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Infisical vs Palo Alto Networks

Infisical sells an all-in-one platform to manage application secrets, certificates, and privileged access across cloud, on-prem, and AI infrastructure. Palo Alto Networks sells network security, security operations, cloud security, identity security, AI security and observability platforms, along with threat intelligence and incident response services. CISO Tribune files both under Privileged access management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Infisical vs Palo Alto Networks: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
InfisicalInfisical sells an all-in-one platform to manage application secrets, certificates, and privileged access across cloud, on-prem, and AI infrastructure.infisical.comPalo Alto NetworksPalo Alto Networks sells network security, security operations, cloud security, identity security, AI security and observability platforms, along with threat intelligence and incident response services.paloaltonetworks.com
What it sells
  • Secrets Management[1][3]Syncs, rotates and audits application credentials across every environment and workload.
  • Agent Vault[1][3]Agent Vault is billed per brokered request.
  • Strata[1][12][21]A network security platform built for Zero Trust and powered by AI.
  • Next-Generation Firewalls[20]Physical appliances and virtualized firewalls that can be managed with Panorama.
  • Cortex XSIAM[22]A security operations platform used by Abraxas.
  • Cortex XCOR[12]An AI-driven platform for observability.
  • Cortex Cloud[1][23]A cloud security product that unifies posture, runtime and investigation workflows.
  • Idira[1][11][12][25]An identity security product for human, machine and agentic identities.
  • Prisma AIRS[26][27]An AI security platform for enterprise AI applications and LLM deployments.
  • Prisma AIRS AI Gateway[27]A product that brings AI governance, identity and runtime controls together.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesSanta Clara, United States[24]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2005[4][24]
Ownership and funding
Privately held[2][4]Public (NASDAQ: PANW)[2][9][13][15][18][19][21][22][30][32][33]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
  • Village Roadshow[5]
  • Banco Inter[6]
  • State of Louisiana[7]
  • Boyne Resorts[8]
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • September 22, 2026Palo Alto Networks announced a new service that lets enterprises continuously find and fix exposures before attackers weaponize them.[17]
  • September 1, 2026Palo Alto Networks acquired Console, an AI-native platform that adds agentic capabilities to security operations workflows.[9]
  • September 1, 2026Palo Alto Networks reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 revenue of $3.41 billion, up 34% year over year.[10]
  • May 29, 2026Palo Alto Networks announced it has closed its acquisition of Portkey, a company focused on AI Gateways.[30]
  • May 12, 2026Palo Alto Networks launched Idira, an identity security platform for discovering, controlling and governing human, machine and agentic identities.[11]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[4]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 4, 2026[19]
Who it fits
From its own pages, Infisical sells mainly to teams that manage credentials for applications and agents across cloud, on-prem, and AI infrastructure. Individuals and personal projects, and scaling teams with complex security needs, are named as audiences for Secrets Management plans. Large orgs needing SCIM, custom SLAs, and dedicated support are named as an audience for the plan with LDAP, SCIM, and approval workflows. Teams running internal PKI at small scale are named for the entry certificate offering, and organizations with existing PKI, device fleets, or compliance requirements for the offering priced per unit. Infisical offers Infisical Cloud in US and EU regions, and supported deployment in a customer's own infrastructure, including air-gapped.From its own pages, Palo Alto Networks sells network security for branch offices, data centers, public cloud environments and mobile networks. Its customer stories name a tire manufacturer headquartered in India and a provider of IT solutions for the public sector in Switzerland. That provider has state and local government organisations under management. Its pages describe operational technology security for networks that manage physical hardware across manufacturing plants and water utilities, and cover healthcare delivery organizations such as hospitals and clinics.
Last verified
October 28, 2026October 10, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Infisical and Palo Alto Networks are both filed under Privileged access management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Infisical's primary category is Non-human identity security; Palo Alto Networks's is Firewalls and NGFW.
  • Infisical is also filed under Machine identity and PKI. Palo Alto Networks is also filed under Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP) and EDR and XDR.
  • Infisical lists Secrets Management and Agent Vault. Palo Alto Networks lists Strata, Next-Generation Firewalls, Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XCOR, Cortex Cloud and 3 more.
  • Palo Alto Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, United States.
  • Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005.
  • Infisical is privately held. Palo Alto Networks is a public company listed on NASDAQ as PANW.
  • Palo Alto Networks publicly names Village Roadshow, Banco Inter, State of Louisiana and Boyne Resorts.

What it sells: Infisical

What Secrets Management does[1][3]
Can require reviews for sensitive changes and access requests before they reach production. Secrets Management is billed per identity, meaning human users plus machine identities.
What Agent Vault does[1][3]
Agent Vault is billed per brokered request. Every request an agent makes is routed through Infisical and logged. An agent only ever sees placeholders, and real secrets are attached at the proxy.

What it sells: Palo Alto Networks

What Strata does[1][12][21]
Palo Alto Networks says the Strata Network Security Platform is built for Zero Trust and powered by AI. Palo Alto Networks says Strata proactively monitors, analyzes and prevents sophisticated threats in real time.
What Next-Generation Firewalls does[20]
Palo Alto Networks offers next-generation firewalls as physical appliances and virtualized firewalls. They can be managed individually or centrally using Panorama, and Strata Cloud Manager supports them. Palo Alto Networks says its NGFW uses App-ID technology to classify applications across all ports.
What Cortex XSIAM does[22]
Abraxas says Cortex XSIAM unites SIEM and EDR in one integrated solution. Cortex XSIAM provides SecOps across 3,000 clients and in-house Abraxas devices.
What Prisma AIRS does[26][27]
Prisma AIRS is an AI security platform designed to secure the entire enterprise AI ecosystem and to protect AI applications and LLM deployments. Prisma AIRS offers deployment modes such as Network Intercept and API Intercept.
What Prisma AIRS AI Gateway does[27]
Prisma AIRS AI Gateway brings AI governance, identity and runtime controls together in one place. Prisma AIRS AI Gateway intercepts and optimizes agentic traffic while inspecting and securing communications to protect agents from attacks.

