We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ and Untangle NG Firewall 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 features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"It performs very well."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"The site-to-site VPN connections, content filtering, and in our current remote working situation, SSL VPN remote desktop connectivity are the most valuable features."
"The best thing about the product is the very good threat prevention output."
"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."
"Offers the right amount of control without being incredibly convoluted and frustrating."
"I've found the technical support to be helpful."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall TZ is the double authentication, where it asks for one password and again asks for a four-digit code, which changes every 30 seconds."
"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."
"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
"The product is easy to implement."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"Its detection, antivirus, and filtering features are the most valuable. The facility to connect by using the VPN connection is also a very valuable feature. It is very strong, secure, and reliable. We have implemented the Untangle solution in all hardware. It is also a user-friendly solution. It is easy to learn and easy to configure."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"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."
"The solution must provide more ports."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"The monitoring is a little bit confusing."
"It could be made more user friendly."
"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 product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"The ability to setup a DDNS for each WAN independently would be a very handy feature."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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