We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and SonicWall TZ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"The product provides more visibility into our traffic."
"The most valuable features are the User ID, URL filtering, and application filtering."
"App-ID and User-ID have repeatedly shown value in securing business critical systems."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has everything centralized. You have the VPN solution, firewall, routing, UDR, flexibility, updates, and full visibility of your traffic."
"The solution strengthens our IT posture."
"It scales linearly with load and no issues."
"SonicWall TZ is very user-friendly and has network MAC binding. Additionally, the firewall works well."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"The stability is very nice."
"It is a scalable solution."
"No negative impression of the scalability."
"The most valuable features have been content filtering, and the interface is easy to navigate and to use."
"With the main firewall routing there, we can do connectivity point-to-point. On the low bandwidth we can connect in all the branches with my corporate office."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"It is not very easy to scale up the solution."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
"The solution's licensing could be improved, and training should be included before installation."
"There could be dynamic DNS features similar to Fortinet in the product."
"The product could provide protection above Layer 3, which gets into the application layer and provides better visibility into those aspects of application security."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"The implementation should be simplified."
"There are some delays that I have observed when my company communicates with Palo Alto's support engineers."
"I currently have two of the issues from SonicWall. One issue is that the IP is not the public IP. Sometimes it moves to an alternate source and I have to refresh the new IP then we can go on."
"There can be an improvement in analysis and reporting. We need enhancement on the reporting side."
"We have experienced some issues with SonicWall TZ and they are lacking some advanced features other vendors have."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"FortiGate has a client DNS in the firewall, but SonicWall doesn't have that. To create or configure a site-to-site VPN tunnel, we have to give a DNS name. Currently, we have to get the DNS name from a third party and then include it in SonicWall, whereas FortiGate has its own client DNS, so it provides a DNS name, and it does not require a third party. There should be a graphical option to view the network utilization and bandwidth usage."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."
"It could be made more user friendly."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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