Palo Alto Networks

PANW

Application

Cybersecurity vendor whose Precision AI models power real-time threat detection and autonomous response across its network, cloud and security-operations products.

Total funding—

Market cap$302.9B

Employees16,068

Founded2005

HeadquartersSanta Clara, USA

StatusPublic

Market cap, Employees — stockanalysis.com · 28 Aug 2026 Founded — en.wikipedia.org · 29 Aug 2026

paloaltonetworks.com

Products

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

Cortex XSIAM Platform

An AI-driven security operations platform that unifies SIEM, SOAR and detection-and-response data with automation and AI agents to run a security operations centre.
Precision AI Platform

Palo Alto Networks' proprietary AI system combining machine learning, deep learning and generative AI to automate threat detection, prevention and remediation across its Strata, Prisma Cloud and Cortex security platforms.
Prisma AIRS Platform

An AI security platform that discovers, scans and protects AI models, agents, applications and data against runtime and posture threats.
Cortex XDR Platform Sold on its own

Endpoint detection and response platform marketed as "the foundation of the AI-driven SOC," with an AI agent assistant (Cortex AgentiX) for investigation and response.

Inside Palo Alto Networks NGFW, software firewall or SASE

AI Access Security Application Paid add-on to the parent

A cloud-delivered service within Prisma SASE that discovers shadow AI usage and applies access controls and data loss prevention to generative AI applications.
Strata Cloud Manager Platform Included with the parent

"The first AI-powered, unified solution for network security management and operations," with an AI assistant (Strata Copilot) and purpose-built AI agents for policy optimization, threat detection and remediation.

Inside Prisma AIRS

Prisma AIRS AI Gateway Platform Included with the parent

Runtime gateway component of Prisma AIRS that inspects and governs traffic to and from AI models and agents.

Closest alternatives 8

ZscalerPublic · $30.5B4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare C

CrowdStrikePublic · $192.6BCortex XDR is Palo Alto's direct Falcon-equivalent endpoint/XDR product.3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare S

SentinelOnePublic · $7.5B10-K Item 1 Competition names Palo Alto Networks as a direct rival across endpoint/XDR. SentinelOne's endpoint product and Palo Alto's Cortex XDR both carry detect-security-threats.4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare F

FortinetPublic · $124.8B6 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare M

MicrosoftPublic · $3.7T7 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare E

ElasticPublic · $10.2BSecurity category.5 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare C

CiscoPublic · $433.3BCisco FY2026 Form 10-K (fiscal year ended 2026-07-25), Competition section.7 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare D

DatadogPublic · $84.9B6 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleNamed in filingDetect and respond to security threatsCompare

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How this list is ranked ↗

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Vectra AIPrivate · $1.2BPrecision AI and Vectra AI Platform do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare CP

Check Point Software TechnologiesPublicPrecision AI and ThreatCloud AI do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Check Point Software Technologies's scale not recorded.1 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DarktracePrivate · $5.3BPrecision AI and Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).1 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare H

HiddenLayerPrivate · $50M raisedAI Access Security and Agent Harness Security do comparable work on data security and threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; similar scale (private).4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare W

WizAcquiredPrisma AIRS and Wiz AI-SPM do comparable work on data security and threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Wiz is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare AS

Abnormal SecurityPrivate · $5.1BPrecision AI and Attune do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare RC

Red CanaryPrivatePrecision AI and Red Canary Managed Phishing Response do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Red Canary's scale not recorded.2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DoppelPrivate · $615MPrecision AI and Doppel Security Awareness Training do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare C

CyeraPrivate · $12BAI Access Security and Omni DLP do comparable work on data security; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare T

TorqPrivate · $1.2BStrata Cloud Manager and Torq Auto Triage do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private); ships AI agent rather than the same layer.3 of 7 capabilitiesDifferent layerSmaller scaleCompare A

AccenturePublic · $111BStrata Cloud Manager and Cyber.AI do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; same layer and the same scale band (large-cap).4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompare I

IBMPublic · $216.6BAI Access Security and IBM Guardium AI Security do comparable work on data security and threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; same layer and the same scale band (large-cap).7 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompare V

