We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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.
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The solution is stable."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"User-friendly with good security and application control."
"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."
"User friendly and intuitive."
"This product has kept us safe and we haven't had any breaches."
"I like this solution because we are focused on VPN and have many brands that need to link a VPN and have security, like ransomware, spyware, and basic protection."
"It is a brilliant product. It is a Unified Threat Management (UTM) system. It has got about 11 security services that take care of your perimeter security. It takes care of any kind of cyber threats that could come in. It takes care of creating VPNs between two SonicWalls instantly and very easily. It has got spyware in it as well as a firewall. It has also got a gateway antivirus and an application firewall that can block things from outside."
"It has good reporting, the reporting is marvelous."
"They offer good antivirus solutions."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"The support system could be improved."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"After-sales support and hands-on training facilities are not available in my country."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"SonicWall NSa doesn't have a proxy. It also needs a quota management feature in specific scenarios where you must limit user bandwidth for a particular day."
"The ongoing service fees are high."
"The scalability is something that should be improved."
"It would be useful to have an application firewall that prevents the outside world from seeing your private IPs. You don't need to publicize your private IPs to the outside world, and you can create a barrier, like a proxy server."
"The product likely isn't a good fit for a large organization."
"It only has a single power interface, which has limitations in terms of high availability."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 77 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and SonicWall TZ. See our SonicWall NSa vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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