Compare SolarWinds vs SonicWall

SolarWinds

Based on 395 reviews.

SonicWall

Based on 261 reviews.

Overview

SolarWinds Inc. develops enterprise information technology infrastructure management software for IT professionals. In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $112.5 million in 2009. In 2012, SolarWinds' total revenue reached $269 million. In June 2014, the company purchased the Swedish web-monitoring company Pingdom.

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Sample Customers

Dameware Remote Support

Illinois School District

SolarWinds Dameware Remove Everywhere

Accenture, Emerson, Lockheed Martin, Nielsen, NTT

SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge (CSE)

Redox, Byton, Veeva, BlueVoyant

Popular Solutions

SolarWinds NPM

16 reviews

SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor

12 reviews

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer

9 reviews

SonicWall NSa

16 reviews

SonicWall TZ

15 reviews

SonicWall SMA

3 reviews

Top Industries

Educational Organization

46%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

16%

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Quotes From Member Reviews

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

Most Helpful Reviews

Vijay Samant
Assistant Manager at a computer software company
I use SolarWinds Network Device Monitor for monitoring network utilization, bandwidth utilization, uptime, and...
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DeepakVyas
Global-Manager Network & communications at Secure Meters Limited
We are using SolarWinds and have all the modules with us, including NetFlow and NPM. It is primarily used for...
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Anonymous User
Subject Matter Expert at a tech company

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Anonymous User
Network Architect at a logistics company
We have a client who is a global logistics company, and we use NPM to manage their devices globally. These devices...
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Michael Savchenko
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
The SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability solution is primarily used by companies that need to manage their IT...
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Vijay Mohan
Senior Manager INFOSEC AND Risk ASSESSMENT Engineering at Atlas Systems
It's a very good firewall – user-friendly and easy to configure, set the policies, and manage. I especially like how...
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Syed Taha
Information Security Manager at GLEEDS USA INC
I am still working with Sunny Core and using several solutions like SonicWall Firewall with NSM and Net Extender. I...
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Bob-Thomas
Virtual CIO/ CISO at Kyber Security

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Anonymous User
CEO at a recruiting/HR firm
The solution is predominantly for gateway-level protection. There are multiple filters now. In the past, these...
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CanbolatAydin
Product Manager at E-DATA TEKNOLOJİ
I use SonicWall Capture Client primarily for content filtering, asset management, reporting, and EDR/EPP purposes. It...
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Customer Service

