Prisma SD-WAN ION Virtual Appliance (BYOL)
Palo Alto Networks | ION v6.5.1Linux/Unix, Other v6.5.1 - 64-bit HAQM Machine Image (AMI)
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Stable, and top tier cloud management
What do you like best about the product?
I've worked with these products by Palo Alto in my organization ( +5000 employees) and the thing I enjoyed the most is that in my 3 year experince with it it has sempliefied my daily job and saved many costs in the 3 years. It's a well designed and well built product.
What do you dislike about the product?
VRF features are less implementable compared to Ciscos or Fortinet, this product is also mostly designed for hub-spoke and this gave us quite some limitations and the documentation they provide is not enough.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main reason we had to deploy it is cause we as service provider had to manage a large IaaS covering 300 corporate customer and Prisma offered a great centralized and friendly management with security integreted features and some great improvement in our network performance
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Review of Prisma SD-WAN by Palo Alto Networks
What do you like best about the product?
Prisma SD-WAN provides excellent application-aware routing, ensuring that critical applications receive the necessary bandwidth and low latency. This has greatly improved our overall network performance.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial setup can be somewhat complex and time-consuming, especially for organizations without prior experience with SD-WAN solutions. However, the comprehensive documentation and support from Palo Alto Networks help mitigate this issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prisma SD-WAN helps solve problems like complex network management, inconsistent application performance, security vulnerabilities, and high costs. It benefits you by making network management easier, improving application performance, enhancing security, and reducing costs. Overall, it simplifies operations and ensures your network runs smoothly and securely.
From 5 years of using PA
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of Use
Palo Alto SD-WAN excels in its intuitive interface, which simplifies policy management and traffic prioritization. Leveraging my experience with CheckPoint and Stormshield NGFW platforms, I found Palo Alto’s centralized dashboard particularly streamlined for configuring QoS policies and monitoring application performance. The visual topology mapping reduces complexity in troubleshooting, aligning with my work in global WAN environments (MPLS, IPSEC, SSLVPN).
Palo Alto SD-WAN excels in its intuitive interface, which simplifies policy management and traffic prioritization. Leveraging my experience with CheckPoint and Stormshield NGFW platforms, I found Palo Alto’s centralized dashboard particularly streamlined for configuring QoS policies and monitoring application performance. The visual topology mapping reduces complexity in troubleshooting, aligning with my work in global WAN environments (MPLS, IPSEC, SSLVPN).
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost and Licensing Overhead
The platform’s premium pricing model and feature-tiered licensing (e.g., advanced security modules, cloud integrations) may strain budgets for small-to-medium enterprises. This contrasts with open-source or cost-flexible solutions like pfSense or Fortinet, which you’ve likely encountered in past roles at smaller firms.
The platform’s premium pricing model and feature-tiered licensing (e.g., advanced security modules, cloud integrations) may strain budgets for small-to-medium enterprises. This contrasts with open-source or cost-flexible solutions like pfSense or Fortinet, which you’ve likely encountered in past roles at smaller firms.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Deploying Prisma SD‑WAN at the Hungarian State Treasury has given me a single, cohesive platform to manage thousands of encrypted tunnels, enforce uniform security postures, and deliver predictable performance to all branches—without the typical silos, manual overhead, or visibility gaps of legacy WAN architectures.
Very helpful for daily tasks
What do you like best about the product?
Clear dashboard . It gives strong insights into network activity, which really helps with troubleshooting. Details like threat detection and URL filtering are good, and WildFire adds an additional layer of safety through catching threats before.
What do you dislike about the product?
Everything is fine for now.
There is nothing I dislike.
The price is ok, no high prices and comparing to other tools, I find it the best. Very easy to use.
There is nothing I dislike.
The price is ok, no high prices and comparing to other tools, I find it the best. Very easy to use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Protect the network with the cloud network security.
Allows us to stop the latest and most sophisticated web-based threats.
We benefit from deep visibility and command of all applications with controls and contextual policies to protect our sensitive data.
Allows us to stop the latest and most sophisticated web-based threats.
We benefit from deep visibility and command of all applications with controls and contextual policies to protect our sensitive data.
SD-WAN makes life easier
What do you like best about the product?
What I really like is how much simpler it makes network management, especially across multiple sites. The interface is clean and easy to work with, and being able to monitor traffic and performance in real-time has been a huge plus. It handles routing decisions smartly based on app performance, which saves a lot of time and troubleshooting.
What do you dislike about the product?
