We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and SonicWall NSSP 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 security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"User friendly and intuitive."
"Support is usually good when it comes to helping with issues."
"The stability is better than other products."
"It allows us to block applications, i.e., websites by application type category. It is far more capable than content filtering alone."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the GUI pre-filtering and the ATP (advanced threat protection)."
"We like the features, but the main thing is from a commercial and cost perspective it is very good."
"We have utilized all the features. The most valuable are the URL filtering by category, DMZ zoning, load balancing and site-to-site VPN."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"SonicWall NSSP is stable and scalable too."
"The VPN functionality is really good. Overall, the whole device is very easy to manage. The software that comes with it is also good."
"I like the filtering feature, which provides easy access. The SSL certification feature is also nice. The solution enhanced our security posture."
"It has been delivering results efficiently. Its configurations and updates have been easy. It is also user-friendly."
"The solution's pricing is good."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"In terms of improvement, features like App Control do not work properly"
"The security standards for space and point of view should be improved so that the solution deploys in critical areas."
"It only has a single power interface, which has limitations in terms of high availability."
"They should consider upgrading the capabilities within the GUI."
"The reporting feature could be better because most of the companies want to have the analytics included, which is something that you have to buy separately."
"The product likely isn't a good fit for a large organization."
"I would like to see better integration."
"The detection of malware can improve in SonicWall NSa."
"The user interface, the GUI, could be improved."
"Its reporting functions can be improved. It has decent reporting, but you got to pay a lot more money for it. That's where it begins to fall apart. It comes with minimal zero reporting unless you buy some extra modules. With those extra modules, you can get all the data, but it takes a while to put together what you need for your customer. It is for technical people, but there is no executive summary of the reporting."
"No security product is foolproof against hackers, intruders, and other such things. As a security product, they have to keep pace in terms of protection from new hackers and intruders."
"The solution's stability and scalability also need improvement."
"The product needs improvement for phishing emails."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews while SonicWall NSSP is ranked 38th in Firewalls with 5 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while SonicWall NSSP is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSSP writes "Good VPN functionality, very good support, easy to manage, and meets all of our needs". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas SonicWall NSSP is most compared with . See our SonicWall NSSP vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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