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Next-generation firewalls for enterprise buyers

Asked as “next-generation firewall”, and as “enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiGate

Contested

28% of first choices, contested.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

Fortinet FortiGate35%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

Fortinet FortiGate61%Clear leaderStanding →Enterprise

Palo Alto Networks28%ContestedThis page

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

Palo Alto Networks25%40criticized challenger

Fortinet FortiGate11%28accepted challenger

Fortinet4%28accepted challenger

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series17%12accepted challenger

Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Cisco26%23criticized challenger

Cisco Secure Firewall13%23accepted challenger

Check Point9%32accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Fortinet FortiGate vs Fortinet Fortinet FortiGate vs Palo Alto Networks Fortinet vs Palo Alto Networks

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%

Key

Palo Alto Networks28%

Fortinet FortiGate28%

Fortinet11%

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series11%

Check Point0%

Cisco Secure Firewall0%

Cisco0%

02What they warned about

One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Palo Alto Networks

25%

10 of 40 labels negative · 7 of 12 models

“Researchers found commodity hardware, vulnerable software and firmware, and missing security features in Palo Alto Networks appliances” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt

Cisco

26%

6 of 23 labels negative · 5 of 12 models

“Challenger | Good legacy integration, but trails leaders in advanced threat protection and cloud-native scaling” MiniMax M2.5, paraphrase prompt

Check Point

3 of 32 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Check Point (due to significant SSL/TLS performance issues)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt

Cisco Secure Firewall

13%

3 of 23 labels negative · 3 of 12 models

“Sales Lock-in: Pushes broad ELAs bundling non-firewall products... full NGFW lags pure-plays.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

69 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 938 links across 250 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

fortinet.com

vendor site · Fortinet34 answers · 58 citations · 10 models

decryptiondigest.com

32 answers · 48 citations · 10 models

checkpoint.com

vendor site · Check Point29 answers · 46 citations · 10 models

comparitech.com

27 answers · 29 citations · 9 models

paloaltonetworks.com

vendor site · Palo Alto Networks25 answers · 35 citations · 11 models

esecurityplanet.com

25 answers · 28 citations · 10 models

cybersecuritynews.com

24 answers · 26 citations · 9 models

cyberpress.org

17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models

cybervendorguide.com

17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models

tech-insider.org

16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models

gartner.com

13 answers · 18 citations · 7 models

techtarget.com

13 answers · 16 citations · 6 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

comparitech.com/net-admin/next-gen-firewalls

26 answers · 9 models

decryptiondigest.com/blog/enterprise-ngfw-comparison-2026

25 answers · 8 models

esecurityplanet.com/products/top-ngfw

25 answers · 10 models

cybersecuritynews.com/best-next-generation-firewall

23 answers · 9 models

checkpoint.com/comparison/top-4-ngfw-compared

16 answers · 7 models

cyberpress.org/best-next-generation-firewall-ngfw-solutions-for-every-busin…

15 answers · 7 models

cybervendorguide.com/guides/firewall-ngfw/enterprise-ngfw

14 answers · 8 models

tech-insider.org/palo-alto-vs-fortinet-vs-check-point-2026

14 answers · 8 models

expertinsights.com/network-security/the-top-network-firewalls

13 answers · 8 models

gbhackers.com/ngfw-solutions-compared-features-pricing

12 answers · 8 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best next-generation firewall for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade next-generation firewalls and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best next-generation firewall for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a next-generation firewall. What should we look at?”Negative“Which next-generation firewalls should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

Two alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGate

Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks StrataChangedFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos Firewall

Fortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networksno first choiceagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Azure Firewall, Cisco, Citrix, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks

GPT-5.4 miniPalo Alto Networks

One alternative

Fortinet

Fortinet, Palo Alto NetworksChanged

One alternative

Check Point Quantum Force

Palo Alto Networks

Four alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX

Fortinet FortiGate

One alternative

Palo Alto Networks NGFW

no first choiceagainst: Cisco firewall platforms / Firepower / ASA-family deployments, Fortinet FortiGate, Ivanti, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, SonicWall firewalls

Gemini 3.5 FlashFortinet, Palo Alto Networks

Two alternatives

Check Point, Cisco

Palo Alto NetworksChanged

Two alternatives

Check Point, Fortinet

Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point Software, Cisco, Fortinet

Fortinet FortiGate

One alternative

Cato Networks

against: Palo Alto NetworksPalo Alto Networks

Two alternatives

Cisco, Fortinet

against: AWS Network Firewall, Azure Firewall, Cisco Meraki, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper, SonicWall, Sophos

Perplexity SonarPalo Alto Networks PA-Series

Two alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGate

Fortinet FortiGateChanged

Four alternatives

Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall 4200, Juniper SRX Series, Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate

against: Sophos XGSFortinet FortiGate

One alternative

Palo Alto

no first choiceagainst: Cloudflare One, Hillstone, Huawei, Untangle, WatchGuard, Zscaler

Grok 4.1 FastPalo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet

Palo Alto Networks PA-7000 Series, Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesChanged

Two alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series, Fortinet FortiGate 3000F/3200F Series

against: Fortinet FortiGate-VMPalo Alto Networks PA-Series

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate

Fortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall

against: Palo Alto NetworksFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks

One alternative

Cisco Secure Firewall

against: Barracuda CloudGen, Check Point Quantum Force NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Huawei NGFW, OPNsense, pfSense

Mistral SmallFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW

Two alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos Firewall

Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series, Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesChanged

Two alternatives

FortiGate NGFW, Zscaler Firewall-as-a-Service

Palo Alto Networks

Four alternatives

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet

Fortinet FortiGate

One alternative

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

no first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA and FTD, Palo Alto Networks NGFWs

DeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet, Palo Alto Networks

Two alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall

Palo Alto NetworksChanged

Three alternatives

Check Point Maestro, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate

Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate

Fortinet FortiGate

Four alternatives

Cato Networks, Cloudflare, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler

against: Palo Alto NetworksPalo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet

against: Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Huawei NGFW, Palo Alto Networks, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox

Llama 4 MaverickFortinet's FortiGate

One alternative

Palo Alto Networks

Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 SeriesChanged

Two alternatives

Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks

no first choicePalo Alto Networks PA-Series

Two alternatives

Check Point Quantum 6700, Fortinet FortiGate 600F

Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW

Three alternatives

Cisco Firepower, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos Firewall

nothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashPalo Alto Networks

Two alternatives

Cisco, Fortinet

Palo Alto NetworksHeld

One alternative

Fortinet

Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet

Fortinet

One alternative

Check Point

against: Cisco, Palo Alto NetworksPalo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet

against: Barracuda, Cisco, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall, Sophos, WatchGuard, ZTE

Kimi K2Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

Two alternatives

Check Point Quantum Security Gateways, Cisco Secure Firewall

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series / VM-SeriesChanged

Two alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series, Fortinet FortiGate 6000/7000 Series

Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet

Fortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

against: Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesFortinet, Palo Alto Networks

One alternative

Check Point

against: Cisco, Ivanti, Palo Alto Networks

GLM 4.7 FlashXPalo Alto Networks PA-Series

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate

Palo Alto Networks PA-7000 SeriesChanged

Two alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series, Fortinet FortiGate 7000F series

Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks

Two alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall

Fortinet FortiGate

One alternative

Check Point

against: Cisco, Palo Alto Networksno first choiceagainst: Check Point, Forcepoint, Fortinet FortiGate NGFW, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

MiniMax M2.5Palo Alto Networks

Four alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper

FortinetChanged

Two alternatives

Check Point, Palo Alto Networks

against: Cisco, Juniper NetworksFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall

Fortinet FortiSASE

One alternative

FortiGate

against: Check Point, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Zscalerno first choicenothing named

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 09:41	yes	9	8 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 09:40	yes	3	6 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 13:39	yes	18	19 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 11:39	yes	18	5 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 10:35	yes	31	18 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 13:15	yes	5	4 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 10:29	yes	10	13 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 09:51	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 09:49	yes	5	31 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 13:53	yes	15	28 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 11:17	yes	27	164 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 14:06	yes	5	54 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 11:40	yes	9	8 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 10:23	yes	3	6 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 14:00	yes	15	24 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 09:54	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 13:26	yes	41	20 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 12:01	yes	9	6 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 10:55	yes	10	14 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 12:50	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 12:22	yes	5	41 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 11:38	yes	14	25 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 14:14	yes	15	43 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 12:26	yes	5	71 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 12:25	yes	16	11 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 10:29	yes	6	8 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 09:34	yes	20	23 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 13:47	yes	20	7 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 12:05	yes	27	16 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 10:04	yes	20	13 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 13:57	yes	17	26 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 13:49	yes	5	2 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 13:16	no	0	38 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 11:33	yes	10	44 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 11:08	yes	10	139 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 13:54	yes	9	25 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 13:55	yes	18	10 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 09:32	yes	3	5 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 13:46	yes	18	28 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 12:50	yes	20	7 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 12:06	yes	35	18 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 12:35	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 12:35	yes	17	22 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 11:05	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 10:05	yes	8	70 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 13:18	yes	10	27 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 13:35	yes	12	68 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 11:52	yes	23	85 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 11:54	yes	17	10 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 13:06	yes	4	9 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 14:06	yes	11	26 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 13:21	yes	20	7 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 09:33	yes	20	14 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 13:22	no	0	10 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 13:51	yes	40	53 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 11:31	yes	5	4 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 13:44	no	0	41 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 10:07	yes	30	56 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 12:08	yes	30	72 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 10:07	yes	14	43 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 12:26	yes	25	15 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 11:40	yes	5	7 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 11:12	yes	26	25 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 13:58	yes	20	7 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 11:53	yes	24	13 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 12:15	yes	5	6 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 10:44	yes	25	51 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 14:11	yes	10	4 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 10:19	yes	17	122 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 14:09	yes	27	56 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 09:58	yes	28	210 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 10:05	yes	7	42 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

None. Every name in this category resolved on its own.

Unresolved, counted raw

Check Point Maestro (Hyperscale)

Check Point Quantum 6700

Check Point Quantum Force

Check Point Quantum Force NGFW

Check Point Quantum Security Gateways

Check Point Software

Cisco ASA and FTD

Cisco Secure Firewall 4200

Cisco firewall platforms / Firepower / ASA-family deployments

FortiGate NGFW

FortiManager

Fortinet FortiGate 3000F/3200F Series

Fortinet FortiGate 6000/7000 Series

Fortinet FortiGate 600F

Fortinet FortiGate 7000F series

Fortinet's FortiGate

Google Cloud's *Cloud NGFW Enterprise*

Juniper (HPE) SRX

Juniper SRX Series

Microsoft Entra Secure Access

Neocarrier's Managed Firewall

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series / VM-Series

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Palo Alto Networks Strata

Panorama

SonicWall firewalls

Sourcefire 8290

Zscaler Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Next-generation firewalls for enterprise buyers

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

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