We also ran into a few hiccups integrating it with some of our older systems. Another small gripe is that some features you might expect to be included require extra licensing, which adds up. Support has been okay, but there were a few times we had to wait longer than we’d like for responses.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
One of the main things Prisma SD-WAN helped us with was simplifying how we connect all our branch locations. Before, managing that was a bit of a mess and took a lot of time. Now we can see everything in one place and don’t have to rely on MPLS like we used to.
Is not friendly user for new users
What do you like best about the product?
One of the best aspects of Prisma SD-WAN is its intelligent, application-aware traffic steering. Unlike traditional SD-WAN solutions that rely solely on static policies, Prisma SD-WAN uses machine learning and AI-driven insights to dynamically optimize traffic based on real-time network conditions. This results in better application performance, reduced latency, and improved user experience, especially for cloud and SaaS applications.
Additionally, its tight integration with Prisma Access provides end-to-end security with zero trust principles, ensuring that remote users and branch offices are securely connected without adding complexity to network management. The centralized management and automation capabilities also help streamline deployments and reduce operational overhead.
Additionally, its tight integration with Prisma Access provides end-to-end security with zero trust principles, ensuring that remote users and branch offices are securely connected without adding complexity to network management. The centralized management and automation capabilities also help streamline deployments and reduce operational overhead.
What do you dislike about the product?
One potential drawback of Prisma SD-WAN is its learning curve and initial complexity. While the AI-driven automation and centralized management are powerful, they can be overwhelming for teams unfamiliar with Palo Alto Networks' ecosystem. Organizations migrating from traditional SD-WAN solutions may require additional training and adaptation time to fully leverage its capabilities.
Another concern is licensing and cost, as Prisma SD-WAN can be more expensive than some competitors, especially for smaller businesses. The tight integration with Prisma Access is a strength, but it also means that organizations heavily invested in other security solutions might face compatibility or redundancy challenges.
Another concern is licensing and cost, as Prisma SD-WAN can be more expensive than some competitors, especially for smaller businesses. The tight integration with Prisma Access is a strength, but it also means that organizations heavily invested in other security solutions might face compatibility or redundancy challenges.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security Gaps in Remote Branches → Integrated Zero Trust Security Tight integration with Prisma Access ensures secure, policy-driven connectivity for branch offices without requiring additional firewalls.
Prisma SD-WAN recommendation
What do you like best about the product?
I enjoy how Prisma SD-WAN offers a great amount of connectivity and also ensures that the connectivity is safe and secure to use. I feel at ease knowing all devices are using this.
What do you dislike about the product?
One thing I dislike about Prisma SD-WAN is that it feels much more complicated to initially set up compared to other many alternatives I have used in the past.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prisma SD-WAN has helped with making all work functions over my network much simpler than it was working before. I appreciate how the ADEM leads to a much easier user experience for me.
It’s a really helpful software!
What do you like best about the product?
I like its ability to provide deep visibility to network traffic which helps ensure seamless connectivity and security.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that that the initial set up configuration is complex so there is a bit of a learning curve.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The software is helping me simplifies automation of management and solves security problems from legacy software. It even forks me by ensuring high speed, low latency connections for critical applications.
A Secure and Intelligent Networking Solution for Modern Enterprises
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Prisma SD-WAN is its ease of use and seamless integration with Prisma Access, making security and networking management much more efficient. The cloud-based orchestration simplifies operations, allowing for easy implementation and centralized control over distributed networks. The AI-driven automation enhances network performance and security, reducing manual intervention. Additionally, the wide range of features, such as intelligent traffic routing and real-time analytics, ensures optimal connectivity and user experience. Customer support is also great.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve may be steep for organizations without prior experience with Palo Alto Networks' ecosystem. Additionally, the licensing costs can be on the higher side compared to some competitors, but because of the frecuency of use is worthy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prisma SD-WAN addresses critical business challenges, including network complexity, security vulnerabilities, and inconsistent application performance.
Its Zero Trust security framework and Prisma Access integration fortify remote offices and cloud applications, mitigating cyber risks.
These advantages translate into enhanced efficiency, diminished operational expenses, and a robust security posture.
Its Zero Trust security framework and Prisma Access integration fortify remote offices and cloud applications, mitigating cyber risks.
These advantages translate into enhanced efficiency, diminished operational expenses, and a robust security posture.
DATA Sharing
What do you like best about the product?
Useful for extensive networking . wide use of networking
What do you dislike about the product?
The high cost not feasible for everyone to use becasue of its high cost
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network complexity , securtity
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