We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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.
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"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."
"It's very flexible and meets our customer's needs."
"The functionality is the same whether it is on hardware or a virtual appliance. The interface is the same. It's nice that it's standardized."
"What I like best about SonicWall NSa is the security it offers compared to other solutions in the market. Its reduction rate is also better than others."
"User-friendly with good security and application control."
"SonicWall NSA is easy to deploy, easy to maintain, and easy to configure."
"This product has kept us safe and we haven't had any breaches."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"The solution is scalable."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"It is a stable solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"It needs more available central management."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint."
"One issue with the solution is that no authorization or authentication features exist."
"One area for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the GUI. It isn't easy to understand. The support for SonicWall NSa is mediocre, which is another area for improvement."
"The problem primarily with SonicWall is it's a Unix box. And it's all software, all the activities, blocking, censoring, everything has to happen in the software. If you start hitting the box with a lot of sessions it slows down and that's not what I expect from a firewall."
"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."
"Needs a more detailed reporting feature."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"The ongoing service fees are high."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 77 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Check Point NGFW. See our SonicWall NSa vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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