Cisco Secure Access vs Palo Alto Prisma Access

Cisco Secure Access and Palo Alto Prisma Access are both sase & zero trust solutions. Cisco Secure Access cisco's unified SASE platform converging Umbrella, Duo, and Meraki into cloud-delivered security, while Palo Alto Prisma Access enterprise SASE platform extending Palo Alto's next-gen firewall to cloud-delivered security. The best choice depends on your organization's size, technical requirements, and budget.

Choose Cisco Secure Access if cisco Talos provides massive threat intelligence from the world's largest commercial security research team is your priority and large enterprises with existing Cisco networking infrastructure wanting to consolidate security into a unified SASE platform. Choose Palo Alto Prisma Access if seamless policy extension for existing Palo Alto NGFW customers matters most and enterprises already invested in Palo Alto Networks firewalls that want to extend their security policies to a cloud-delivered SASE architecture.

Palo Alto Prisma Access pricing: Custom enterprise pricing / Per-user or per-Mbps models. Cisco Secure Access pricing: Custom enterprise pricing / Per-user bundled subscription. Palo Alto Prisma Access's pricing model is per-user or bandwidth-based annual subscription, while Cisco Secure Access uses per-user annual subscription with bundled tiers pricing.

Yes, you can migrate from Cisco Secure Access to Palo Alto Prisma Access. The migration process depends on your specific setup and the features you use. Both platforms offer APIs that can facilitate automated migration. Consider running both tools in parallel during the transition to ensure zero downtime.