We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and SonicWall TZ based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, SonicWall TZ outperforms Fortinet FortiGate in several key areas, including more satisfaction with features, service, and support and fewer complaints on pricing.
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The solution is stable."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"The technical support is great."
"It's been very easy to implement and deploy."
"Access restriction and IP whitelisting are the most valuable features."
"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."
"It's a stable solution."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"It is very user-friendly, and there is no problem in using its interface."
"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly navigation."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"There can be an improvement in analysis and reporting. We need enhancement on the reporting side."
"Full monitoring obviously needs to be improved. We need full monitoring covered under the security licensing."
"I would like to see lower antivirus pricing."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"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."
"I'd like to have cloud management at no additional cost. Unfortunately, leveraging SonicWall's cloud management capabilities is cost-prohibitive, so we don't use it. They should have a reasonable subscription or offer it to us at no cost as an MSP."
"It could probably be more user-friendly, and it could be more scalable with releases and subscriptions."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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