We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and SonicWall TZ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"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 network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The filtering was very good."
"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 UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"The most valuable features are security and technical support."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"The VPN is quite useful for us, as well as the ATP."
"I like the firewall product, the security server, and the content filter."
"The performance has been very good. Overall, the solution is quite stable."
"The site-to-site VPN connections, content filtering, and in our current remote working situation, SSL VPN remote desktop connectivity are the most valuable features."
"It's a very cost-effective solution."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"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."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"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."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"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."
"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 solution should be more user-friendly."
"Technical support was very bad because the supplier who sold it to us, wasn't very supportive, and he wouldn't giving us direct links to the OEM."
"SonicWall TZ can improve the UI application and when you create any net policies or any new policy, it will not sync or work properly."
"Getting support can be slow."
"It would be good if Analyzer would be part of the stock license, so even if a layperson is getting the device, he or she doesn't forgets about ordering the Analyzer because it's already there."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"The reporting analytics could be improved, it is very unstable."
"I would like to see lower antivirus pricing."
"The areas we would like to see improvement include more features available similar to the equivalent FortiGate appliance, e.g. SSL encryption and inspection. Two-factor authentication capability would be another additional feature that could be included in the next release."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
Earn 20 points
Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. 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 TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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