We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"The product offers very good security."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Using Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we were able to deploy a single point of management and visualization of the firewall infrastructure in cloud, on-premise and integrated with Azure to automate scale up. Its security features, i.e. anti-malware, threat prevention, URL Filtering, VPN, and antivirus are the most valuable. The ID-User integrated with AD and 2FA features are also very useful to provide secure access to servers and some users in the company. "
"What I like about the VM-Series is that you can launch them in a very short time."
"The VM series has an advantage over the physical version because we are able to change the sources that the machine has, such as the amount of available RAM."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has everything centralized. You have the VPN solution, firewall, routing, UDR, flexibility, updates, and full visibility of your traffic."
"The solution strengthens our IT posture."
"It is nice to have a rock solid security platform that we can count on."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"Once it's configured properly, the solution is unbreakable."
"Most of the features are useful. It is easy to configure and easy to troubleshoot. I can see the utilization of different networks, and there are also App control features."
"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"I have found this solution to be easier to use when compared to other products, such as those offered by Cisco."
"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."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"Palo Alto is that it is really bad when it comes to technical support."
"All areas need improvement: manufacturing, education, financial, etc."
"We don't know how it will scale once we start putting more load on it."
"We feel that the setup was complex. So, we asked the tech team about the setup process. They explained how to deploy it in the right way, which made it very simple."
"The product needs improvement in their Secure Access Service Edge."
"The DLP functionality or data classification can be improved in the solution's basic firewalling."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
"The solution's licensing could be improved, and training should be included before installation."
"The areas we would like to see improvement include more features available similar to the equivalent FortiGate appliance, e.g. SSL encryption and inspection. Two-factor authentication capability would be another additional feature that could be included in the next release."
"I would like to see lower antivirus pricing."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"Although the pricing is good, it could always be lower. If we get to pay less, we're happier."
"I would like them to make the interface a little bit easier to use so you can find out where in the heck you're going instead of having to go to 15 different places to get something installed."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
"There is a point I don't like about SonicWall in the past and now. Most of the destinations we look at when we're detecting some user using too much bandwidth or something like that, SonicWall just gave us destination IP address, instead of the full qualified domain name. I think that's the most important part that is still missing. I think that's the most important for us."
"I currently have two of the issues from SonicWall. One issue is that the IP is not the public IP. Sometimes it moves to an alternate source and I have to refresh the new IP then we can go on."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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