We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"What I like about the VM-Series is that you can launch them in a very short time."
"We use the product on our Azure network firewalls."
"The filtering feature is good."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"It offers a single pane of glass for all the different types of installations."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is easy to maintain...From a security point of view, I find Palo Alto Networks VM-Series to be a better product compared to the other solutions in the market."
"The solution strengthens our IT posture."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has everything centralized. You have the VPN solution, firewall, routing, UDR, flexibility, updates, and full visibility of your traffic."
"The solution is stable."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"Its user interface and simplicity are the most favorite parts for our clients. They find it stable and easy to use. Its performance is also good."
"It is very user-friendly, and there is no problem in using its interface."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"Ease of management and the VPN integration."
"SonicWall TZ is stable."
"The network security is great."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"We have ran into issues with Palo Alto’s limitations for resolving large IP lists from DNS lookups, as well as the antivirus interfering with App-ID."
"There are various reports that come with the box or with the VMware, but you can only run them daily."
"The solution must improve Zero Trust integration and use cases."
"The solution needs to improve its visibility. It's not straightforward to use. Understanding the policies, authorizations, and initializing features requires careful review. The product needs to offer proper training."
"It has to be more scalable for the deployment of VMs on the cloud."
"Just sometimes it can be a bit sluggish navigating through pages. That is just purely because of Java."
"The dashboard needs to be improved."
"We have experienced some issues with SonicWall TZ and they are lacking some advanced features other vendors have."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"Although the pricing is good, it could always be lower. If we get to pay less, we're happier."
"If the operation increases and the bandwidth consumption increases, it does not perform as per the expectations."
"It could probably be more user-friendly, and it could be more scalable with releases and subscriptions."
"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."
"I'd like to have cloud management at no additional cost. Unfortunately, leveraging SonicWall's cloud management capabilities is cost-prohibitive, so we don't use it. They should have a reasonable subscription or offer it to us at no cost as an MSP."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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