We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"All networks are security-driven, we get throughputs and security. We feel that the people at Fortinet are easy to deal with from a support standpoint. If they need to jump in and help us, they're very willing to do that. Their email filtering, their data loss prevention, their intrusion prevention, type of products in the newest OSs has been outstanding."
"It's easy to use."
"All of the features in this solution are effective and efficient."
"The most important feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the IPS."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"Performance-wise, I think FortiOS is much better than its Juniper counterpart. Based on our actual experience and performance metrics, FortiOS-based products are much better than Juniper."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."
"The performance has been very good. Overall, the solution is quite stable."
"The features that we have found most valuable in SonicWall TZ are the intrusion and brute force attack prevention."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"Ease of management and the VPN integration."
"The most valuable features are security and technical support."
"I've found the technical support to be helpful."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"It would be great if they can push the Microsoft updates through Fortinet OS and provide a centralized patch management system. They should also include the data loss prevention (DLP) and data leakage prevention features. They could also add network monitoring more effectively."
"The pricing model makes this product far more expensive than similar solutions."
"It would be better if AWS instances were available. If I want to upgrade from T2.small to T2.medium, it should be available rather than having a big instance and paying a lot of money for that. The issue is that we had deployed in AWS Cloud, and we were using a very small instance. Recently we wanted to move in-house and deploy it on the big instance because it was struggling with the RAM. If we use T2.small, we cannot upgrade it to the T2.medium. It has predefined instances in the marketplace with a lot of cost differences. If I can increase the RAM, I have to choose the T3.large instance. If I'm paying $270 for the small instance, I have to pay more than double the cost for T3.large. It is about $850, and this is not good. So, it would be better if it was cheaper. I think both AWS and Fortinet should think about that. They should provide it on lower instances as well. If I want to upgrade it from T2.small to T2.medium, it should be available, but it's a problem."
"Right now, all the features meet my requirements."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
"They need to integrate more with the SD-WAN."
"Could be improved by supporting an allocation of quota base management regarding user data."
"The threat time interval lags a little, especially if there's a heavy load on the firewall."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"SonicWall TZ can improve the UI application and when you create any net policies or any new policy, it will not sync or work properly."
"The technology in this particular version is very old."
"If the operation increases and the bandwidth consumption increases, it does not perform as per the expectations."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"From a support perspective, if we're talking tech support I think Silver Partners, Gold Partners, Platinum, whatever level, should have a different number to call. End users can call tech support over at SonicWall if they've paid for support as part of their AGSS or whatever services they bought. The end-user can call, or we can call, however, I don't want to be calling the same line that an end user's calling. I don't want the same response time. I need a different level of expertise."
"We would like to improve the rules configuration in SonicWall TZ. Sometimes the rules don't work."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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