We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and SonicWall TZ based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, SonicWall TZ outperforms Fortinet FortiGate in several key areas, including more satisfaction with features, service, and support and fewer complaints on pricing.
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"They give good protection to my network and support it."
"The best thing about the product is the very good threat prevention output."
"SonicWall TZ is a very cost-effective solution that provides good security."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly navigation."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"No negative impression of the scalability."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"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."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The market seems to be going to a cloud-supported, new generation of firewall products. I think that's probably going to be important to us, the next time around."
"We would like to improve the rules configuration in SonicWall TZ. Sometimes the rules don't work."
"We have experienced some issues with SonicWall TZ and they are lacking some advanced features other vendors have."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"You need to be a certificate holder to set it up and configure it. It's really important because it looks easy, but it is complex. You need to have the knowledge and experience. But this is normal for technical products. It's not a product for regular user. It's for technical people. You need to have skills."
"It could probably be more user-friendly, and it could be more scalable with releases and subscriptions."
"The marketing of SonicWall has to be increased. Currently, when it comes to firewalls, most people go for Cisco and Palo Alto. SonicWall should improve its marketing and branding policies to increase sales. Other than that, it is good."
"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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