We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and SonicWall NSa 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 secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is purpose-built as a next-generation firewall, excelling in its performance of this specific function."
"A top feature is the really good web interface and the classic Fortinet features, such as IPS, IDS, AV scanner, and spam filter."
"The product is quite user-friendly so we didn't have a lot of issues that needed to be addressed."
"The web GUI is easy to use."
"Overall, it's an excellent solution."
"The dashboards are a good feature."
"The solution is very easy to set up. It doesn't take a lot of time and offers a quick deployment, so you can start using it almost right away."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"The antivirus and items of that nature were quite helpful to have."
"The most valuable feature is the Global Management System."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"Compared to Cisco, SonicWall NSa is much easier to configure."
"The solution has many useful features, such as content management, user management, user filtering, and domain controller connectivity mapping."
"I like that SonicWall NSa is a stable product. It's also a scalable product."
"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."
"Lacks training for new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"FortiGate's application load balancing has to be improved. They need to improve a lot on the load balancing and RAF side. They are far behind Citrix in that regard."
"The graphical user interface should be enhanced."
"The one thing that could be improved is the integration with the exchange. The gateway level controls can be enhanced a bit more. For example, it's still little here and there. You do get malicious attacks and suspicious emails like spam. It's not like Sophos where we got a lot of spam email, and yet, it's still relatively vulnerable. It can be upgraded, maybe with a fifth-generation firmware that it is ready for unknown threats."
"The tech support calls were not the best and could be improved. There have been times when we felt as if we knew more about the device than the support person on the phone."
"It would be useful to have integration with different reporting tools. This is something we are sorely missing. It would be a plus to have reporting integrations. It would be good to have more integration with the identity suites, such as Office 365 and Azure Active Directory, of different providers that we use. Integrations are already available, but it would be nice to have some more advanced options."
"The costs could be lowered."
"We have encountered certain issues with the bandwidth in respect of the security layer."
"The price is sometimes very expensive."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"It is very modular and with native resources which are much lower than its competitors."
"Some of the configurations could be better."
"We have used other solutions such as pfSense and Linux native firewalls. I prefer SonicWall NSa but if you are going to use something for an enterprise you need another solution."
"The cloud services may be in need of some improvement."
"The solution can be a bit expensive."
"We still get phishing emails that manage to come through from time to time."
"SonicWall NSa needs to make their product more user-friendly."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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