We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate vs SonicWall NSa based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Fortinet FortiGate has the winning edge in this comparison. Customers are more satisfied with Fortinet FortiGate’s scalability, robust features, and ROI.
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The most valuable features are the VPN, SSL VPN, and IPSec VPN."
"It has excellent stability."
"This product is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"SonicWall NSA is easy to deploy, easy to maintain, and easy to configure."
"The DPI-SSL is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's handy."
"The functionality is the same whether it is on hardware or a virtual appliance. The interface is the same. It's nice that it's standardized."
"SD-WAN is a good feature."
"The stability is better than other products."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"The product must enable integration with endpoint protection tools."
"Some of the configurations could be better."
"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."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"The web interface administration of SonicWall NSa could be improved. Compared to Sophos and FortiGate, making rules is easier with those systems."
"The product likely isn't a good fit for a large organization."
"The scalability is something that should be improved."
"I'd like to see integration with Microsoft 365 for authentication."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Palo Alto Networks WildFire, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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