# Next Generation Firewall Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Next Generation Firewall Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on December 14, 2025

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Next Generation Firewall

## What is Next Generation Firewall?

Next Generation Firewall protects data centers from cyberattacks and unauthorized access by using optimized network security strategies. The platform lets companies and individuals scale to secure deployment in public or private clouds and SDN environments, helping prevent targeted attacks. The network security software offers network protection services and utilizes automation & analytics to minimize manual day-to-day operational tasks. It also features a prevention-focused framework that deploys highly integrated innovations to enhance network security for organizations and professionals in various markets. The system enables users to stay ahead of emerging threats and improvise ways to mitigate security risks.

## What is Next Generation Firewall used for?

[Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/firewall-software/)

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Next Generation Firewall

5.0 (8)

VS.

[4.5 (243)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172277/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer/reviews/)

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Starting Price

$395

Other, One Time

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

5.0 (8)

Ease Of Use

4.5 (446)

Value For Money

4.6 (8)

Value For Money

4.6 (415)

Customer Service

5.0 (8)

Customer Service

4.7 (410)

## Next Generation Firewall alternatives

Highest Rated

[WatchGuard Firebox](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/)

[4.8 (446)](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

99%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/)

[ZeroTrusted.ai](https://www.capterra.com/p/10023881/ZeroTrusted-ai/)

[4.8 (23)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10023881/ZeroTrusted-ai/reviews/)

Starting price

$29.99

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/10023881/ZeroTrusted-ai/)

[FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/)

[4.7 (44)](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/)

[Cisco Meraki](https://www.capterra.com/p/176649/Meraki-Systems-Manager/)

[4.5 (129)](https://www.capterra.com/p/176649/Meraki-Systems-Manager/reviews/)

Starting price

$40.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

94%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/176649/Meraki-Systems-Manager/)

[View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/254223/Next-Generation-Firewall/alternatives/)

## Pricing

Value for money

4.6 (8)

### Starting price

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Value for money

4.6 (8)

4.6

Based on 8 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

5.0 (8)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

5.0 (8)

5.0

Based on 8 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

5.0

Based on 8 reviews

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5(8)

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Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

CM

Charlie M.

Plumber

Computer Networking

### "PA hardware NGFW"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 19, 2024

Excellence ! This is the best NGFW I have ever used

Pros

You get everything that is possible. And they come with quality, stable and easy to use.

Cons

Too expensive comparing with others brands

Alternatives considered

[NG Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/149070/NG-Firewall/)

[Junos OS](https://www.capterra.com/p/229029/Junos-OS/)

[WatchGuard Firebox](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/)

Reasons for choosing Next Generation Firewall

Palo Alto NGFW is on different class comparing to the others. It is much beter in terms of stablibility and features

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Analyst

Hospital & Health Care

### "Really good firewall"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 5, 2023

Pros

i love the way how they can filter everything from simple ip to application domain email and more. Really detail report with a lot of information. Cool vpn features.

Cons

price i think too hight and panorama management is not so easy

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

DZ

Daniele Z.

Senior Unix System Administrator

Medical Practice

### "Firewall indispensabile"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 2, 2023

Pros

Il monitoraggio di tutto lo stack OSI è la cosa che ci ha più colpito e che ci porta ad adottarlo come firewall.Siamo in grado di poter filtrare oltre agli ip anche appicazioni, domini e query DNS

Cons

Il prezzo non è tra i più abbordabili per una piccola azienda e la management (Panorama) non è estremamente user friendly

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MS

Mauro S.

System and Network Administrator

Hospital & Health Care

### "Really great Firewall"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 2, 2023

Pros

I think they are the best security firewall. they can filter from L4 to L7 network traffic, filtering ip application domain and more. Easy to configure ad implement new rules. They have all network and routing features and you can do really cyber detailed reports

Cons

I think that only the license price are little bit high and panorama, management software is not so easy to understand

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AC

Alessandro C.

Security Analyst

Computer & Network Security

### "The Best firewall for security analysis"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

October 30, 2023

Pros

i use it with wildefire license, and for mail filtering. It can control all mail, made filter e do zero days analysis using wildfire. Really the best features as NGFW.

Cons

i don't like panorama as management, it is i think to complicated

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SA

Salvatore A.

Software and System administrator

Logistics and Supply Chain

### "Best Next Generation Firwall"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

October 30, 2023

Pros

Palo Alto is the most sofisticated Next Generation Firewall. It can analyse and filter traffic from level 4 to level 7 iso stack. Malware and ips signature are always up to date. Also palo alto support is really good they always resolved all issued that i have encountered. Reports are easy to do and they are really detaled

Cons

may be price for license and hardware are little bit hight

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

GP

Gianpiero P.

Cyber Security Analyst

Health, Wellness and Fitness

### "I firewall dei firewall"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 10, 2023

Pros

Mi è piaciuto molto l'interfaccia di gestione specialmente in versione 10 in poi. Sbalordito nel vedere come il firewall generi allarmi e blocchi traffico malevole. Ottima la possibilità di aggiungere liste dinamiche esterne es. misp.Facile l'utilizzo tramite cli con comandi molto facili da imparare e molto intuitivi. Molto facile di creare dei custom object in caso di blocchi particolari.

Cons

Probabilmente il prezzo delle licenze ed il fatto che 3 volte in fase di aggiornamento firmware ho dovuto mandar dietro l'appliance

Switched from

[Junos OS](https://www.capterra.com/p/229029/Junos-OS/)

Per politiche commerciali

Alternatives considered

[FortiManager](https://www.capterra.com/p/246675/FortiManager/)

Reasons for choosing Next Generation Firewall

in realtà non sono stato io a sceglierlo ma dopo averlo utilizzato lo consiglio sempre

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Service Engineer II

Computer & Network Security

### "Palo Alto Firewall is one of the Greatest Product I ever worked with."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 1, 2022

This is one of the best and firewall solution, and always in the plate whenever we are selecting the firewall solution for any new setup. It has all the great Network Security features which work really well.

Pros

I really liked the User interface; it is very easy to understand and work with. Also easy customization of the dashboard, so we can see the critical things once we are on dashboard, such as high availability status, current traffic status, firewall logs etc. Another feature that I liked is the dynamics updates, firewall is always updated with latest security updates. Also, if zero-day threat is detected it is now allowed by default, it goes to Sandbox environment and processed there.

Cons

Not that I can think of, however as market is growing, Palo Alto should keep on upgrading the product, And also come up with new products such as cloud-based security (Managed Security Vendor). I know they all these products however they do not seem so matured compared to their competitors such as Zscaler.

Alternatives considered

[Quantum Force](https://www.capterra.com/p/10020441/Quantum-Force/)

[FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/)

Reasons for choosing Next Generation Firewall

As it was suiting our requirements, and we had more familiarity with the product.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/254223/Next-Generation-Firewall/reviews/)

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