Questions about Infisical and Palo Alto Networks

What do Infisical and Palo Alto Networks sell?
Infisical sells Secrets Management and Agent Vault. Palo Alto Networks sells Strata, Next-Generation Firewalls, Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XCOR, Cortex Cloud and 3 more.
Are Infisical and Palo Alto Networks in the same category?
They share Privileged access management. Infisical's primary category is Non-human identity security and Palo Alto Networks's is Firewalls and NGFW.
Where are Infisical and Palo Alto Networks headquartered?
Palo Alto Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, United States.
When were Infisical and Palo Alto Networks founded?
Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005.
Who owns Infisical and Palo Alto Networks?
Infisical is privately held. Palo Alto Networks is a public company listed on NASDAQ as PANW.
Which customers do Infisical and Palo Alto Networks name?
Palo Alto Networks publicly names Village Roadshow, Banco Inter, State of Louisiana and Boyne Resorts.
Who are Infisical and Palo Alto Networks sold to?
From its own pages, Infisical sells mainly to teams that manage credentials for applications and agents across cloud, on-prem, and AI infrastructure. From its own pages, Palo Alto Networks sells network security for branch offices, data centers, public cloud environments and mobile networks.
What have Infisical and Palo Alto Networks announced recently?
September 22, 2026: Palo Alto Networks announced a new service that lets enterprises continuously find and fix exposures before attackers weaponize them.

About Infisical

Infisical sells an all-in-one platform to manage application secrets, certificates, and privileged access across cloud, on-prem, and AI infrastructure. Infisical describes one platform, one identity model, and one place to audit every credential that applications and agents use. Infisical prices its four product lines separately, and a customer can buy one as a point solution or several to use Infisical as a platform. Infisical products each have an open-source core under the MIT license, free forever for those who self-host.[1][3]

Infisical syncs, rotates, and audits application credentials across every environment and workload. Infisical scopes access to secrets by environment, path, and identity with fine-grained RBAC. Infisical rotates credentials on a schedule and issues short-lived, on-demand secrets scoped to each request. Infisical can require reviews for sensitive changes and access requests before they reach production.

Infisical offers a plan for individuals and personal projects with 5 identities, unlimited projects, 3 environments, and 10 secret syncs. Infisical offers a plan for scaling teams with complex security needs that includes everything in Pro plus dynamic secrets, gateways, full secret rotation, custom roles, and temporary access. Infisical sells to large orgs needing SCIM, custom SLAs, and dedicated support, with a plan that includes everything in Advanced plus LDAP, SCIM, user groups, approval workflows, KMIP, external KMS and HSM, audit log streaming, sub-organizations, and a 99.99% SLA.[3]

Customers decide which tools and APIs each agent can reach, and everything else is blocked at the proxy. Infisical routes every request an agent makes through Infisical and logs it.[3]

Infisical stands up private CAs and automates the full certificate lifecycle. Infisical shows every CA and certificate across infrastructure, with alerts and expiry warnings. Infisical continuously discovers certificates already deployed across environments. Infisical issues and pushes certificates directly to AWS load balancers and other external systems automatically. Infisical sells to teams running internal PKI at small scale, with core internal CA and certificate management, ACME-compatible external CA integration, API and ACME enrollment, and a certificate dashboard. Infisical also sells to organizations with existing PKI, device fleets, or compliance requirements, with CAs and active certificates priced per unit and unlimited SANs per certificate. Infisical offers wildcard SANs, externally-signed intermediate CAs, Microsoft AD CS, and EST enrollment to those organizations.[1][3]

Infisical replaces standing admin credentials with short-lived, identity-based sessions. Infisical sessions are fully audited across infrastructure, databases, and sensitive systems. Infisical lets users launch into databases and infra from the browser. Infisical offers a plan for teams needing access control and session auditing, with up to 50 accounts, access requests, approval workflows, credential rotation, SSH certificate auth, and command blocking.[3]

Infisical Cloud runs in US and EU regions, and the MIT-licensed core is self-hostable at no cost on any plan. Infisical plans include unlimited projects, two-factor authentication, secret sharing, community support, pay by card, and annual billing. Infisical offers licensed, supported deployment in a customer's own infrastructure, including air-gapped. Infisical states that it is SOC 2, HIPAA, and FIPS 140-3 compliant.[3]

Infisical supports SSO through SAML and OIDC with Okta, Entra ID / Azure AD, Google, JumpCloud, Keycloak, Auth0, PingOne, and general OIDC. Infisical supports SCIM provisioning for automatic user provisioning and deprovisioning from an IdP. Infisical can push audit events to an external SIEM, including non-HTTP providers via Fluent Bit. Infisical supports AWS KMS, GCP KMS, AWS CloudHSM, and PKCS#11 HSMs so root key material stays in the customer's infrastructure. Infisical can be used to manage secrets in cloud, infra tools, frameworks, and more.[1][3]

Infisical on the record

Sources

Infisical full record

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Palo Alto Networks full record

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