We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks WildFire and SonicWall TZ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, ESET and others in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)."Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization."
"The most effective feature of WildFire for threat analysis is its collaboration with other security profiles on our Palo Alto firewall."
"The scalability is acceptable."
"The analysis is very fast."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"Access restriction and IP whitelisting are the most valuable features."
"We are able to block whatever we want to block by using this product. It provides all required security features, such as content filtering, VPN, in one box. Before switching to SonicWall, we had specified all required features."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"The most valuable feature is the protection available, and then ease of use and flexibility."
"The most common feature in the firewall, apart from that traditional firewall, would be the security services, like application control, URL filtering, Gateway Anti-Virus, and IPS protection. These are the essential features in the firewalls which I think, has to be enabled and properly used at every network infrastructure."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"I've found the technical support to be helpful."
"It is very stable with no issues. The firewall's been up for the past 35 days non-stop. It's performed great. It has performed as it should perform."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"I would give this product a rating of 9 out of 10 due to some slight issues of performance."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"The product fails to offer protection when dealing with high-severity vulnerabilities, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire could improve by adding support for manual submission of suspicious files and URLs. Additionally, it would be an advantage to add rule-based analysis. Currently, it uses only static and AI. We need to be able to analyze archive files."
"The cost of the solution is excessively high."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"Its pricing can be better. It is very expensive."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"They should consider working a bit more on their ransomware application."
"The solution's antivirus checking could be improved so that we can have a deeper inspection of the packets."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"It would be good if Analyzer would be part of the stock license, so even if a layperson is getting the device, he or she doesn't forgets about ordering the Analyzer because it's already there."
Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". 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 WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Fortinet FortiSandbox, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and SonicWall NSa.
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