% to 40% cheaper than other solutions, but I do not know the exact cost."
"The pricing for this solution is on the higher end."
"The pricing can be difficult because it came to us with another agreement, but it can be negotiated. I highly recommend people to compare this product's performance and pricing against BetterCloud, because I feel BetterCloud is better than Prisma SaaS if they're starting from scratch."
"Actually the solution is very expensive. I don't know the particulars since the purchasing team dealt with it."
"The initial prices of Prisma Access were okay. But as soon as you start deploying Palo Alto gear, the support prices and the recurring prices, which are the major operational costs, tend to increase over time."
"It is pretty expensive. We have to balance the cost of some features. They need to work on some of the services and products, price-wise."
"This is not an expensive product and everything is included with one license."
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What is the better solution - Prisma Access or Zscaler Private Access?
We looked into Prisma Access before choosing Zscaler Private Access (ZPA). Palo Alto’s Prisma Access is a secure access service edge (SASE) designed to deliver network security in a cloud-deliver...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks?
From my experience, Palo Alto is more expensive compared to solutions like Netskope and Triscale.
What needs improvement with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks?
Regarding the integration part for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, the integration with identity providers is pretty much good. It is basically firewall as a service, so it performs well. I co...
 

Also Known As

Arxan Apperian, Apperian, Apperian App Management, Arxan Apperian App Management
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, Palo Alto GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager, Prisma SaaS by Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Access
 

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