We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW 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 solution is stable."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The central management makes it easier, and is a time-saver, when implementing changes."
"The Check Point appliances are considered NGFW devices and can process both the ASA and FTD requirements on a single instance, removing the requirement for an expansion SSD module and/or additional hardware."
"We can easily check firewall configurations against any compliance standard."
"The Blades work fine and the performance optimization is great."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The characteristics on offer have come to give an added value under a single investment, thus offering many advantages."
"AV, IPS, AntiSpam, Sandbox. That's gentlemen set for any basic security, and it was implemented very well. In our reports, the most exciting results belong to AV and IPS. It can be explained by using ThreatCloud - a global knowledge base, which accumulates signatures for all existing and new coming malware, and all the Check Point solutions are always up to date with potential threats."
"The firewall and IPS are the most valuable features of the solution."
"The product is simple to manage."
"Compared to Cisco, SonicWall NSa is much easier to configure."
"Support has improved dramatically since their separation from Dell."
"I like this solution because we are focused on VPN and have many brands that need to link a VPN and have security, like ransomware, spyware, and basic protection."
"The antivirus and items of that nature were quite helpful to have."
"Deep packet inspection and intelligent application control are the most valuable features. It is a very updated solution. It is very current as compared to other brands and vendors."
"The product blocks access when I visit unrecognized websites."
"SonicWall NSa has a user-friendly firmware"
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"The reports are very basic."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"The command line is very difficult to use, which is one of the biggest drawbacks of this solution."
"There needs to be advanced troubleshooting."
"I'd like to see more use of applications and URLs in security policies moving forwards."
"It will be good if the product is rack-mounted."
"It should be user-friendly from an implementation point of view. Its setup is a little bit difficult."
"Reporting has to be improved."
"The antivirus is less effective than its competitors' antivirus. The antivirus is good, but in other firewalls, such as Palo Alto, it's quite effective. Check Point should provide more output. Sometimes it provides comprehensive information and sometimes it doesn't."
"The SmartUpdate interface is a little bit crowded if your company has a lot of software items."
"It only has a single power interface, which has limitations in terms of high availability."
"We're not particularly fond of the way it generally performs. We are finding ourselves rebooting often. There are freeze-ups and that kind of thing. The stability needs to improve exponentially."
"I would like to see better integration."
"I'd like to see integration with Microsoft 365 for authentication."
"The user interface could be better."
"It doesn't require much improvement. The only improvement area is that cloud reporting, assessment reporting, and other reporting features should be available with the subscription. They should provide reporting features with the subscription base, which is currently not there. We bought the reporting tool, but there are some complications. They have made some changes to the application, and now the reporting management is completely on the cloud."
"This product is unable to secure access to endpoints for our external employees."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Sangfor NGAF, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Check Point NGFW vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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