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Palo Alto Networks PA-7500
Palo Alto Networks PA-7500
★ 3.2 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 1.5 Tbps (App-ID)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.44 Tbps
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 407 Gbps
  • Max Sessions: 440,000,000
  • New Sessions/sec: 7,200,000
  • Interfaces: Modular (supports 10G/25G/40G/100G/400G)
  • Form Factor: 14U Rackmount Chassis

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Industry-leading 1.5 Tbps App-ID throughput; massive scalability with 9 modular slots; powered by custom FE400 ASICs for hyperscale performance; robust security with advanced ML-powered threat prevention.
  • ✘ Cons: Extremely high total cost of ownership (TCO); requires significant rack space (14U) and power infrastructure; complexity of modular configuration.
  • Est. Price: $507,357 - $1,000,000

Compare Against

Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro Max (UDM-Pro-Max)
Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro Max (UDM-Pro-Max)
★ 4.6 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 10 Gbps (Routing)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 5 Gbps (IDS/IPS)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 800 Mbps
  • Max Sessions: 2,000+ Concurrent Clients
  • New Sessions/sec: Not Disclosed
  • Interfaces: (1) 10G SFP+ WAN, (1) 2.5 GbE RJ45 WAN, (1) 10G SFP+ LAN, (8) 1 GbE RJ45 LAN
  • Form Factor: 1U Rackmount

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: High-performance 5 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput; Dual 3.5" HDD bays with RAID support for NVR; Shadow Mode for High Availability redundancy; Integrated 128 GB SSD for NVR metadata and system; 10G SFP+ and 2.5GbE WAN flexibility.
  • ✘ Cons: Integrated 8-port switch lacks PoE support; No multi-gigabit RJ45 LAN ports; Locked into the UniFi ecosystem; Potential fan noise under high thermal loads.
  • Est. Price: $599 - $649

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