We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and SonicWall TZ based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides important capabilities such as VPN, intrusion prevention, website filtering, and application control. SonicWall TZ offers comprehensive threat management, VPN functionality, web protection, and IPsec VPN.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has areas that need improvement in terms of support system, features, data protection visibility, DLP, architecture, integration, cost, documentation, and flexibility. SonicWall TZ also requires improvements in areas such as throughput, DNS hosting, cloud management, user interface, integration, marketing, reporting, scalability, ports, GSM and Sonic Analyzer, advanced features, load balancing, DPI-SSL clients, content filtering, DNS hosting, technical support, VPN connections, and pricing.
Service and Support: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has garnered varying opinions regarding its customer service. Certain customers appreciate the technical support provided, whereas others express dissatisfaction with the response time. SonicWall TZ also receives mixed feedback, as some customers find the support to be satisfactory, while others encounter delays and language barriers.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is described as straightforward and may necessitate technical proficiency. Setting up SonicWall TZ is effortless, instinctive, and can be finished in a few hours.
Pricing: The cost of setting up Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is often seen as high, however, some users find it justifiable and efficient in terms of expenses. Opinions on the pricing of SonicWall TZ are mixed, with some considering it cost-effective while others believe there is room for improvement.
ROI: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has a higher return on investment, ranging from 80% to 85%, and has shown continuous improvement since implementation. It enables consolidation and standardization, simplifying management processes. SonicWall TZ is suggested for superior performance and is regarded as an essential element for ensuring network security.
Comparison Results: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the preferred option when compared to SonicWall TZ. Users appreciate Check Point's effortless and straightforward initial setup. Check Point also offers a wider range of valuable features, including VPN, IPS, URL filtering, and application control.
"It is quite easy to handle."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"Additionally, the centralized reporting and management, accessible through a single pane of glass, offer consistency and efficiency across multi-cloud environments."
"The multiple virtual firewalls on one box are extremely useful and the interconnection with virtual switches is simple and easy to understand."
"This solution brings us closer to having a better security score, which helps us a lot in complying with information regulations based on security."
"The scalability is very good; again, very user-friendly. I wouldn't even say "user-friendly" because, as long as you deploy it properly, you can kill an EC2 and it will spin up another one right away, within about a minute and a half. And it will be ready for production right away."
"The most valuable feature for us is the cluster support."
"The IPS, application and URL filtering, as well as Identity Awareness, are all very valuable features."
"The most valuable feature for us is the simplicity of creating this environment. Even though our current cloud usage is limited, the process of setting up machines in the product and establishing an HR system was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is threat prevention."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"With the main firewall routing there, we can do connectivity point-to-point. On the low bandwidth we can connect in all the branches with my corporate office."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"Good VPN connection."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"The most valuable feature is the protection available, and then ease of use and flexibility."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"There is room for improvement in the integration with PaaS services from the public cloud. It would be very helpful."
"We miss full blade support for all blades that are compatible with the cluster. Especially notable is the lack of support for Identity Awareness in active standby environments for customers. In our setup, transitioning to Connective clusters would be preferable for maintaining connections during failover situations."
"CloudGuard Network Security's pricing is expensive. We have encountered issues with its licensing."
"The connection to the on-premises management requires using the CLI. It's not just a click, and you cannot edit in the management to prepare everything. You need to do it online and in real time. After that, you must execute a script, and then you should be happy that it appears in the management."
"This application can be more integrated with web application firewalls. Better integrations would provide more granularity, which would be helpful for focusing on the application itself and preventing attacks. It would be good to include the cross-domain search. If you have multiple firewalls that are managed on the same platform and you want to check who is using some particular objects or where a specific ID is being used, it should provide an option for this kind of search instead of having to check one by one on each firewall."
"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"The initial setup is complex and could be made simpler."
"The product needs to improve technical support."
"The quality of tech support can vary."
"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."
"I currently have two of the issues from SonicWall. One issue is that the IP is not the public IP. Sometimes it moves to an alternate source and I have to refresh the new IP then we can go on."
"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."
"The reporting analytics could be improved, it is very unstable."
"The monitoring is a little bit confusing."
"GUI interface could be improved."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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