We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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 application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the performance which is above their competitors. The throughput they have delivered is good. When we used other solutions they failed the deployment when we were using different rules. They have a theory perform performance light and performance degradation. However, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series never fails in that scenario."
"The solution is reliable and scales well."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application."
"I have found the threat profile feature valuable."
"The IPS system is the best in the field."
"This is a very reliable firewall and we have never had problems with it."
"It's been very easy to implement and deploy."
"It's a very cost-effective solution."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"We like the unified threat management for defense-in-depth. We can terminate our site-to-site and remote access VPNs with it."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"The general feature is the antivirus policy, followed by the ransomware protection, and these are the features I was looking at."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"If we have issues, they take anywhere from two days to a week to respond. I even wrote to their CEO because there was no response. When it comes to support, this is the worst company."
"It is recommended that the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series be implemented step by step for the Panorama. Sometimes we can't overwrite the configurations because it fails."
"In the past, we've had trouble with Palo Alto's application filtering not getting it right. I would not be recommending layer 7 application filtering yet."
"Its networking features could be better."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"The technical support, and how they provide it to the client, needs to be improved."
"In general, the company needs to think contingently and integrate more security options."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"The market seems to be going to a cloud-supported, new generation of firewall products. I think that's probably going to be important to us, the next time around."
"I currently have two of the issues from SonicWall. One issue is that the IP is not the public IP. Sometimes it moves to an alternate source and I have to refresh the new IP then we can go on."
"Its reporting can be improved. Currently, we cannot directly get the user names. It only shows the IP, which makes it a bit confusing because we need to use the IP to find the user. If we could directly get the name of the user, it would be better."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 29 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks K2-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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