SonicWall NSSP vs SonicWall TZ comparison

SonicWall NSSP and SonicWall TZ are both solutions in the Firewalls category. SonicWall NSSP is ranked #40 with an average rating of 7.3, while SonicWall TZ is ranked #10 with an average rating of 9.0. SonicWall NSSP holds a 0.0% mindshare in Firewalls, compared to SonicWall TZ’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of SonicWall NSSP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of SonicWall TZ users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 29, 2024

SonicWall TZ and SonicWall NSSP offer robust network security solutions. SonicWall NSSP is deemed superior due to its advanced features, making it worth the higher price.

Features: SonicWall TZ is praised for its firewall capabilities, easy integration, and affordability, making it suitable for small to medium-sized businesses. SonicWall NSSP offers advanced threat protection, superior performance, and scalability, tailored for large enterprises.

Room for Improvement: SonicWall TZ users suggest improvements in reporting tools, VPN stability, and overall performance. SonicWall NSSP users seek simplified usability, better documentation, and a more intuitive interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SonicWall TZ has a straightforward deployment process with responsive customer service. SonicWall NSSP has a more complex setup but benefits from highly knowledgeable support.

Pricing and ROI: SonicWall TZ has lower setup costs and good ROI for smaller deployments. SonicWall NSSP entails higher initial costs but offers substantial ROI for larger scale operations due to its advanced capabilities.

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SonicWall NSSP vs. SonicWall TZ

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Fortinet FortiGate

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Firewalls category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiGate is 19.8%, up from 17.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall NSSP is 0.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall TZ is 2.6%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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DineshKumar28

Senior Manager at Cognizant

Sep 25, 2024

Effective threat prevention with responsive customer support

We are using Fortinet FortiGate as a firewall Fortinet FortiGate has been invaluable. It has helped save costs due to its various features, reliable performance, very good UI, low latency, and stability. The Threat Intel engine in Fortinet FortiGate is highly rated for its effectiveness in…

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Lenin Christopher

Director at Techfruits

Oct 7, 2024

Enhanced security with advanced threat protection and superior support

We serve as an integrator for SonicWall, deploying this solution for customers in the media and entertainment, banking, and finance sectors. We use SonicWall to protect their environments against digital attacks SonicWall has helped us deliver security solutions effectively, particularly in…

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Sathish Ravichandran

Server & Cloud Architect at Icare

Oct 18, 2023

Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services

The multi-core architecture allows the running of multiple instances for checking files, even handling more than 2 GB of data. It has inbuilt reporting features, reducing the cost of external monitoring software. It's well-suited for organizations that need to transfer and scan large files. The scalability is good for small and medium-sized enterprises, but for organizations with more than 200 users, the cost can become a limiting factor. It is more suitable for large enterprises, especially for organizations with over 4,000 users. However, there could be flexibility in licensing, allowing organizations to cater to their specific needs and pay for the features and licenses they require. It can help reduce costs. I rate its scalability a seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."

"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."

"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."

"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."

"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."

"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."

"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."

"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."

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"The solution's pricing is good."

"I like the filtering feature, which provides easy access. The SSL certification feature is also nice. The solution enhanced our security posture."

"SonicWall has helped us deliver security solutions effectively, particularly in threat prevention and content filtering."

"SonicWall NSSP is stable and scalable too."

"The VPN functionality is really good. Overall, the whole device is very easy to manage. The software that comes with it is also good."

"It has been delivering results efficiently. Its configurations and updates have been easy. It is also user-friendly."

"The product's most valuable features are simplicity and comprehensive protection capabilities, including load balancing, IPS, antivirus, and web filtering."

"No negative impression of the scalability."

"It's a stable solution."

"Good VPN connection."

"We like the unified threat management for defense-in-depth. We can terminate our site-to-site and remote access VPNs with it."

"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly navigation."

"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."

"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."

"They give good protection to my network and support it."

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Cons

"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."

"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."

"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."

"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."

"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."

"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."

"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."

"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."

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"No security product is foolproof against hackers, intruders, and other such things. As a security product, they have to keep pace in terms of protection from new hackers and intruders."

"The product needs improvement for phishing emails."

"The platform could benefit from an improved marketing strategy."

"The solution's stability and scalability also need improvement."

"The EDR and XDR capabilities of SonicWall need to be improved."

