INDUSTRY ANALYST RECOGNITION

Eleven years as a Leader doesn’t happen by magic.

Palo Alto Networks was recognized as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls report—and has been recognized 11 times. The way we see it, that’s what happens when you innovate to stop the most sophisticated threats.
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Leader in enterprise firewalls.

Palo Alto Networks was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewalls Q4 2022 report. Out of the 10 vendors evaluated, Palo Alto Networks received the highest scores in the Current Offering and Strategy categories.
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Miercom, an independent network and security testing organization, performed rigorous testing on several Next-Generation Firewalls against similarly priced Fortinet firewalls. The results clearly show the advantages in performance and security Palo Alto Networks firewalls deliver. See the full side-by-side comparison.

Results: PA-3400 and PA-5400 Series Next-Generation Firewalls against similarly priced Fortinet firewalls.

1.3x

higher throughput with security services enabled.

<10%

degradation of application traffic performance.

Lower cost

per protected Mbps than similar Fortinet products.

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Results: PA-5450 Series Next-Generation Firewalls for data centers or large campus locations against similarly priced Fortinet firewalls.

2.3x

better performance.

Predictable throughput

with security services enabled.

46%

lower total cost of ownership (TCO) per MB.

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Results: PA-400 Series Next-Generation Firewalls for branch and small office locations against similarly priced Fortinet firewalls.

6x

better performance.

Predictable throughput

with security services enabled.

9x

lower total cost of ownership (TCO) per MB.

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TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT™ STUDIES


Palo Alto Networks commissioned Forrester Consulting in January 2024 to examine the potential return on investment from deploying Next-Generation Firewalls. Quantified benefits from the resulting study include:

50%

reduction in the likelihood of a data breach.

50%

reduction in effort to manage the security stack.

229%

three-year return on investment (ROI) with payback in 7 months.


Palo Alto Networks also commissioned Forrester Consulting in November 2023 to examine the financial impact of Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS). Findings include:

50%

reduction in the likelihood of a data breach.

$10M

net present value (NPV) through improved operations and platform efficiencies.

357%

three-year return on investment (ROI) with payback in 6 months.

CUSTOMER SUCCESS

See how organizations strengthened their network security.

Gaming giant stamps down cyberattacks with real-time threat intelligence and unified visibility from Palo Alto Networks security platform.
NovaGroup drives scalable Zero Trust architecture and massive 50% cost savings with Next-Generation Firewalls and Cloud-Delivered Security Services from Palo Alto Networks.
South Australia's Department for Education connects schools securely with Palo Alto Networks platform to deliver secure online learning for students.

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