Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.8 /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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Awards & Recognition

Palo Alto Cortex XDR won the following awards in the Endpoint Detection & Response category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2024

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

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90 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

3
Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+93 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

5% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Client Friendly Policies
Acts with Integrity
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Behavioural Analytics

Machine Learning

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Continuous Monitoring

Agent Efficiency

IOC Tools

Automated Threat Response

Malware Identification Accuracy

IOC Consumption

Task Prioritization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

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Extended Detection & Response

Score 9.0

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Endpoint Protection - Enterprise

Score 8.4

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Network Detection and Response

Score 8.1

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Threat Intelligence Platform

Score 7.9

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Nasseer Q.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Feature Rich and Reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

I have been using Cortex XDR from last two years and the results from it has been anazing. Below are some of unique features of Cortex xdr that stands out from rest of products. 1. It is called XDR that is Xtended detection and response means it can take data from NGFW, third party firewalls ,syslog servers etc and use this data for analysis and threat hunting. In nutshell cortex Cortex xdr has more visibility over the data and thus can provide better protection. 2. Cortex Xdr has causality chain for incident analysis that helps in easy understing and analysis of alerts. 3. Cortex XdR has lot of third party app integration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to create custom BIOC rules where we can create alerts based on known behaviour of the application,file etc

What do you dislike most about this product?

Frequently content updates that sometime cause bugs in the environment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are planning to use Cortex Xdr then go for Pro per Endpoint license as you can use Pro features that can very helpful in detection and response.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Bilal A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

One of the leading and innovative XDR Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

It used AI , Heuristic and machine learning models to access process and machine data to timely detect emanating Security threats on end points by having more data and process visibility within endpoint .

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

cross functional capabilities and integration with other security products like SIEM

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as such.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The Cortex XDR licenses might be expensive so do an initial assessment of other XDR Solutions and check if you can fulfill your security requirements with other competing solutions.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Tharusha D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

0 Day threats are being identified at a high rate compared to other similar products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

cortex XDR gives complete prevention stack for ransomware, malware, exploits for the entire network.

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing to dislike.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

highly recommend this product but bit pricy.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

3 Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Palo Alto Cortex XDR?

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.

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

Machine Learning Can provide deep behavioural insights.

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

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

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

IOC Tools Full export capabilities are simple to execute.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Also Featured in...

Extended Detection & Response

Endpoint Protection - Enterprise

Network Detection and Response

Threat Intelligence Platform

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Nasseer Q.

Feature Rich and Reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bilal A.

One of the leading and innovative XDR Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tharusha D.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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