We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks PA-Series and SonicWall NSa 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 response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The technical support is great."
"It is stable when you set up something and put it into production. Once it works, you don't have other tasks or actions to perform."
"The documentation is great."
"It offers a seamless transition from one option to another, making it exceptionally versatile and user-friendly in an enterprise setting."
"App-ID is a really good feature."
"The direct profiles is a valuable feature."
"It has its own logging system. You can go to monitoring and check the logs to see if a connection is getting blocked. You can use multiple types of logs to check if a file or a port is getting blocked or if there are any TCP resets from the source or destination. It's easy to troubleshoot with the monitoring and logging it provides."
"I like the tool's security and web filtering features."
"The reporting feature and application ID functionality within Palo Alto Networks PA-Series are incredibly valuable to us."
"Sometimes I have some queries, and the SonicWall support team resolves my queries."
"Valuable features include a web filter, DHCP, and monitoring capabilities."
"This product is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"It's very flexible and meets our customer's needs."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"It has excellent stability."
"I like this solution because we are focused on VPN and have many brands that need to link a VPN and have security, like ransomware, spyware, and basic protection."
"The functionality is the same whether it is on hardware or a virtual appliance. The interface is the same. It's nice that it's standardized."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"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."
"I have found that the tool works well for me, but there are areas where security testing and protection could be improved, especially in virtual or cloud environments. However, in this project, once we deployed it, we haven't encountered any issues. The cost is currently manageable, but as we migrate fully into the cloud, additional features like capacity upgrading and improvements to hardware resources will be necessary, especially since our equipment consists of older generation switches and routers. So, I'm looking for additional capabilities in these areas."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is expensive. We would like to see additional threat hunting features."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is complicated to configure compared to one of its competitors."
"The product must provide multiple threat detection features."
"The SD-WAN feature of Palo Alto Networks is not good compared to FortiGate."
"The support provided by the solution is not that good."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"The solution's licensing price could be improved."
"After-sales support and hands-on training facilities are not available in my country."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"The web interface administration of SonicWall NSa could be improved. Compared to Sophos and FortiGate, making rules is easier with those systems."
"The ongoing service fees are high."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"We also need to increase the throughput because the other devices are slower. The throughput will become slow. Since we're using VoIP, it tends to affect the voice quality. Even if you're using a quality service, it tends to decrease."
"The product could expand its throughput capacity."
"I'd like to see integration with Microsoft 365 for authentication."
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Palo Alto Networks PA-Series vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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