We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and SonicWall TZ based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides important capabilities such as VPN, intrusion prevention, website filtering, and application control. SonicWall TZ offers comprehensive threat management, VPN functionality, web protection, and IPsec VPN.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has areas that need improvement in terms of support system, features, data protection visibility, DLP, architecture, integration, cost, documentation, and flexibility. SonicWall TZ also requires improvements in areas such as throughput, DNS hosting, cloud management, user interface, integration, marketing, reporting, scalability, ports, GSM and Sonic Analyzer, advanced features, load balancing, DPI-SSL clients, content filtering, DNS hosting, technical support, VPN connections, and pricing.
Service and Support: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has garnered varying opinions regarding its customer service. Certain customers appreciate the technical support provided, whereas others express dissatisfaction with the response time. SonicWall TZ also receives mixed feedback, as some customers find the support to be satisfactory, while others encounter delays and language barriers.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is described as straightforward and may necessitate technical proficiency. Setting up SonicWall TZ is effortless, instinctive, and can be finished in a few hours.
Pricing: The cost of setting up Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is often seen as high, however, some users find it justifiable and efficient in terms of expenses. Opinions on the pricing of SonicWall TZ are mixed, with some considering it cost-effective while others believe there is room for improvement.
ROI: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has a higher return on investment, ranging from 80% to 85%, and has shown continuous improvement since implementation. It enables consolidation and standardization, simplifying management processes. SonicWall TZ is suggested for superior performance and is regarded as an essential element for ensuring network security.
Comparison Results: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the preferred option when compared to SonicWall TZ. Users appreciate Check Point's effortless and straightforward initial setup. Check Point also offers a wider range of valuable features, including VPN, IPS, URL filtering, and application control.
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"We are using gateways, and I appreciate the high-availability gateways they have. They stand out more than the competitors."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can start off with a simple firewall and expand it to UTM."
"The program is very stable."
"The visibility, the one-pane-of-glass which allows me to see all of my edge protection through one window and one log, is great. Monitoring everything through that one pane of glass is extremely valuable."
"Any kind of cloud environment anywhere can be protected through this effortlessly."
"SSL/TLS traffic inspection features are used for advanced threat prevention against secure SSL traffic."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to run the gateways as virtual machines in our virtual data center. The tool protects the virtual data centers."
"The solution's most valuable feature is scalability. We can increase the number of CPUs, memory, and firewall throughput easily. Using CloudGuard Network Security for managing cloud firewall rules is considered easier than using the normal security groups provided by Azure or AWS."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"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."
"SonicWall TZ is stable."
"It is very user-friendly, and there is no problem in using its interface."
"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 does what it says it is going to do."
"SonicWall TZ is a very cost-effective solution that provides good security."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The documentation has been rough. Being able to do it yourself can be hit or miss given the constraints of the documentation."
"The licensing structure is unclear, so a transparent and flexible licensing structure would be preferable."
"From the policy optimization point of view, they can do better. This is not just for CloudGuard. CloudGuard is one little piece managed by Check Point. They can also integrate a third-party policy management solution to improve that. For example, Tufin is focused on policy optimization and management."
"This application can be more integrated with web application firewalls. Better integrations would provide more granularity, which would be helpful for focusing on the application itself and preventing attacks. It would be good to include the cross-domain search. If you have multiple firewalls that are managed on the same platform and you want to check who is using some particular objects or where a specific ID is being used, it should provide an option for this kind of search instead of having to check one by one on each firewall."
"At the cost level, the solution is somewhat expensive."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."
"I hope that Check Point continues to improve its technical documentation regarding the Check Point CloudGuard IaaS gateway and management system."
"Check Point has a history of moving fast with software release and upgrade cycles which are difficult to keep up with at times."
"We encounter issues while generating new reports."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
"I can't get the support that I need from SonicWall."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
"They should consider working a bit more on their ransomware application."
"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 solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"The log analyzer in SonicWall TZ is something that they need to improve upon."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 117 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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