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Product	Palo Alto VM-Series by Palo Alto Networks View product	WatchGuard FireCloud by WatchGuard 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.	WatchGuard FireCloud is a cloud-delivered firewall & SASE service used for firewall / NGFW. Highlights include IPS. Compare it with other Cloud Security tools.
Product type	Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)	Cloud-Delivered Firewall & SASE Service
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Government, Telecom	Cross-industry, Distributed Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Virtual appliance; Public cloud; Private cloud; Virtual appliance deployable across public clouds and private hypervisors	Cloud; Cloud-delivered service; Virtual appliances
Data residency	Deployed directly inside customer cloud VPC/VNet or private data center	Global; US; EU
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	Cloud firewalling Secure SD-WAN Zero-trust access Web filtering IPS Traffic acceleration Firewall / NGFW Cloud Security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	VMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCPOCI	CloudVirtual networkBranch gateways
Compliance	FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, SOC 2, ISO 27001	SOC 2ISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXi/NSXNutanixTerraformPanorama	WatchGuard CloudFireboxIdPsSAML
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareGovernmentTelecom	Cross-industryDistributed EnterpriseRetailBranch Offices
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Palo Alto Networks	WatchGuard
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	15,000+	1,001-5,000
Founded	2005	1996

Palo Alto VM-Series

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WatchGuard FireCloud

by WatchGuard

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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.

WatchGuard FireCloud

WatchGuard FireCloud is a cloud-delivered firewall & SASE service used for firewall / NGFW. Highlights include IPS. Compare it with other Cloud Security tools.

Product type

Palo Alto VM-Series

Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

WatchGuard FireCloud

Cloud-Delivered Firewall & SASE Service

Best for

Palo Alto VM-Series

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

WatchGuard FireCloud

Cross-industry, Distributed Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices

Pricing

Pricing model

Palo Alto VM-Series

Contact Vendor

WatchGuard FireCloud

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Palo Alto VM-Series

WatchGuard FireCloud

Deployment

Deployment options

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cloud

WatchGuard FireCloud

Cloud

Deployment details

Palo Alto VM-Series

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

WatchGuard FireCloud

Cloud; Cloud-delivered service; Virtual appliances

Data residency

Palo Alto VM-Series

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

WatchGuard FireCloud

Global; US; EU

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

WatchGuard FireCloud

Cloud firewalling
Secure SD-WAN
Zero-trust access
Web filtering
IPS
Traffic acceleration
Firewall / NGFW
Cloud Security

Platform & access

API access

Palo Alto VM-Series

WatchGuard FireCloud

Single sign-on (SSO)

Palo Alto VM-Series

WatchGuard FireCloud

Role-based access (RBAC)

Palo Alto VM-Series

WatchGuard FireCloud

Multi-tenant

Palo Alto VM-Series

WatchGuard FireCloud

Mobile app

Palo Alto VM-Series

WatchGuard FireCloud

Supported platforms

Palo Alto VM-Series

VMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCPOCI

WatchGuard FireCloud

CloudVirtual networkBranch gateways

Compliance

Palo Alto VM-Series

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

WatchGuard FireCloud

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Palo Alto VM-Series

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXi/NSXNutanixTerraformPanorama

WatchGuard FireCloud

WatchGuard CloudFireboxIdPsSAML

Industries

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareGovernmentTelecom

WatchGuard FireCloud

Cross-industryDistributed EnterpriseRetailBranch Offices

Regions

Palo Alto VM-Series

Global

WatchGuard FireCloud

Global

Vendor

Company

Palo Alto VM-Series

Palo Alto Networks

WatchGuard FireCloud

WatchGuard

Headquarters

Palo Alto VM-Series

Santa Clara, California, USA

WatchGuard FireCloud

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Palo Alto VM-Series

15,000+

WatchGuard FireCloud

1,001-5,000

Founded

Palo Alto VM-Series

2005

WatchGuard FireCloud

1996