We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall NSa 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 most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"It is pretty important to have embedded machine learning in the core of the firewall to provide inline, real-time attack prevention, because all these different attacks and threats are constantly evolving. So, you want to have something beyond just hard pass rules. You want it to learn as it is going along. Its machine learning seems pretty good. It seems like it is catching quite a few things."
"I like all the threat alerts and WildFire. I also like scanning because everything that comes into our network via customers is scanned. We're an electric company, so every one of the bills is scanned and emailed in and out of our network."
"The graphical interface is easy to troubleshoot because it has a drill-down sequence. It is easy to monitor traffic."
"The most significant benefit is threat protection. Anti-malware uses signatures, so dynamic analyzers like WildFire are the best way to protect the company. It is a firewall based on application control, user ID, and security policy. We can use it based on user and application ID without a stateless firewall or TCPIP ports."
"One of the key features for us is product stability. We are a bank, so we require 24/7 service."
"The centralization capability is the most valuable feature of this solution as it enables us to monitor our systems efficiently."
"The most valuable feature is the security provided by the ATP."
"The WildFire reporting and Cortex XDR platform have huge infrastructures in the cloud that secures the network against threats. So, we have the potential on the system, specifically for users, where we take care of this since the user is the most dangerous. We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis, rather than a daily or weekly update like I used to with different AV vendors. These features can detect viruses and malware more quickly, which is super important."
"Valuable features include a web filter, DHCP, and monitoring capabilities."
"Our old firewall was running as HA (High Availability) on two different but identical rack mounted servers. Moving to SonicWall allowed the company to move to one unit, yet accommodate more connections because it had sixteen ports and handled fail-over better than the old firewall solution."
"The solution can scale."
"The technical support is very good."
"Support is usually good when it comes to helping with issues."
"Overall SonicWall NSa is a good solution for our use case."
"The most valuable features are flexibility, ease of setup, and it's a good product cost-wise."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"Once in a while, they have new features being released that can be buggy. My criticism is more general to all sorts of network or security devices. In general, everybody is releasing less-tested software. Then, it usually ends up that the first few customers who get a new release need to end up troubleshooting it."
"The support could be improved."
"The cost of the device is very high."
"Technical support can be faster at responding."
"In terms of what could be improved, comparatively the price is very high. That would be the one thing."
"The only downside of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, in my opinion, is the relatively higher price compared to Cisco FortiGate. This is especially noticeable when deploying basic configurations and considering the cost of licenses."
"The price is high and has room for improvement."
"The initial configuration is complicated to set up."
"The content filter needs to be improved."
"The web interface administration of SonicWall NSa could be improved. Compared to Sophos and FortiGate, making rules is easier with those systems."
"They are not ready for managed security services. Their Cloud GMS product is weak, barely out of beta (buggy)."
"The security standards for space and point of view should be improved so that the solution deploys in critical areas."
"The product could expand its throughput capacity."
"SonicWall NSa's reporting could be improved."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"I feel that the SSL VPN client software needs a lot of improvement."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 162 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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