We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSv and SonicWall TZ 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 security on offer is very good."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"It can expand easily."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The solution is stable."
"The product helps improve our security."
"One of the standout features of SonicWall is its simplicity in creating and managing rules."
"We purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"The customization of firewall rules provides great value to our customers as it allows them to lock things up in the way that they desire. When it is used for internal access, with a VPN in place for remote workers, the firewalling services provided by Azure, such as the default services that can be turned on, are applied. However, the use of a software-based virtual firewall gives us greater flexibility in introducing security controls for customers who are publishing applications that are publicly accessible from the public cloud. This virtual firewall provides an additional layer of security and more extensive security control options to ensure the protection of our customers' valuable information and assets."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"Offers the right amount of control without being incredibly convoluted and frustrating."
"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."
"It does exactly what it says on the tin. It is good for protecting the business from being compromised. Its port protection is very good."
"SonicWall TZ is stable."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"SonicWall TZ is very user-friendly and has network MAC binding. Additionally, the firewall works well."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"It has been brought to our attention by a few customers that they are dissatisfied with the fact that our virtualized service is only offered as a subscription option on the cloud. However, it is worth noting that many other similar services are also offered through a subscription model on the cloud and not through perpetual licensing. It is unclear why these customers would have an issue with this subscription service when so many others are utilizing similar methods."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
"Although the pricing is good, it could always be lower. If we get to pay less, we're happier."
"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"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."
"I would like to see lower antivirus pricing."
"Its reporting can be improved. Currently, we cannot directly get the user names. It only shows the IP, which makes it a bit confusing because we need to use the IP to find the user. If we could directly get the name of the user, it would be better."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall NSa and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Barracuda CloudGen Firewall. See our SonicWall NSv vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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