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Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

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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Awards & Recognition

Palo Alto Cortex XDR won the following awards in the Endpoint Protection - Enterprise category

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Palo Alto Cortex XDR?

0% Negative
12% Neutral
88% Positive

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Fair
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Endpoint Detection and Response

88

System Hardening

87

Dynamic Malware Detection

86

Mac OS support

86

Cross Platform Support

86

Automated Remediation

85

Centralized Management Portal

85

Port and Device Control

85

Forensics

85

Kernel Monitoring

84

Ransomware Recovery and Removal

83

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

86

Breadth of Features

85

Availability and Quality of Training

84

Ease of Customization

84

Ease of IT Administration

84

Business Value Created

82

Ease of Implementation

81

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

81

Ease of Data Integration

80

Vendor Support

80

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Vassilis B.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Innovative solution to thwart threats

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Great solution for end point protection!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

World's first detection and response platform,

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

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

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