We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ and WatchGuard XTM [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."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."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"It performs very well."
"Most of the features are useful. It is easy to configure and easy to troubleshoot. I can see the utilization of different networks, and there are also App control features."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"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."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"Technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall TZ is the double authentication, where it asks for one password and again asks for a four-digit code, which changes every 30 seconds."
"The network security is great."
"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."
"There is a site-to-site VPN configuration between others people."
"After installing the product, we achieved awareness of our data protection needs and email misuse."
"WatchGuard XTM is fairly basic. We use it as the perimeter firewall. The main point is to protect from attack software and hacking."
"It is stable and does not require you to reboot all the time."
"SNMP status monitoring and the Central Management Software."
"It configures in all-in-one place."
"I like the hostwatch because I can see what traffic uses the most bandwidth and I can block that site."
"Application Control is fantastic with over 2,500 applications and the granularity that we can either allow people to view but not be able to log on to Facebook; or view it and log onto it if they're in the marketing department, but not play Facebook games. There are all sorts of different options like that. So it's highly granular."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The log sections could be done more clearly."
"I would like to see a SonicWall integration with the DLP tool, this would be interesting. Data Loss Prevention integration."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"The solution must provide more ports."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
"In an upcoming release, SonicWall could improve by adding cloud management for all devices for free or at a nominal cost. Currently, they have a cloud management platform but is not free. We have the MySonicWall portal for purchasing from them for software updates and renewals."
"One huge issue with WatchGuard XTM is that I'm not getting reports in a readable format. Readable means, I don't want Excel online. We repeat auditing when we trigger the report or setup calendar. That functionality is what we are looking for from WatchGuard XTM here."
"Syslog (Dimension) is focused on presentation, but needs more focus on utility like SonicWall syslog (GMS/Analyzer)."
"I would like them to improve the product's overall protections. This would be good for all product users."
"WatchGuard doesn't have a product that allows them to get into the data center. And that's just because there is no hardware to do the job. The software could do it, but there's no hardware that allows that to happen at the moment. So it doesn't scale as well as some other products, that's for sure."
"Sometimes we have had issues with stability of the product."
"The setting policies need improvement. It needs an easier way to do static NAT and check on what policy is being used for that specific traffic."
"The VPN errors are not helpful when troubleshooting."
"The initial setup is neither simple nor complex. If you know the base in networking and how the firewall works, you will be able to figure it out."
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SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard XTM [EOL] writes "The multi-layer security of the products are the primary reason we use these appliances, however, the gateway wireless functionality for managing access points leaves much to be desired". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is most compared with .
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