Catherine Akinwolere
System Engineer at Lumenave
Technical support is awesome. An email is responded to within five minutes and we will get feedback. Their staff is...
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Wapelo Zaphaniah
Information Technology Administrator at Debswana
Since I haven't used much of the technical support provided for the solution, I will have to research first in order...
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Dr. SureshHungenahally
Chief Executive Officer at a consultancy
Technical support is excellent. SolarWinds wants its partners and resellers to succeed. They give you all the...
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Donald Bakels
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Adfontessoftware
We do not have to contact the technical support for SolarWinds that I am aware of. Sometimes I have heard of support...
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Ankur_Yadav
Solution Architect at Accenture
The technical support has been a good experience.
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Catherine Akinwolere
System Engineer at Lumenave
The support is very, very good. In case there's any problem, we can contact support.
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Ravi Khanchandani
Founder Director at Techsa Services
We have used technical support many times. They're good if you escalate properly. It is an area that needs a bit of...
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Anonymous User
Service Manager at a tech services company
I am happy to work with the technical support team. They are extremely good.
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer at a media company
We contacted them once last year. We requested their support with an upgrade. They were very helpful.
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Jentle Mathew
Sr.Network Engineer at NTT Security
We have not contacted technical support, it is not required in my environment.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a financial services firm
We aren't working with the SolarWinds team directly. We have local contacts, and we're very pleased with them....
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Anonymous User
Systems Administrator at a tech services company
SolarWinds has a community called Thwack. That is where I get most of my help. I would give it the highest rating.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 7 out of 10, compared to slow response time from Cisco. Technical Support: 7 out of 10
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George Nel
Instrumentation Superintendent Systems at a mining and metals company
Technical support is good. All of the issues I had were addressed by the support team within hours. They are helpful...
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SJ6
Network Security Engineer at a comms service provider
I rate the response time at three to four and the resolution time at six to seven out of ten. However, if there is no...
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Anonymous User
DBA at a wellness & fitness company
I have not had to open up many tickets. In two and a half years, I think, probably four, five tickets that we've...
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Anonymous User
Project Manager and consultant enterprise IT tooling at a consultancy
SolarWinds does not provide professional services. You have to rely on partners that provide this service. If there...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a computer software company
Tech support was always on top of things. I usually got a response within a couple hours of opening a ticket and once...
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WILSON KEREBEI
CEO at WilCom Systems Ltd
We have made a few calls to support. We have not encountered very many issues that would require support.
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Anonymous User
Consultant Avant-vente Réseau at a tech vendor
Technical support is excellent. There's also great documentation both for assisting in setting the solution up and...
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Anonymous User
System Analyst
Customer Service: It’s fantastic. They will give 24/7 service. Technical Support: It’s fantastic again. They are very...
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer
Customer Service: Very good. Technical Support: Very good.
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Neelam
Senior Associate Consultant at a tech services company
I have not contacted the support for SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor.
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Michael Ernest
Senior Officer at a international affairs institute
We have yet to contact technical support. Most of the time the troubleshooting is done online, and therefore we...
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Fazal Azeem
Implementation & Support Specialist at 360Factors
Technical support from SolarWinds is the best.
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Moshiur Rahman Khan
CEO/Consultant at CIL
They're one of the most responsive companies when it comes to support.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a mining and metals company
SolarWinds NPM technical support is very responsive. They're available by phone, which is a plus.
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FAHAD ALBAZ
IT Security Architecture & Implementation Manager at Banque Saudi Fransi
Technical support is something that is very important for us. It is the number one factor. We are dealing with the...
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Anonymous User
IT - Server Administration
Customer Service: I think it's decent although a team mate generally makes the support calls. Technical Support: In...
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Administrator at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: This is one area where SolarWinds can do better. Customer service, in terms of account renewals,...
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Rias Majeed
CTO at Exceed NetSec LLC
The technical support from SonicWall is okay. I have been in this field for the last 30 years. Therefore, most of the...
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AshishSingh12
Presales Consultant Cybersecurity at ZONES PVT LTD
The solution's technical support team is helpful.
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Rich Hoult
President at Vector One IT Solutions
The technical support is good. However, there is a language barrier because their support is based out of India and...
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PhosikaSithisane
Power System Engineer at a retailer
It is difficult to contact SonicWall Email Security’s technical support team.
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Syed Taha
Information Security Manager at GLEEDS USA INC
Discussing my experience with customer communication, I can say I received good responses from them. They understood...
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Sahil Darji
Network Security Engineer at Khimji Ramdas
Technical support is very good.
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Harish (Kumar)
Cyber Security and IT Head at a outsourcing company
I get in touch with technical support whenever we require the support, the support is okay. We have a toll free...
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MuraliGovindarajan
Senior Manager at a insurance company
The SonicWall TZ support is okay overall but could be improved in many ways.
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Anonymous User
ICT Consultant at a tech services company
I do have experience with technical support. The last time I interacted with them was fine. They handled and resolved...
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Anonymous User
Information Technology Network Support Specialist at a hospitality company
I've had good experience with technical support.
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Anonymous User
Executive Project Manager at a non-profit
The support for SonicWall TZ is good.
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Roy Haddad
Director at FOXMINDS Solutions LLC
The technical support is excellent.
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Reggie Viljoen
IT Administrator at Sandton Radiology
I have not had to use technical support.
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Munjal Bhalgama
Owner at IT CARE
SonicWall NSa's support takes longer to respond.
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Muhammed Yasir
Director Information Systems at a transportation company
Good.
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Anonymous User
Vice President
We haven't used tech support, at least, not that I'm aware of. We outsourced all of our IT stuff. They may have used...
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Darshil Sanghvi
Consultant at a tech services company
I have not contacted technical support.
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a maritime company
Their technical support is very good.
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Hamza_Farhan
Professioan Services Engineer at a tech vendor
Customer Service: The hold time is very long, and they need to hire more people to handle the huge number of incoming...
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Harry Srolovitz
Manager, Customer Security & Guidance at a tech services company
Obviously they have a dedicated support team for firewalls in general, unless you get to the bigger enterprise...
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Darshil Sanghvi
Consultant at a tech services company
We called technical support to help us with the implementation and they were very helpful. There's also a lot of...
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Thanarak Hongsuk
Cyber security consultant at a renewables & environment company
I have not contacted technical support. The partner has contacted the solution's technical support, as I am not a...
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John Holbel
President at CMIT Solutions
Their technical support is very good. If I had to pick between the top three firewalls with all things being equal, I...
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RENE MOLINA
CONSULTOR at COMOL S.R.L.
Technical support is very good.
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Anonymous User
Network Consulting Engineer
Customer Service: Service is great. Technical Support: Service is great.
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Anonymous User
Vice President of Operations at a wholesaler/distributor
The lack of knowledge and failure to listen led to dramatically increased call time. Not much ever got resolved.
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Anonymous User
Presales Manager
Level-3 technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Vice President & Chief Information Officer at a aerospace/defense firm
While the product is fine, I find that there is no support. We purchased a license renewal and have not been able to...
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Anonymous User
Manager at a manufacturing company
We've never contacted technical support in the past. We go through our vendor. We don't call SonicWall.
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CanbolatAydin
Product Manager at E-DATA TEKNOLOJİ
Technical support from SonicWall has room for improvement. While their escalation process is understandable, it can...
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