We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall 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 initial installation is very straightforward."
"The security on offer is very good."
"It is a safe product."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"Network filtering is valuable. The scalability capability from the cloud-native service helps us a lot because it simplifies our day-to-day maintenance activity."
"I can easily configure it."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"Great security and connectivity."
"In terms of the reporting, it's beautiful. It integrates with Azure monitoring and with Azure policies. That piece is a big help. You can set governing policies and you can use the application firewall, as well as the Azure Firewall, to enforce those policies."
"All its features are good. That's why we recommend it."
"It's very flexible and meets our customer's needs."
"The antivirus and items of that nature were quite helpful to have."
"SonicWall's sales support is much better than other vendors'."
"The filtering is excellent."
"The most valuable feature I've found is VPN and web protection, particularly with navigation assessment. We use the application control feature to create rules controlling specific application navigation."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the firewalling, which is very good and the GUI which is very intuitive. It is easy to use, and provides great security."
"SonicWall NSa has a user-friendly firmware"
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"Azure Firewall has limited visibility for IDPS, no TLS inspection, no app ID, no user ID, no content ID, no device ID. There is no antivirus or anti-spyware. Azure Firewall doesn't scan traffic for malware unless it triggers an IDPS signature. There is no sandbox or machine learning functionality, meaning we are not protected from Zero-day threats. There is no DNS security and limited web categories."
"It needs a lot of improvement, especially on intruder detection. They are working hard on that."
"For large organizations, a third-party firewall would be an added advantage, because it would have more advanced features, things that are not in Azure Firewall."
"You have to have a defined IP range within your network to associate it with your network. The problem is you have to plan ahead of time if you expect to use the firewall in the future so that you don't have to reconfigure your subnets or that specific IP range. Other than that, I don't any issues. I use it for basic configuration for a single application, so I really don't try to leverage it for multiple applications where I might find some complexity or challenges."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"The product could be made more customizable."
"The threat intelligence part could be better. I don't see why our customers have to get an additional solution with Azure Firewall. It would be great if they made it on par with Palo Alto."
"Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment."
"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."
"Some of the configurations could be better."
"The product must enable integration with endpoint protection tools."
"The cloud services may be in need of some improvement."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"This product is unable to secure access to endpoints for our external employees."
"Potential improvement around the associated VPN cost"
"SonicWall NSa needs to make their product more user-friendly."
Azure Firewall is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 33 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Azure Firewall vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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