We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and SonicWall NSa based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"I like the tool's ability to manage cloud traffic locally without routing it through our data centers."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can start off with a simple firewall and expand it to UTM."
"It improves the availability of engineers to carry out projects."
"The endpoint VPN is super stable. The routing is also very good. We tried a competing product first, but we could not make it work. We came across CloudGuard. The network routing across different virtual networks in Azure and AWS was way ahead of any of the other technologies. That helped us be able to cover the whole network using one single cluster."
"The ease of administration with the cloud management extension and the cloud licensing model is valuable."
"The product has allowed us to develop applications from the cloud - even with large environments and well-segmented security lines."
"The main benefit of the Check Point Virtual Systems solution is its ability to split up the hardware appliances that we have into several logical, virtual devices with separate traffic handling policies, as well as the switching and routing."
"The security configuration features have enhanced the reliable coordination of programs and data safety."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"It's very flexible and meets our customer's needs."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"With the deployment of the SonicWall NSA solution, we never suffered a problem due to invasion or contamination of any kind."
"Our old firewall was running as HA (High Availability) on two different but identical rack mounted servers. Moving to SonicWall allowed the company to move to one unit, yet accommodate more connections because it had sixteen ports and handled fail-over better than the old firewall solution."
"I like this solution because we are focused on VPN and have many brands that need to link a VPN and have security, like ransomware, spyware, and basic protection."
"The stability is better than other products."
"The most valuable features of this solution are intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, and the advanced capture client, which provides live traffic analysis."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"The scalability could be better."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"There is room for improvement, especially concerning the integration with the management center. It would be beneficial if tasks that currently require scripts could be performed directly from the GUI."
"The connection to the on-premises management requires using the CLI. It's not just a click, and you cannot edit in the management to prepare everything. You need to do it online and in real time. After that, you must execute a script, and then you should be happy that it appears in the management."
"People don't know about the tool's features. There's a lack of skill. Users require more knowledge on how to integrate it into the cloud environment and orchestrate routing. So, it's not necessarily a CloudGuard Network Security or Check Point issue but more about integration, knowledge, and understanding."
"Sometimes, if you aren't familiar with the solution, it can be a bit complex, but it does become easier to use with time. However, every time they launch a new version, it becomes more complex and you need to take time to get familiar with all the changes. For every version that they upgrade, you need to upskill yourself."
"I hope that Check Point continues to improve its technical documentation regarding the Check Point CloudGuard IaaS gateway and management system."
"The initial deployment using the ARM template in Azure was straightforward, but migrating to Terraform added complexity, although we managed to make it work."
"The deployment phase takes too much time."
"The only pain points we have had with it were when we did major version upgrades. Rather than being able to do incremental upgrades on those, we had to completely redeploy. I know that has changed recently, but we had some hiccups when we did the upgrades. This is the only issue we have had."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"It is very modular and with native resources which are much lower than its competitors."
"Needs a more detailed reporting feature."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
"We still get phishing emails that manage to come through from time to time."
"A room for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the log server because it could be more user-friendly compared to Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks. My company has many rule sets up for review, so sometimes, my team needs to use Excel for filtering, but the UI cannot support the Excel function."
"I would like to see better integration."
"The content filter needs to be improved."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. 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 NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". 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 NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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