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Palo Alto Networks

5 articles and 183 catalog rows, each traced to the vendor’s own documents.

5Articles·17Products·14Metrics·10Programs·51Rules·79Evidence·29Sources

Encyclopedia Articles

Palo Alto Networks licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-26

Palo Alto Networks Software NGFW credits and VM-Series licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-26

Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Program and hardware firewall subscriptionsCited · Edited 2026-09-26

Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-26

Palo Alto Networks Cortex and Prisma Cloud licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-26

Metrics

Attached subscription (per firewall)Firewall (hardware or VM-Series)Cortex Cloud protected workloadWorkload Cortex XDR Cloud per HostHost Cortex XDR Pro per EndpointEndpoint GB/day (Cortex data ingestion)GB per day Prisma Access Mobile UserUser Prisma Access Remote Network bandwidth (Mbps)Mbps Prisma Access Remote Network siteSite

Programs

Cloud Security Service Provider (CSSP) programPartner program End-of-Life PolicyPolicy Enterprise Program (for Attached Subscriptions)Enterprise agreement Enterprise Program (for Hardware Support)Enterprise agreement Grace Period PolicyPolicy Lab unitsRestricted-use licence Secondary Market PolicyPolicy Software NGFW CreditsConsumption

Rules

Assignment needs consent; change of control counts as assignmentCommercial Attached subscriptions start at activation or 90 days after authorization code deliveryTerm start Benchmark and comparison results may not be publishedRestriction Cortex Cloud workloads are measured on a 90-day average; posture spills into runtime onlyCounting Cortex XDR default retention: 31 days ingested data, 186 days case and issue dataEntitlement Cortex XDR enforces Pro and Cloud agent counts after a 14-day graceCounting Cortex XDR Fair Usage Policy limits ingestion, data sources and API usageThreshold Cortex XDR licences return to the pool after 30 days of inactivity (VDI immediately)Mobility

Evidence

30-day renewal window for deployment profilesDocumentation excerpt Added credits share the pool expiry dateDocumentation excerpt Attached subscriptions 90-day activation gracePolicy excerpt Clientless VPN users count as a unitDocumentation excerpt Cold storage retention 6-month minimumTable excerpt Cortex Cloud 90-day workload averageDocumentation excerpt Cortex Cloud posture-to-runtime spilloverTable excerpt Cortex Data Lake tier 50 GB/day minimumTable excerpt

Sources

Activate Credits (Software NGFW)Documentation Cortex Cloud: Understand license plansDocumentation Cortex XDR License allocationDocumentation Cortex XDR License expirationDocumentation Cortex XDR license planDocumentation Cortex XSIAM license tiers and product licensesDocumentation Data retention in Cortex XDRDocumentation End User License Agreement (August 2026)Contract