We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The side-to-side connections are valuable."
"It is a stable solution in our company, and we monitor critical health and performance parameters daily and weekly."
"It sends us a lot of detections when we have any anti-virus updates. It provides the extended time needed to update a set of time needs and notifications."
"It works perfectly for me. It is very user-friendly in terms of the configuration and the setup process."
"It is easy to configure."
"The best feature is the ability to connect from anywhere."
"It is scalable and depends on your chosen network bandwidth."
"The interoperability with various firewall and access gateway vendors is one of this solution's most valuable features"
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"The performance is good."
"Blocklisting and allowlisting are the most beneficial features for network security."
"The solution is reliable and has good overall performance."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"This solution has many options for remote desktop and access."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"The management and the dashboard are the solution's most valuable features."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Connectivity could be improved in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway because it's not as stable, particularly when connecting a device tunnel."
"The connectivity should be faster."
"It isn't stabilized on the first day, and you need to set up the channels properly."
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"The product must provide a single sign-on."
"In future releases, I would like to see the ability to inject BGP routes."
"They should release a less expensive version of the solution."
"The marketing material in the portal is not very user-friendly."
"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."
"The overall menu is not very user-friendly and it could be easier."
"I'd like to see the product maybe polish keyboards in Bookmark."
"User interface could be improved."
"The product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."
"The solution could integrate better with other platforms."
"Enhancing live tracking capabilities could improve the product, particularly in monitoring user activity and request statuses in real-time on the web interface."
"SonicWall's reporting isn't good. Reports should be part of a data plan. The login mechanism should be improved. It would be helpful if the client could use an agent to log in. An agent-server model would improve the performance of the RDB, which consumes a lot of bandwidth."
Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 18 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 17th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 14 reviews. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is rated 8.2, while SonicWall SMA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway writes "A scalable and reliable solution that enables users to connect to older protocols that other products do not have". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and AWS PrivateLink, whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Peplink SpeedFusion and Ivanti Connect Secure. See our Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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