"Its reporting functions can be improved. It has decent reporting, but you got to pay a lot more money for it. That's where it begins to fall apart. It comes with minimal zero reporting unless you buy some extra modules. With those extra modules, you can get all the data, but it takes a while to put together what you need for your customer. It is for technical people, but there is no executive summary of the reporting."

"The user interface, the GUI, could be improved."

"The areas we would like to see improvement include more features available similar to the equivalent FortiGate appliance, e.g. SSL encryption and inspection. Two-factor authentication capability would be another additional feature that could be included in the next release."

"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."

"The product needs more free SSL VPN user licenses as the current offering is limited."

"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."

"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."

"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."

"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."

"It could be made more user friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It scales well if you know what to buy from a physical box standpoint. They seem to offer something for every level."

"The initial setup is super straight forward and as far as the licensing goes for the small product that we have, the pricing was pretty competitive. It wasn't as simple and as cheap as a SonicWall but for the service we would get it was a good price."

"The price range is quite acceptable and normal."

"Fortinet FortiGate allows you to purchase licenses for hardware and software."

"It has been two years. I don't remember the actual price, but it was affordable. We buy the boxes and then use the license for three years."

"It is affordable. Palo Alto is much more expensive than Fortinet."

"Its price is affordable and lesser than Cisco. Cisco is expensive. In terms of licensing, there is only one issue. If a customer's license has expired a month ago and they do the renewal after one month, Fortinet renews the license from the start of the previous month. The activation of the product is done from the previous month, not from the date of renewal. The customers usually shout and complain that because they are paying today, the renewal should start from today. The support contract renewals or licensing should be renewed from the date of renewal, but Fortinet starts from the day it had expired. It is a loss for customers. They might have had some problems because of which they did not take the license one month before. Fortinet should work on this. Cisco doesn't do this. Cisco always starts from the day they apply for the license."

"The price of Fortinet FortiGate is better than Cisco, Check Point, and Palo Alto. In terms of pricing, it's probably a better-priced firewall solution overall."

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"The setup costs and licensing are reasonable, and the solution provides good value for its features."

"For SonicWall NSSP high availability, active/passive, you need to buy one license, and so you get much more value for money."

"I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."

"The pricing is cheap, and that's where, you know, the some of the organization goes for the SonicWall."

"You got to buy some VPN licenses, and there might be a $40 to $50 one-time license fee per current user. There are different layers. They have several different levels of event security software and depending on the model, it seems to come out to be $1 to $2 a day. So, if you bought a three-year license, it is going to be anywhere from $900 to $1800 depending on the bundle and model that you buy."

"The product pricing is justified for the features provided."

"Customers are required to pay for a yearly subscription."

"It comes to a range between five hundred to seven hundred dollars."

"Its price is very high, which makes it difficult to convince the clients to buy this solution."

"The price of SonicWall TZ is good for medium-sized companies."

"The firewall with the servers costs about 80 pounds a month. We get the device, and it is replaced every two or three years."

"The product pricing is relatively good, compared to other products, including the licenses."

"It is an expensive solution compared to one of its competitors."

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Also Known As

FortiGate 60b, FortiGate 60c, FortiGate 80c, FortiGate 50b, FortiGate 200b, FortiGate 110c, FortiGate

SonicWall Network Security Services Platform

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Overview

Fortinet FortiGate enhances network security, prevents unauthorized access, and offers robust firewall protection. Valued features include advanced threat protection, reliable performance, and a user-friendly interface. It improves efficiency, streamlines processes, and boosts collaboration, providing valuable insights for informed decision-making and growth.

The SonicWall Network Security services platform (NSsp) 12000 series takes a modern approach to threat detection and prevention by combining cloud intelligence with appliance-based protection in a scalable, high-speed platform.

The secure, sophisticated SonicWALL TZ is widely deployed at small businesses, retail, government, remote sites and branch offices. It combines high-performance intrusion prevention, malware blocking, content/URL filtering and application control.

Sample Customers

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Dell, HP, Oracle, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodafone, Orange, BT Group, Telstra, Deutsche Telekom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, NTT Communications, Tata Communications, SoftBank, China Mobile, Singtel, Telus, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, Telkom Indonesia, Telkom South Africa, Telmex, Telia Company, Telkom Kenya

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