
What is Palo Alto Cortex XDR?
To stay ahead of fast-moving threats, you need AI-powered endpoint security that continuously learns new attack techniques. Cortex XDR™ offers protection that blocks all malware, exploits and fileless attacks to keep your endpoints safe
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
92 Plan to Renew
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+87 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Fair
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- Performance Enhancing
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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews
Vassilis B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jul 2022
Innovative solution to thwart threats
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?
It is absolutely critical to the company because it allows users to securely access applications and data without having to store the information locally where it might be lost or stolen. I was impressed by the way Palo Alto Networks uses crowdsourcing to improve the operation of Traps
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
A solution that look at everything coming into the data center, identify the threats and eliminate as many as possible. It keeps our security infrastructure simple and easy to manage and safeguards all traffic for the company operations, including our flagship website, mobile apps and payment infrastructure
What do you dislike most about this product?
The Palo Alto Networks consultant showed me how to use Auto-Focus to observe the entire threat lifecycle. The time I spent getting up to speed om Auto-Focus was one of the most valuable exercises I have done in a long time
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Palo Alto Networks has consistently evolved in the security marketplace in areas such as next-generation firewalls and endpoint protection. When it comes to product quality, Palo Alto Network sets the standard for the industry
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing

Joshua W.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jul 2022
Great solution for end point protection!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?
Their ability to unify prevention, investigation, detection and response in one platform.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Cortex's ability to bring our vast amount of data together into one place for analysis and review.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing, it's a great solution to help keep our network secure from external threats.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Talk to one of their representatives. They were very helpful in answering all of the questions we had!
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Abigail M.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2022
World's first detection and response platform,
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?
It spans your cloud data, network, and endpoint to stop advanced attacks. It can find out the threat and eliminate blind spots by incorporating data from the environment.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It protects endpoint data and analyzes alerts from sources with just a single click to recognize the main reason and sequence of events. Thus, it protects from threats.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is a need to add some extra functionality and visibility inside the agents. Also, technical issues arise because of a lack of heart beats. It has high complexity due to it demands high resources and is hard to use. There is a need for full incorporation with Mac.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It supports Mac, Linux, Windows, and Android. It appropriately identifies the threats with behavioral analysis and then reveals the main reason to boost up the investigations. Incorporation with enforcement points maximizes containment that allows users to stop attacks. Its setup is very easy and is better to use as it enables quick updates. It provides zero-day spyware security and has made the solution safe. It has a fantastic GUI. It has the ability to correlate logs and events automatically. This is truly beneficial for an IT administrator.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Under Delivered