We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ and Zscaler Internet Access 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."Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"It performs very well."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"We like the central interface and we like the security features. Additionally, we use SonicWall with VPN connectivity and we have had no problems with SonicWall all these years."
"We are able to block whatever we want to block by using this product. It provides all required security features, such as content filtering, VPN, in one box. Before switching to SonicWall, we had specified all required features."
"Technical support is good."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"It's a very cost-effective solution."
"It does exactly what it says on the tin. It is good for protecting the business from being compromised. Its port protection is very good."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"The solution’s customer service is good."
"The solution is scalable and stable."
"The scanning feature is impressive, because they do not introduce a big latency to the traffic."
"SSL inspection is a valuable feature."
"Zscaler excels in security protection and the cloud is always up-to-date. It does not matter if you are a small or big organisation, you will receive the same security quality."
"The most valuable feature is bandwidth control."
"All internet access flows through the Zscaler proxy, regardless of whether people are in office or remote. I have greater control site access and I minimize the number of compromises that we experience to almost none."
"Zscaler Internet Access's roaming user feature is most valuable and is much better compared to other secure web gateways."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"We have been facing issues with reporting."
"An additional feature that I would like to see is reporting that includes metrics to give me more information about the number of viruses that it has actually detected and interrupted."
"Although the pricing is good, it could always be lower. If we get to pay less, we're happier."
"The quality of tech support can vary."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
"GUI interface could be improved."
"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."
"The tool should improve the predefined dictionaries."
"They should enhance the audit reporting feature."
"We'd like to have more plugins and integration."
"In terms of user experience, it could be better."
"The OS capabilities and WSL support could be improved."
"Zscaler Internet Access's troubleshooting is very limited, and their textbook logs need to be more informative."
"The main issue with Zscaler Internet Access is proxy IP detection, which sometimes makes sites inaccessible."
"Zscaler should continue to make the user interface better. They should also improve the backup network and continue to expand it so that it can handle larger numbers of customers."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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