We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and SonicWall NSa based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"The solution is very robust."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The most valuable feature for us was to implement negligent functionality, to direct functionality to viewer control and application control so we could disconnect, and at the same time, we installed checkpoints. We disconnected our proxy."
"The filtering was very good."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The features I found most valuable are email security and web filtering."
"The most valuable features of this solution are intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, and the advanced capture client, which provides live traffic analysis."
"We use SonicWall NSa for authenticating MAC (media access control) ID from the PC."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the GUI pre-filtering and the ATP (advanced threat protection)."
"We have utilized all the features. The most valuable are the URL filtering by category, DMZ zoning, load balancing and site-to-site VPN."
"I really like the performance; there are no delays and no latency, which is a unique quality in firewalls nowadays."
"The stability is better than other products."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"The solution is very expensive."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"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."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"The solution could be improved if there was a better way to report. The reporting functionality is not really good. Even though it's not the major function. Maybe adding a way to make a custom report."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"What has been the issue of firewalls is they ask me for policies and content filtering application control and all these features that are now part of Harmony."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"The interface needs improvement."
"Specifically on the user experience, sometimes the set up of things, such as the VPN SSL, takes a lot of time to load and a lot of time to get up and running on every session."
"It's very hard to manage this box. You really need a lot of skills to operate the SonicWall. There is training and the like, but it's just hard to manage. Even if you have the knowledge, there are too many options. The menus are not very clear, where you should find the information."
"It is not scalable. If your enterprise is growing hard then you have to buy another, bigger product. Maybe if you use it virtually it is more scalable."
"One issue with the solution is that no authorization or authentication features exist."
"The reporting feature could be better because most of the companies want to have the analytics included, which is something that you have to buy separately."
"I would like U.S.-based technical support."
"Overall, Im satisfied with SonicWall NSa, but it would be better if they could add a small terminal to each device. This would help me deal with certain issues by running a small bot onto any PC."
"Initially, it may be difficult for some people to learn and become acquainted with it."
"We still get phishing emails that manage to come through from time to time."
Earn 20 points
Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] writes "Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Check Point UTM-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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