INDUSTRY ANALYST RECOGNITION
Eleven years as a Leader doesn’t happen by magic.
Leader in enterprise firewalls.
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.
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.
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.