We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and SonicWall TZ 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."The solution is extremely reliable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the granular control and their interoperability is good."
"FortiOS' most valuable features are management, security, and easy updates with no downtime."
"The fact that is it has a UTM, a Unified Threat Management feature is the most valuable aspect for us. It's an all in one product. It's like our one-stop-shop to the internet."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is the only solution that currently offers VPN for clients."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution would be the caching feature."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its simplicity, highly user-centric, and performs well. The line speed and for heavy traffic, is helpful for us."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"The feature with SonicWall that I have found most valuable is that all the models have the same interface. We don't need to learn different interfaces in the smaller or bigger models."
"Once it's configured properly, the solution is unbreakable."
"It lets me monitor in live time if someone is 'hogging' bandwidth."
"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."
"We are very much happy with the support."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"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."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Could be improved by supporting an allocation of quota base management regarding user data."
"We had assistance from one person from our local vendor for the implementation."
"The solution could improve by making the dashboard easier to use."
"They're using a lot of application-specific IC, so that may be causing some performance issues. And whenever a Fortinet adds new features, it can affect performance."
"The implementation could be simplified."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"A switch should be introduced."
"FortiOS doesn't work well with all browsers. I think they need to do a better job of making it compatible with the various browsers that are out there."
"The small business line has less PPS throughput."
"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."
"In general, the company needs to think contingently and integrate more security options."
"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."
"We would like to improve the rules configuration in SonicWall TZ. Sometimes the rules don't work."
"Getting support can be slow."
"If the operation increases and the bandwidth consumption increases, it does not perform as per the expectations."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and SonicWall NSa. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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