Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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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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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

4
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

5
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 90%
Negotiation and Contract:: 84%
Conflict Resolution:: 95%
Strategy & Innovation:: 95%
Service Experience:: 93%

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.

+92 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

7% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Client Friendly Policies
Acts with Integrity
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Machine Learning

Continuous Monitoring

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Behavioural Analytics

Agent Efficiency

Automated Threat Response

Malware Identification Accuracy

IOC Tools

IOC Consumption

Task Prioritization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

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Score 7.9

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Karan P.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jan 2025

Amazing product for Endpoint Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

They Give a great customer support

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy integration

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing is a bit high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I liked the features and real time threat protection

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Mikhail K.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Great XDR in the market

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

ability to integrate and analyze data from multiple sources, including endpoints, networks, and clouds

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

comprehensive integration of data from various sources

What do you dislike most about this product?

pricing is quite high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Evaluate your needs and budget carefully as Cortex XDR is a powerful solution but can be expensive, especially with additional features

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Effective Service

Evan T.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Construction
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Secure with Cortex XDR.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

Palo Alto Network Cortex XDR has been an invaluable tool for implementing advanced anti-malware detection and prevention with minimal user disruption and a low false-positive rate.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As our organization increasingly adopts cloud services, I appreciate how Cortex XDR extends its protection to our cloud environments. It provides visibility into our cloud workloads, identifies misconfigurations, and detects suspicious activities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do hope to see increased integration with other security products in the future.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cortex XDR has proven its ability to block malicious child processes, executed files with malicious hashes, and processes that exhibit suspicious behavior. It has also demonstrated effectiveness in thwarting zero-day exploits.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

4 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

5 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Whitelisting Blacklisting Whitelisting and blacklisting of applications and websites that are either certified to be safe, or suspected to be malicious.

Machine Learning Can provide deep behavioural insights.

Continuous Monitoring Allows customers to select specific third parties which are continuously monitored, with alerts generated for significant changes in risk scores

Intrusion Detection Prevention Through event monitoring, the detection, countermeasure and prevention of possible security incidents or threats.

Behavioural Analytics Includes real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting on user behaviour.

Agent Efficiency Agents are lightweight and create few conflicts or performance impacts.

Automated Threat Response Automatic response to threats.

Malware Identification Accuracy Malware identification and fingerprinting can provide extensive and deep indicators and analysis of malware detected.

IOC Tools Full export capabilities are simple to execute.

IOC Consumption Ability to consume IOCs.

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

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Extended Detection & Response

Endpoint Protection - Enterprise

Network Detection and Response

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Karan P.

Amazing product for Endpoint Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mikhail K.

Great XDR in the market

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Evan T.

Secure with Cortex XDR.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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