Palo Alto Networks competitorsClear all

Palo Alto Networks's top competitors include Zscaler, Forcepoint, SonicWALL and CrowdStrike.

	Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks is a provider of cybersecurity solutions that protect organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices.	Zscaler Zscaler (formerly known as SafeChannel) is a company operating a cloud security platform.	Forcepoint Forcepoint (formerly known as Websense) is a user and data protection cybersecurity company.	SonicWALL SonicWALL is a company that provides network security and data protection products and solutions.	CrowdStrike CrowdStrike is a company providing endpoint protection solutions.
Founding Date	Founding Date 2005	Founding Date 2007	Founding Date 1994	Founding Date 1991	Founding Date 2011
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Private	Type Public
Tags	Tags Technology cloud cybersecurity enterprise software platform	Tags Technology cloud cloud platforms(PaaS)cybersecurity enterprise software platform	Tags Technology cloud cybersecurity enterprise software	Tags Technology cybersecurity enterprise software it services	Tags Technology cloud cybersecurity enterprise software
Locations	Locations Santa Clara, US HQ Abbotsford, AU Adelaide, AU Brisbane, AU Canberra, AU Melbourne, AU North Sydney, AU see more	Locations San Jose, US HQ Melbourne, AU Sydney, AU Burnaby, CA Puteaux, FR Frankfurt Am Main, DE München, DE see more	Locations Austin, US HQ Helsinki, FI Bengaluru, IN Cork, IE Dublin 4, IE Tel Aviv Yafo, IL Warszawa, PL see more	Locations Milpitas, US HQ	Locations Sunnyvale, US HQ Sydney, AU Pune, IN Tokyo, JP Bucharest, RO London, GB Reading, GB see more
Employees	Employees 11,8703% increase	Employees 3,15356% increase	Employees 2,2321% decrease	Employees 1,8011% decrease	Employees 4,5438% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 47.2 b	Valuation ($) 18.7 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 34.1 b
Twitter followers	Twitter followers 117.7 k	Twitter followers 12.3 k	Twitter followers 71.3 k	Twitter followers 31.3 k	Twitter followers 66.5 k
Number of tweets (last 30 days)	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 57	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 65	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 115	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 220	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 111
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days)	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 5.1	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 4.2	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.7	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 5.4	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 10.9
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days)	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 96.92%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 95.65%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 99.55%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100%
Alexa Website Rank	Alexa Website Rank 11941	Alexa Website Rank 17631	Alexa Website Rank 104949	Alexa Website Rank 48034	Alexa Website Rank 29750
Employee Rating	Employee Rating 4.1	Employee Rating 4.5	Employee Rating 3.2	Employee Rating 4.3	Employee Rating 4.3
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $4.3b (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) $673.1m (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) $658m (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) $874.4m (FY, 2021)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $1.3b (FY, 2021)	Cost of goods $150.3m (FY, 2021)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $229.5m (FY, 2021)
Gross profit	Gross profit $3b (FY, 2021)	Gross profit $522.8m (FY, 2021)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $644.9m (FY, 2021)
Net income	Net income ($498.9m) (FY, 2021)	Net income ($262m) (FY, 2021)	Net income N/A	Net income N/A	Net income ($92.6m) (FY, 2021)
Operating ⚠
Backlog	Backlog N/A	Backlog N/A	Backlog $503m (Q1, 2020)	Backlog N/A	Backlog $654.7m (Q3, 2022)
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries 185 (Q1, 2022)	Countries 150 (Apr, 2021)	Countries N/A	Countries N/A
Customers	Customers N/A	Customers 5.6 k (Q1, 2022)	Customers 14 k (Apr, 2021)	Customers N/A	Customers N/A
Industries Served	Industries Served N/A	Industries Served N/A	Industries Served 4 (Apr, 2021)	Industries Served 9 (Nov, 2021)	Industries Served N/A
Patent Applications (US)	Patent Applications (US) N/A	Patent Applications (US) N/A	Patent Applications (US) N/A	Patent Applications (US) 82 (Nov, 2021)	Patent Applications (US) 41 (FY, 2020)
Patents (US)	Patents (US) N/A	Patents (US) N/A	Patents (US) 66 (Apr, 2021)	Patents (US) 70 (Nov, 2021)	Patents (US) 26 (FY, 2020)
Patents Issued	Patents Issued N/A	Patents Issued 130 (FY, 2021)	Patents Issued N/A	Patents Issued N/A	Patents Issued 65 (FY, 2021)
Remaining Performance Obligations	Remaining Performance Obligations $6.3b (Q2, 2022)	Remaining Performance Obligations $1.2b (FY, 2021)	Remaining Performance Obligations N/A	Remaining Performance Obligations N/A	Remaining Performance Obligations N/A
Retention Rate	Retention Rate N/A	Retention Rate 1.3 (Q1, 2022)	Retention Rate N/A	Retention Rate N/A	Retention Rate 1 (Q3, 2022)
Technology Partners	Technology Partners N/A	Technology Partners N/A	Technology Partners 9 (Apr, 2021)	Technology Partners 56 (Nov, 2021)	Technology Partners N/A
Trademarks (US)	Trademarks (US) N/A	Trademarks (US) N/A	Trademarks (US) 24 (Apr, 2021)	Trademarks (US) 4 (Nov, 2021)	Trademarks (US) N/A
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 101.4m	Total funding raised $ 138m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 493.8m