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."LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"FortiOS's best features are its function as an internet gateway and how easy it is to manage."
"I have found the most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the low maintenance."
"The most valuable feature of this solution would be the caching feature."
"The SSL VPN is fee for use is most attractive."
"The initial setup is straightforward, and it is very customer friendly."
"FortiOS's most valuable feature is a next-generation firewall that can be used as the APT solution in advanced threat protection."
"FortiGate as a product is very easy to configure."
"It's a stable solution."
"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."
"The best thing about the product is the very good threat prevention output."
"The performance has been very good. Overall, the solution is quite stable."
"The feature with SonicWall that I have found most valuable is that all the models have the same interface. We don't need to learn different interfaces in the smaller or bigger models."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"Ease of management and the VPN integration."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"The support system could be improved."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The solution's firmware updates have significant bugs and issues."
"The solution's graphic interface could be a bit more responsive and include notations when changes are made."
"The GUI could be improved to make it more usable, easier to administer, and easier to configure."
"FortiOS doesn't work well with all browsers. I think they need to do a better job of making it compatible with the various browsers that are out there."
"Right now, we have to contend with CLI. We'd like it to be easier. We need the features to be in a UI."
"Lacks flexibility for different scenario configurations."
"There is some room for improvement in the support."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"We require centralized monitoring of the network features, which they have but they are not to the level that we require."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
"Full monitoring obviously needs to be improved. We need full monitoring covered under the security licensing."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"The small business line has less PPS throughput."
"The log sections could be done more clearly."
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, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, 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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