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 web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"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."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"The VDOM (Virtual DOM) is a virtualized firewall that has some opportunities for flexibility that are an advantage in certain configurations."
"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."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"FortiOS's most valuable feature is a next-generation firewall that can be used as the APT solution in advanced threat protection."
"FortiGate as a product is very easy to configure."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiOS is great."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"The interface is easy to understand, so when there are threats you get alerts. It's quite intuitive, but if you are ever confused they have instructional videos. For example, if you don't understand a graph there's a link to a video that explains what the graph means. It makes it very user-friendly."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"They give good protection to my network and support it."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"It's a stable solution."
"I've found the technical support to be helpful."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"Once it's configured properly, the solution is unbreakable."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"FortiOS doesn't work well with all browsers. I think they need to do a better job of making it compatible with the various browsers that are out there."
"The implementation could be simplified."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"The signature discs, compared to Palo Alto, aren't as good. It takes more time to get the signature updates."
"It would be great if they can push the Microsoft updates through Fortinet OS and provide a centralized patch management system. They should also include the data loss prevention (DLP) and data leakage prevention features. They could also add network monitoring more effectively."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"The pricing model makes this product far more expensive than similar solutions."
"They need to integrate more with the SD-WAN."
"The dashboard needs to be improved."
"We encounter issues while generating new reports."
"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."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"I would like to see a SonicWall integration with the DLP tool, this would be interesting. Data Loss Prevention integration."
"The marketing of SonicWall has to be increased. Currently, when it comes to firewalls, most people go for Cisco and Palo Alto. SonicWall should improve its marketing and branding policies to increase sales. Other than that, it is good."
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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