We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW 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 interface is very good."
"Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"Its simplified management, enhanced remote support capabilities, and the ability to facilitate secure VPN connectivity for numerous offices and employees are highly beneficial."
"I was impressed by how easy it was to activate blades and implement them on a security gateway, with the process taking less than five minutes."
"Everything can be managed from a single dashboard nowadays."
"Check Point NGFW has helped the company in the prevention of cyber attacks that could affect operations and slow down production."
"The solution is easy to use. I like the monitoring the most."
"The QoS blade is very good for controlling traffic such as Windows patches, mail traffic and other stuff."
"The application authentication feature of Check Point is the most valuable as it helps us keep users secure."
"Check Point NGFW generates very helpful reports based on the logs of the activated features."
"The technical support is very good."
"SonicWall provides endpoint security with advanced protection. Moreover, SonicWall includes access points and additional features."
"SonicWall's sales support is much better than other vendors'."
"We like the features, but the main thing is from a commercial and cost perspective it is very good."
"The filtering is excellent."
"User-friendly with good security and application control."
"The solution has many useful features, such as content management, user management, user filtering, and domain controller connectivity mapping."
"It has excellent stability."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"Third-party integration could be improved."
"The exterior of the physical device can be improved with the use of a display and not just simple lights."
"Pricing for the gateways is too high as compared to the other vendors."
"When you want to open the gateway by double-clicking on the interface, sometimes it can cause silly problems such as freezing."
"For R80.10 and above, if you want to install a hotfix, then you can't install it through the GUI. I don't know why. In the earlier days, I was able to do the installation of hotfixes through the GUI. Now, Check Point said that you have to install hotfixes through the CLI. If that issue could be resolved, then it would be great because the GUI is more handy than the CLI."
"Scalability should be improved."
"Including some sort of menu or grouping for VOIP would help the small business area that has limited support."
"It could be more stable and scalable. Check Point price and support could be better."
"The only thing that we would want would be single-pane management, which it has, but the GMS is not very good. It's purely the management of multiple devices for multiple customers, that's the only thing that it's lacking."
"Some of the configurations could be better."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"We're not particularly fond of the way it generally performs. We are finding ourselves rebooting often. There are freeze-ups and that kind of thing. The stability needs to improve exponentially."
"They are not ready for managed security services. Their Cloud GMS product is weak, barely out of beta (buggy)."
"We also use the Sophos Firewall for web configuration, which we don't have in SonicWall. Only Sophos has those options. If SonicWall included that feature, that would be a benefit for us."
"Vendor support needs improvement. The frequency of time and support should be increased."
"I'd like to see integration with Microsoft 365 for authentication."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Sangfor NGAF, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Check Point NGFW vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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