Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks vs SonicWall Netextender comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Netgate TNSR
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Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
24th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Routers (6th)
Prisma Access by Palo Alto ...
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (3rd), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (3rd), ZTNA as a Service (2nd), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (1st)
SonicWall Netextender
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
14th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the market share of Netgate TNSR is 0.1% and it increased by Infinity% compared to the previous year. The market share of Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is 6.7% and it increased by 26.7% compared to the previous year. The market share of SonicWall Netextender is 5.0% and it increased by 66.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
Unique Categories:
Routers
2.4%
Secure Web Gateways (SWG)
10.5%
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
23.6%
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Featured Reviews

Harish (Kumar) - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 3, 2023
Good gateway with helpful traffic shaping and load balancing
There must be a wizard section as per the use case. For example, if we need a simple firewall there must be an auto-install of most required packages. In the same way, if we need a more strict firewall, then different configuration settings. There must be a more easy-to-use GUI. More documentation should be available within the package manager. A visible ON/OFF button must be there and can be easily configured as required. An additional non-us electrical plug must be inside the box. There should be an option to upgrade RAM (i.e. 8GB to 16GB). It can enhance the capacity of the proxy server.
VG
Nov 5, 2022
Supports both data and voice, unlike other solutions, and enables us to do URL filtering
Prisma Access has all the features from Palo Alto. But the visibility perspective is pretty cool. If I want to know how much data is being used for a specific project, I can look at how much data has been used, from which region, and which users have been connected. That visibility is very good so that I can see how many licenses we have and how many are used. It gives a great view of what is happening, of everyone who is connected. That is one of the things I like. It provides traffic analysis, threat prevention, and URL filtering, although I'm not sure if it provides segmentation. These features are very important. We wanted to filter traffic according to our standards. The URL filtering helps to filter the traffic so that we only send the traffic we want to on-premises or the internet. Without this, it would be very tough. Also, it protects all your app traffic. It's like a next-generation firewall. It does everything. For a non-technical guy, the reporting of Prisma Access is very easy. You need to know the navigation tabs, but it only has so many of them and you can do many things in the tabs. It is pretty easy because there aren't that many pages or options. And the updates, like URL updates, IPS, IDS, and any WildFire subscription updates are very helpful for protecting our infra.
Gary Downey - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 2, 2023
An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication
The solution is used for remote connection for workers The tool was a huge benefit during COVID-19 when everyone had to work from home. We had a little jump in front of most businesses because we had Netextender set up, and it allowed most of our workers to continue doing business as usual…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The most valuable feature is the zero-trust part of this solution."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to change the gateway. For example, if there's a problem with a specific region or vendor, we can make modifications. The solution is scalable, and there are different gateways that can be created depending on the demand."
"Overall, the cost savings, ease of deployment, and better VPN user experience and performance are valuable."
"Prisma Access protects all app traffic, so that users can gain access to all apps and that's very important because we need to be able to access everything. It also allows us to access non-web apps; anything internal that we need access to, we can access."
"The protection for web-based applications was helpful for my colleagues who didn't want a particular application on their devices. And the non-web access protection was more for our developers because they were writing and building code on their computers. Prisma Access was able to protect them."
"The solution also provides traffic analysis, threat prevention, URL filtering, and segmentation. That combination is important because it enhances the protection and makes the traffic more secure. It also keeps things more up-to-date, enabling us to deal with more of the current threats."
"Prisma's most valuable feature would be its ability to identify bad or risky configurations."
"The solution improved the consistency of our security controls and the BCP. There has been a 20 percent reduction in TCO. Prisma Access also enabled us to deliver better applications by centralizing security management."
"It allows us to work remotely."
"The solution provides high availability."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The product has two-factor authentication."
"The most valuable feature for the Netextender is the ease with which we can integrate it with SAML."
"Employees can have access to the network from home."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"I found nothing of value in this solution."
 

