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Product	Palo Alto VM-Series by Palo Alto Networks View product	TXOne EdgeFire by TXOne Networks View product
Overview
What it is	Palo Alto VM-Series is a virtual next-generation firewall for cloud migration protection and public cloud perimeter defense. See features and Firewall alternatives.	TXOne EdgeFire: OT protocol-aware firewall policies and intrusion prevention and virtual patching. Built for IT/OT segmentation. Compare Firewall alternatives.
Product type	Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)	Industrial Next-Generation Firewall
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Government, Telecom	Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Semiconductors, Transportation
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	Virtual appliance; Public cloud; Private cloud; Virtual appliance deployable across public clouds and private hypervisors	On-premises hardware appliance; On-premises hardware appliance
Data residency	Deployed directly inside customer cloud VPC/VNet or private data center	Customer-controlled (on-premises)
Key features
What it offers	Virtualized PAN-OS architecture App-ID application inspection Automated cloud autoscaling Hypervisor native integration Microsegmentation between VMs Infrastructure-as-code deployment (Terraform) WildFire integration Public cloud perimeter defense	OT protocol-aware firewall policies Intrusion prevention and virtual patching Asset recognition Routing, NAT and VLAN support IT/OT boundary protection Transparent or routing modes EdgeOne central management IT/OT segmentation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	VMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCPOCI	Industrial networksICS and SCADA environments
Compliance	FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, SOC 2, ISO 27001	Supports IEC 62443 zones and conduits and NIST SP 800-82
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXi/NSXNutanixTerraformPanorama	TXOne EdgeOneSIEM via syslogIndustrial automation systems
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareGovernmentTelecom	ManufacturingEnergy & UtilitiesOil & GasSemiconductorsTransportation
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Palo Alto Networks	TXOne Networks
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	Taipei, Taiwan
Company size	15,000+	500+
Founded	2005	2019

Palo Alto VM-Series

by Palo Alto Networks

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TXOne EdgeFire

by TXOne Networks

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Overview

What it is

Palo Alto VM-Series

Palo Alto VM-Series is a virtual next-generation firewall for cloud migration protection and public cloud perimeter defense. See features and Firewall alternatives.

TXOne EdgeFire

TXOne EdgeFire: OT protocol-aware firewall policies and intrusion prevention and virtual patching. Built for IT/OT segmentation. Compare Firewall alternatives.

Product type

Palo Alto VM-Series

Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

TXOne EdgeFire

Industrial Next-Generation Firewall

Best for

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Government, Telecom

TXOne EdgeFire

Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Semiconductors, Transportation

Pricing

Pricing model

Palo Alto VM-Series

Contact Vendor

TXOne EdgeFire

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Palo Alto VM-Series

TXOne EdgeFire

Deployment

Deployment options

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cloud

TXOne EdgeFire

On-Premise

Deployment details

Palo Alto VM-Series

Virtual appliance; Public cloud; Private cloud; Virtual appliance deployable across public clouds and private hypervisors

TXOne EdgeFire

On-premises hardware appliance; On-premises hardware appliance

Data residency

Palo Alto VM-Series

Deployed directly inside customer cloud VPC/VNet or private data center

TXOne EdgeFire

Customer-controlled (on-premises)

Key features

What it offers

Palo Alto VM-Series

Virtualized PAN-OS architecture
App-ID application inspection
Automated cloud autoscaling
Hypervisor native integration
Microsegmentation between VMs
Infrastructure-as-code deployment (Terraform)
WildFire integration
Public cloud perimeter defense

TXOne EdgeFire

OT protocol-aware firewall policies
Intrusion prevention and virtual patching
Asset recognition
Routing, NAT and VLAN support
IT/OT boundary protection
Transparent or routing modes
EdgeOne central management
IT/OT segmentation

Platform & access

API access

Palo Alto VM-Series

TXOne EdgeFire

Single sign-on (SSO)

Palo Alto VM-Series

TXOne EdgeFire

Role-based access (RBAC)

Palo Alto VM-Series

TXOne EdgeFire

Multi-tenant

Palo Alto VM-Series

TXOne EdgeFire

Mobile app

Palo Alto VM-Series

TXOne EdgeFire

Supported platforms

Palo Alto VM-Series

VMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCPOCI

TXOne EdgeFire

Industrial networksICS and SCADA environments

Compliance

Palo Alto VM-Series

FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, SOC 2, ISO 27001

TXOne EdgeFire

Supports IEC 62443 zones and conduits and NIST SP 800-82

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Palo Alto VM-Series

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXi/NSXNutanixTerraformPanorama

TXOne EdgeFire

TXOne EdgeOneSIEM via syslogIndustrial automation systems

Industries

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareGovernmentTelecom

TXOne EdgeFire

ManufacturingEnergy & UtilitiesOil & GasSemiconductorsTransportation

Regions

Palo Alto VM-Series

Global

TXOne EdgeFire

Global

Vendor

Company

Palo Alto VM-Series

Palo Alto Networks

TXOne EdgeFire

TXOne Networks

Headquarters

Palo Alto VM-Series

Santa Clara, California, USA

TXOne EdgeFire

Taipei, Taiwan

Company size

Palo Alto VM-Series

15,000+

TXOne EdgeFire

500+

Founded

Palo Alto VM-Series

2005

TXOne EdgeFire

2019