We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and SonicWall NSSP 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."Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The solution's pricing is good."
"The VPN functionality is really good. Overall, the whole device is very easy to manage. The software that comes with it is also good."
"SonicWall NSSP is stable and scalable too."
"It has been delivering results efficiently. Its configurations and updates have been easy. It is also user-friendly."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"The solution's stability and scalability also need improvement."
"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."
"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."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while SonicWall NSSP is ranked 38th in Firewalls with 4 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while SonicWall NSSP is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSSP writes "Good VPN functionality, very good support, easy to manage, and meets all of our needs". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas SonicWall NSSP is most compared with SonicWall NSa. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. SonicWall NSSP report.
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