We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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."The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"We are very much happy with the support."
"The solution is stable."
"Access restriction and IP whitelisting are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."
"Its user interface and simplicity are the most favorite parts for our clients. They find it stable and easy to use. Its performance is also good."
"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
"Its reporting can be improved. Currently, we cannot directly get the user names. It only shows the IP, which makes it a bit confusing because we need to use the IP to find the user. If we could directly get the name of the user, it would be better."
"Its pricing can be better. It is very expensive."
"The log analyzer in SonicWall TZ is something that they need to improve upon."
"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."
"In general, the company needs to think contingently and integrate more security options."
"We encounter issues while generating new reports."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
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SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 14th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Untangle NG Firewall, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Meraki MX. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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