We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and SonicWall NSv 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 features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The GUI is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The product is working okay. The product is working feature-wise."
"The features I found most valuable are email security and web filtering."
"The most valuable features are the VPN, SSL VPN, and IPSec VPN."
"SonicWall has all the usual functions, like LAN configurations, security features, word filters, etc., but it also has the CFS agent, which isn't available in any other firewall. Reporting port support is also there."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox."
"It allows us to block applications, i.e., websites by application type category. It is far more capable than content filtering alone."
"The antivirus and items of that nature were quite helpful to have."
"The most valuable features are flexibility, ease of setup, and it's a good product cost-wise."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"One of the standout features of SonicWall is its simplicity in creating and managing rules."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"The customization of firewall rules provides great value to our customers as it allows them to lock things up in the way that they desire. When it is used for internal access, with a VPN in place for remote workers, the firewalling services provided by Azure, such as the default services that can be turned on, are applied. However, the use of a software-based virtual firewall gives us greater flexibility in introducing security controls for customers who are publishing applications that are publicly accessible from the public cloud. This virtual firewall provides an additional layer of security and more extensive security control options to ensure the protection of our customers' valuable information and assets."
"We purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"The product helps improve our security."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"The only thing that we would want would be single-pane management, which it has, but the GMS is not very good. It's purely the management of multiple devices for multiple customers, that's the only thing that it's lacking."
"Having to deal with too many lower-level people in technical support means that it takes longer to resolve issues, so escalating support tickets should be faster."
"The security standards for space and point of view should be improved so that the solution deploys in critical areas."
"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."
"SonicWall NSa has occasional bugs, particularly during upgrades, and that's an area for improvement."
"In terms of improvement, features like App Control do not work properly"
"The user interface could be better."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"It has been brought to our attention by a few customers that they are dissatisfied with the fact that our virtualized service is only offered as a subscription option on the cloud. However, it is worth noting that many other similar services are also offered through a subscription model on the cloud and not through perpetual licensing. It is unclear why these customers would have an issue with this subscription service when so many others are utilizing similar methods."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 77 reviews while SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XGS, whereas SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall TZ and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our SonicWall NSa vs. SonicWall NSv report.
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