We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-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 most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The solution is stable."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"It scales linearly with load and no issues."
"We can monitor the traffic manually and detect threats. Additionally, we can block different IP addresses and URLs."
"With the improved visibility we now have, the traffic is being properly monitored, which means that we are better able to manage it. These are improvements that we saw very quickly."
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"The most effective features of the solution for threat prevention are Layer 7 inspection, SSL decryption, IPS, and the web filtering profile."
"The VM series has an advantage over the physical version because we are able to change the sources that the machine has, such as the amount of available RAM."
"In the newer version, there are 3850s, all of them are scalable. They fit better into the medium or small businesses."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"I've found the technical support to be helpful."
"It protects against intrusion while allowing needed access."
"I like the firewall product, the security server, and the content filter."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"It lets me monitor in live time if someone is 'hogging' bandwidth."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"Ease of management and the VPN integration."
"It is very user-friendly, and there is no problem in using its interface."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"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."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"The solution needs to improve its visibility. It's not straightforward to use. Understanding the policies, authorizations, and initializing features requires careful review. The product needs to offer proper training."
"It can definitely improve on the performance."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"It would be helpful if we had a direct number for the support manager or the supporting engineer. That would be better than having to email every time because there would be less wait."
"We feel that the setup was complex. So, we asked the tech team about the setup process. They explained how to deploy it in the right way, which made it very simple."
"On the cloud side, they need to come up with more HA solutions to support the multi-region."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
"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."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"We would like to improve the rules configuration in SonicWall TZ. Sometimes the rules don't work."
"The reporting analytics could be improved, it is very unstable."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". 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 VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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