Cons

"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The user interface could be better. They need to work a little bit on the console. It is similar to their firewalls but not exactly. They need to clean it up a bit."
"Though the monitoring is fine, the solution should improve its application graphs and interface monitoring."
"The cloud setup is straightforward, and the onboarding process is much better, but the on-premises initial setup is slightly complex."
"The frequency of updates could be reduced."
"Prisma would be a stronger solution if it could aggregate resources by project or by application. So say we have an application we've developed in AWS and five applications we've developed in Azure. The platform will group it according to those applications, but it's based on the tags we use in Azure, which means I have to rely on development teams to tag resources properly."
"One thing that would help is if we could get a guide. With Cisco, for example, you can just type the problem regarding your Cisco product and you will easily get your solution. In Palo Alto, however, it's not easy to find the solutions."
"When it comes to integration mechanisms, Prisma SaaS does not support reverse proxy type of integrations."
"It would be nice to manage Prisma Access through the cloud instead of through Panorama. You can use the cloud version to monitor Prisma Access, but it doesn't have all the features yet, and it's not 100% done."
"The UI could be a little better."
"Right now, you have to load each license on to an appliance. You can't pool across multiple appliances. So, you end up having to do a lot of administrative work to recover if an internet provider goes down, and you cannot leverage it as easily into a DR solution."
"They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."
"The initial setup of SonicWall Netextender is straightforward. The only issue we encountered was with relocating the VPN appliance. If we needed to move it from an on-premise to an on-cloud architecture, we had to start over and redeploy it from scratch. Unfortunately, it is not portable and any changes to its physical location often result in the need for a fresh deployment to ensure everything functions properly."
"The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth."
"The only concern I do have is with the zero trust, and the solution is not coping with the newer technologies as much as it needs to do on that particular factor."
"There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender."
"The product does not work well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is not a license required for this solution but the price should be less expensive."
"It's pricey, it's not cheap. But you get what you pay for."
"Compared to other products, the price is slightly high."
"Prisma Access is a little bit expensive."
"The solution requires a license and the technical support has extra costs. The licensing model could improve."
"We have to pay additional costs for maintenance and support services."
"The licensing model for this product is complicated and changes all the time, making it very hard for the user to comprehend the configuration."
"In terms of pricing, considering that it is a two or three years old solution, they should apply big discounts for the next two or three years. This approach will be better for them to capture the market."
"Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks has flexible licensing models with different categories. It comes with different features which can be removed if not needed. However, its pricing is high."
"Cost wise, it would be a few hundred dollars for the base appliance with the first five clients. Then from there, your cost per seat depends on how many you're getting. It's a one-time cost, and then you have a few hundred dollars a year for the maintenance contract once you get the one-time seat costs out of the way."
"After a certain number of users, you require extra licensing."
"The price of SonicWall Netextender is reasonable. Whether it's a small shop with only five users or a larger operation with 130 users, we have received no complaints or objections regarding cost from any of the clients we are looking to deploy it with."
"You have to pay for its license. There are some other companies that provide a VPN client for free. When you buy NetExtender, its license is available for one, three, or five years."
"The solution is cheap itself, not too costly."
"The solution has a pretty good price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
19%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Netgate TNSR?
It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Netgate TNSR?
The product is very cost-effective and has no requirement for additional licenses. The setup is not easy. Users need ...
What is your primary use case for Netgate TNSR?
THe solution is used as a primary gateway with two lease lines of 450 Mbps total. Around 200 users are under it. Ther...
What is the better solution - Prisma Access or Zscaler Private Access?
We looked into Prisma Access before choosing Zscaler Private Access (ZPA). Palo Alto’s Prisma Access is a secure ac...
What do you like most about Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks?
The most valuable features of the solution are in the areas of the secure remote access it provides while also being ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks?
As compared to other solutions, Prisma Access is much cheaper. It is probably 30% to 40% cheaper than other solutions...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SonicWall Netextender?
We pay a yearly license fee for the solution. We have to pay for OEM support.
What needs improvement with SonicWall Netextender?
The product does not work well. A product that doesn’t work is not useful for the organization. SonicWall Netextender...
 

Also Known As

TNSR
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, Palo Alto GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager, Prisma SaaS by Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Access
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