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Alternatives to Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 234 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Palo Alto Networks PA-Series holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often

Fortinet FortiGate96

Palo Alto Networks NGFW42

WatchGuard Firebox16

Sophos Firewall15

Check Point Quantum5

Cisco Secure Firewall3

First choices in the 234 answers that did not name Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Next-generation firewalls

Network and edge. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessPalo Alto Networks PA-Series holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks PA-Series; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:

Fortinet FortiGate38 of 82

WatchGuard Firebox16 of 82

Sophos Firewall13 of 82

Cisco Meraki MX2 of 82

Cisco Meraki1 of 82

Firewalla1 of 82

FortiGate 50G1 of 82

FortiGate 90G1 of 82

14 more in the record.The full small business standing →

Mid-marketPalo Alto Networks PA-Series is #6 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 12 labels.

Seventy-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks PA-Series; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those seventy-three answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Fortinet FortiGate37 of 73

Palo Alto Networks NGFW10 of 73

Check Point Quantum3 of 73

Sophos Firewall2 of 73

Cisco Secure Firewall1 of 73

FortiGate 50G1 of 73

FortiGate VM1 of 73

FortiGate-100F/200F1 of 73

8 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →

EnterprisePalo Alto Networks PA-Series holds 8 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks PA-Series; it was the first choice in five. The first choices in those seventy-nine answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Palo Alto Networks NGFW32 of 79

Fortinet FortiGate21 of 79

Check Point Quantum2 of 79

Cisco Secure Firewall2 of 79

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series2 of 79

FortiGate1 of 79

FortiGate-VM NGFW1 of 79

Fortinet FortiSASE1 of 79

4 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Palo Alto Networks PA-Series neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Palo Alto Networks PA-Series only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Palo Alto Networks PA-Series's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Palo Alto Networks PA-Series was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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