We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."The initial installation is very straightforward."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The pricing is excellent."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is the only solution that currently offers VPN for clients."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the SD-WAN, SSL inspection, and IDS/IPS functions."
"The fact that is it has a UTM, a Unified Threat Management feature is the most valuable aspect for us. It's an all in one product. It's like our one-stop-shop to the internet."
"I like that the firewall gives me a lot of control in terms of outgoing and inbound traffic, and it scores better in deep packet inspections when compared with the Azure Firewall."
"The interface is good."
"The solution constantly adds features that are useful and user-friendly such as the ability to tweak firewalls through the CLI."
"It's been very easy to implement and deploy."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"Ease of management and the VPN integration."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall TZ is the double authentication, where it asks for one password and again asks for a four-digit code, which changes every 30 seconds."
"The VPN is quite useful for us, as well as the ATP."
"We like the central interface and we like the security features. Additionally, we use SonicWall with VPN connectivity and we have had no problems with SonicWall all these years."
"We like the unified threat management for defense-in-depth. We can terminate our site-to-site and remote access VPNs with it."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"I would like to see more statistics in the monitoring part."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the monitoring function, it could be more accurate, easy to use, and understandable."
"While it is a solid solution, there are some product limitations which exclude it from deployment in some situations."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"Some features I have found to be hidden and cannot be accessed through the graphical user interface, you can only access them through the command-line interface(CLI). All the features should be accessible through the graphical user interface."
"The support could be improved, Fortinet's response time is very slow. Setting up the VPN could be made much easier, especially when deployed with Azure."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."
"SonicWall TZ can improve the UI application and when you create any net policies or any new policy, it will not sync or work properly."
"I would like the solution to build in more redundancy. I"
"GUI interface could be improved."
"An additional feature that I would like to see is reporting that includes metrics to give me more information about the number of viruses that it has actually detected and interrupted."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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