We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and SonicWall NSSP 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 signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"Compared to Cisco, SonicWall NSa is much easier to configure."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"The product is simple to manage."
"Our old firewall was running as HA (High Availability) on two different but identical rack mounted servers. Moving to SonicWall allowed the company to move to one unit, yet accommodate more connections because it had sixteen ports and handled fail-over better than the old firewall solution."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"SonicWall NSa's most valuable features are the ease of configuration and the GUI."
"The most valuable features of this solution are intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, and the advanced capture client, which provides live traffic analysis."
"We use SonicWall NSa for authenticating MAC (media access control) ID from the PC."
"The VPN functionality is really good. Overall, the whole device is very easy to manage. The software that comes with it is also good."
"SonicWall NSSP is stable and scalable too."
"The solution's pricing is good."
"It has been delivering results efficiently. Its configurations and updates have been easy. It is also user-friendly."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"Sometimes I found the GUI and some of the features a little bit hard to navigate, as opposed to Fortigate, which is much more user-friendly."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
"The user interface could be better."
"SonicWall NSa needs to make their product more user-friendly."
"In terms of improvement, features like App Control do not work properly"
"Customer support is severely lacking with very slow response times."
"I would like to see better integration."
"The user interface, the GUI, could be improved."
"The solution's stability and scalability also need improvement."
"Its reporting functions can be improved. It has decent reporting, but you got to pay a lot more money for it. That's where it begins to fall apart. It comes with minimal zero reporting unless you buy some extra modules. With those extra modules, you can get all the data, but it takes a while to put together what you need for your customer. It is for technical people, but there is no executive summary of the reporting."
"No security product is foolproof against hackers, intruders, and other such things. As a security product, they have to keep pace in terms of protection from new hackers and intruders."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 77 reviews while SonicWall NSSP is ranked 38th in Firewalls with 4 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while SonicWall NSSP is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSSP writes "Good VPN functionality, very good support, easy to manage, and meets all of our needs". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas SonicWall NSSP is most compared with . See our SonicWall NSSP vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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