We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and SonicWall NSv 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."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The performance is good."
"The GUI is good."
"SonicWall provides endpoint security with advanced protection. Moreover, SonicWall includes access points and additional features."
"We have not found any vulnerabilities since implementing the solution."
"Anti-Spam reduces unwanted mail on corporate exchange services."
"It is a brilliant product. It is a Unified Threat Management (UTM) system. It has got about 11 security services that take care of your perimeter security. It takes care of any kind of cyber threats that could come in. It takes care of creating VPNs between two SonicWalls instantly and very easily. It has got spyware in it as well as a firewall. It has also got a gateway antivirus and an application firewall that can block things from outside."
"The basic firewall rules of the solution are great."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is its ability to work like any other firewall."
"The most valuable features are flexibility, ease of setup, and it's a good product cost-wise."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"The product helps improve our security."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"One of the standout features of SonicWall is its simplicity in creating and managing rules."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"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 purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The solution is very expensive."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"One issue with the solution is that no authorization or authentication features exist."
"The security standards for space and point of view should be improved so that the solution deploys in critical areas."
"The thing main thing is that there's no user admin and in other firewalls, we can enable the scalable features, but SonicWall doesn't have that feature."
"SonicWall NSa's reporting could be improved."
"Initially, it may be difficult for some people to learn and become acquainted with it."
"They are not ready for managed security services. Their Cloud GMS product is weak, barely out of beta (buggy)."
"Needs a more detailed reporting feature."
"This product is unable to secure access to endpoints for our external employees."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"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."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews while SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XGS, whereas SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall TZ and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our SonicWall NSa vs. SonicWall NSv report.
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