We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSv 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 most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"One of the standout features of SonicWall is its simplicity in creating and managing rules."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"We purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"The product helps improve our security."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"The customization of firewall rules provides great value to our customers as it allows them to lock things up in the way that they desire. When it is used for internal access, with a VPN in place for remote workers, the firewalling services provided by Azure, such as the default services that can be turned on, are applied. However, the use of a software-based virtual firewall gives us greater flexibility in introducing security controls for customers who are publishing applications that are publicly accessible from the public cloud. This virtual firewall provides an additional layer of security and more extensive security control options to ensure the protection of our customers' valuable information and assets."
"We are very much happy with the support."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"The VPN is quite useful for us, as well as the ATP."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"Once it's configured properly, the solution is unbreakable."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"We like the unified threat management for defense-in-depth. We can terminate our site-to-site and remote access VPNs with it."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"It has been brought to our attention by a few customers that they are dissatisfied with the fact that our virtualized service is only offered as a subscription option on the cloud. However, it is worth noting that many other similar services are also offered through a subscription model on the cloud and not through perpetual licensing. It is unclear why these customers would have an issue with this subscription service when so many others are utilizing similar methods."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"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 small business line has less PPS throughput."
"In general, the company needs to think contingently and integrate more security options."
"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."
"We have been facing issues with reporting."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"The log analyzer in SonicWall TZ is something that they need to improve upon."
SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall NSa and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Barracuda CloudGen Firewall. See our SonicWall NSv vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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