We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ 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."Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The GUI is good."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The most valuable feature is the protection available, and then ease of use and flexibility."
"No negative impression of the scalability."
"I have found this solution to be easier to use when compared to other products, such as those offered by Cisco."
"It is very stable with no issues. The firewall's been up for the past 35 days non-stop. It's performed great. It has performed as it should perform."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"The solution is priced fairly and competitively."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."
"It could probably be more user-friendly, and it could be more scalable with releases and subscriptions."
"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."
"The dashboard needs to be improved."
"The solution must provide more ports."
"We require centralized monitoring of the network features, which they have but they are not to the level that we require."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"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."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 14th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Untangle NG Firewall, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Meraki MX. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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