VercelPrivate · $9.3BPrecision AI and Vercel BotID do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare D

DocusignPublic · $12.7BAI Access Security and Docusign Identify do comparable work on data security; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (public).4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare G

Glean (Glean Technologies)Private · $7.2BAI Access Security and Glean Protect do comparable work on data security and guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare MF

Mind FoundryPrivate · $44M raisedAI Access Security and Nightingale do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; similar scale (private).2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare N

NiCEPublic · $6.5BPrecision AI and Xceed AI FRAML do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (public).5 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare S

SplunkAcquiredAI Access Security and Splunk Enterprise Security do comparable work on data security and threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Splunk is acquired, with no independent scale.5 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DataikuPrivate · $3.7BPrisma AIRS and Dataiku LLM Guard Services do comparable work on data security and guardrails and safety; smaller scale (private).6 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare W

WorkdayPublic · $49.3BPrisma AIRS and Agent System of Record do comparable work on data security and guardrails and safety; smaller scale (public).6 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare S

ServiceNowPublic · $130.1BPrisma AIRS and AI Control Tower do comparable work on data security and guardrails and safety; same layer and the same scale band (large-cap).6 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompare RA

Resemble AIPrivatePrecision AI and Resemble Identity do comparable work on threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Resemble AI's scale not recorded.2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare S

SAPPublic · $256.3BPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and SAP AI Agent Hub do comparable work on guardrails and safety; same layer and the same scale band (large-cap).5 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompare W

WriterPrivate · $1.9BPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and WRITER AI Studio do comparable work on guardrails and safety; smaller scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare H

HelsingPrivate · $18BAI Access Security and Cirra do comparable work on threat detection and response; smaller scale (private).2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare Z

ZapierPrivate · $5BAI Access Security and AI Guardrails by Zapier do comparable work on data security and guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private).4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare C

CodeRabbitPrivate · $1.5BCortex XDR and CodeRabbit Security do comparable work on guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; smaller scale (private); ships AI agent and developer tool rather than the same layer.2 of 7 capabilitiesDifferent layerSmaller scaleCompare IT

Invisible TechnologiesPrivate · $144M raisedPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and Synapse do comparable work on guardrails and safety; similar scale (private).5 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare J

JasperPrivateAI Access Security and Jasper Brand IQ do comparable work on guardrails and safety; Jasper's scale not recorded.2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare B

BroadcomPublic · $1.7TPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and AgentMinder do comparable work on guardrails and safety; larger scale (public).2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompare A

AnthropicPrivate · $965BAI Access Security and Claude Security do comparable work on guardrails and safety and threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; larger scale (private).5 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompare K

KrispPrivateAI Access Security and Krisp Voice Security both serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Krisp's scale not recorded.1 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare N

Neo4jPrivate · $2BAI Access Security and GraphAware Hume do comparable work on threat detection and response; smaller scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare HC

Huawei CloudPrivateCortex XDR and Content Moderation do comparable work on guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Huawei Cloud's scale not recorded.2 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OpenAIPrivate · $852BAI Access Security and OpenAI Daybreak do comparable work on data security and threat detection and response; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; larger scale (private).6 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompare AA

Arthur AIPrivate · $62.7M raisedPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and Arthur Agent Security & Governance do comparable work on guardrails and safety; similar scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare FA

Fiddler AIPrivate · $100M raisedPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and Fiddler Guardrails do comparable work on guardrails and safety; similar scale (private).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CoreWeavePublic · $48.5BPrisma AIRS and Mission Control do comparable work on data security; smaller scale (public).3 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare N

NVIDIAPublic · $5.1TPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and NVIDIA NeMo do comparable work on guardrails and safety; larger scale (public).4 of 7 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompare T

TuringPrivate · $2.2BPrisma AIRS AI Gateway and Turing Intelligence Platform do comparable work on guardrails and safety; smaller scale (private); ships agent platform and data service rather than the same layer.4 of 7 capabilitiesDifferent layerSmaller scaleCompare T

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