We performed a comparison between GajShield Next Generation Firewall 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."One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"It is a stable solution."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the firewalling, which is very good and the GUI which is very intuitive. It is easy to use, and provides great security."
"The filtering is excellent."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"Content Filtering and sandboxing are valuable features."
"The features I found most valuable are email security and web filtering."
"Compared to Cisco, SonicWall NSa is much easier to configure."
"The most valuable features to us are the security services which is a critical factor in our deployment. Today we need to have all the security services enabled because firewalls are not enough."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"The content filter needs to be improved."
"Overall, Im satisfied with SonicWall NSa, but it would be better if they could add a small terminal to each device. This would help me deal with certain issues by running a small bot onto any PC."
"Initially, it may be difficult for some people to learn and become acquainted with it."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"We also need to increase the throughput because the other devices are slower. The throughput will become slow. Since we're using VoIP, it tends to affect the voice quality. Even if you're using a quality service, it tends to decrease."
"The product likely isn't a good fit for a large organization."
"We still get phishing emails that manage to come through from time to time."
"The reporting feature could be better because most of the companies want to have the analytics included, which is something that you have to buy separately."
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GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 7 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, WiJungle and Netgate pfSense, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our GajShield Next Generation Firewall vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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