We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL] and SonicWall NSa based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"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."
"It is a safe product."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"It is a brilliant product. It is a Unified Threat Management (UTM) system. It has got about 11 security services that take care of your perimeter security. It takes care of any kind of cyber threats that could come in. It takes care of creating VPNs between two SonicWalls instantly and very easily. It has got spyware in it as well as a firewall. It has also got a gateway antivirus and an application firewall that can block things from outside."
"It has excellent stability."
"The most valuable features are flexibility, ease of setup, and it's a good product cost-wise."
"The filtering is excellent."
"SonicWall has USCS and anti-virus at the gateway level. Everything is filtered, and if it detects an intruder, it drops the line."
"The basic firewall rules of the solution are great."
"SonicWall NSa has a user-friendly firmware"
"We like the features, but the main thing is from a commercial and cost perspective it is very good."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"Application management can be improved."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"It is very modular and with native resources which are much lower than its competitors."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"SonicWall does not support DynDNS, yet this is an important feature for smaller companies that do not have a static IP address."
"SonicWall NSa needs to make their product more user-friendly."
"The product has a lot of bugs, actually. We are facing some issues with this product. The DPI SSL feature which is there, it is not working properly."
"The pricing for this product in India is high and the fees should be reduced."
Earn 20 points
Check Point Power-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 2 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 76 reviews. Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is rated 8.0, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point Power-1 [EOL] writes "Good intrusion prevention, firewall, and VPN capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense.
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