We performed a comparison between Check Point VPN-1 [EOL] and SonicWall TZ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
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"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"Its most outstanding feature is content filtering."
"The product offers fairly good centralized administration and monitoring with decent capabilities that allow the administrator to have relevent control over devices."
"Technical support has been good."
"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."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"The solution's VPN is very good for stability and detecting threats."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"I've found the technical support to be helpful."
"With the main firewall routing there, we can do connectivity point-to-point. On the low bandwidth we can connect in all the branches with my corporate office."
"They give good protection to my network and support it."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"It should have excellent integration with the other security tools."
"The reporting from the file or reporting from mobile access needs improvement. The solution, in general, could use better reporting tools."
"Every time we made a change, the policy took about three minutes to apply, and obviously, when there were emergency changes or changes that we needed that were escalated, they were not modified very, very quickly."
"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."
"From a support perspective, if we're talking tech support I think Silver Partners, Gold Partners, Platinum, whatever level, should have a different number to call. End users can call tech support over at SonicWall if they've paid for support as part of their AGSS or whatever services they bought. The end-user can call, or we can call, however, I don't want to be calling the same line that an end user's calling. I don't want the same response time. I need a different level of expertise."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"User interface could be improved."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"The solution must provide more ports."
"The monitoring is a little bit confusing."
"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."
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Check Point VPN-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 3 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point VPN-1 [EOL] is rated 7.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point VPN-1 [EOL] writes "Easy to install with good threat detection and helpful VPN 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 VPN-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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