We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and SonicWall NSv 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 solution is stable."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The GUI is good."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The DPI-SSL is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's handy."
"We have utilized all the features. The most valuable are the URL filtering by category, DMZ zoning, load balancing and site-to-site VPN."
"SonicWall has all the usual functions, like LAN configurations, security features, word filters, etc., but it also has the CFS agent, which isn't available in any other firewall. Reporting port support is also there."
"This product has kept us safe and we haven't had any breaches."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"The most valuable feature I've found is VPN and web protection, particularly with navigation assessment. We use the application control feature to create rules controlling specific application navigation."
"The most valuable features of this solution are intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, and the advanced capture client, which provides live traffic analysis."
"We like the features, but the main thing is from a commercial and cost perspective it is very good."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"We purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"The product helps improve our security."
"The customization of firewall rules provides great value to our customers as it allows them to lock things up in the way that they desire. When it is used for internal access, with a VPN in place for remote workers, the firewalling services provided by Azure, such as the default services that can be turned on, are applied. However, the use of a software-based virtual firewall gives us greater flexibility in introducing security controls for customers who are publishing applications that are publicly accessible from the public cloud. This virtual firewall provides an additional layer of security and more extensive security control options to ensure the protection of our customers' valuable information and assets."
"One of the standout features of SonicWall is its simplicity in creating and managing rules."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"Some of the configurations 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."
"The security standards for space and point of view should be improved so that the solution deploys in critical areas."
"It would help us a lot of SonicWall sent us more information about the latest updates and things that are changing."
"One area for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the GUI. It isn't easy to understand. The support for SonicWall NSa is mediocre, which is another area for improvement."
"The cloud services may be in need of some improvement."
"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."
"They are not ready for managed security services. Their Cloud GMS product is weak, barely out of beta (buggy)."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"It has been brought to our attention by a few customers that they are dissatisfied with the fact that our virtualized service is only offered as a subscription option on the cloud. However, it is worth noting that many other similar services are also offered through a subscription model on the cloud and not through perpetual licensing. It is unclear why these customers would have an issue with this subscription service when so many others are utilizing similar methods."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews while SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos UTM, whereas SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall TZ and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our SonicWall NSa vs. SonicWall NSv report.
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