We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and SonicWall NSa 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 interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The solution can scale well."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Its management web interface is very easy and user-friendly."
"I like the SmartEvent feature. When we see a threat, SmartEvent can create a rule for that. SmartEvent works with the SmartCenter to block a threat attack with a block monitor. The SmartCenter has the management for all the firewalls and data centers in a single dashboard."
"While not being cheap, their pricing models are competitive."
"The central management and logging are frankly one of the top selling points."
"The logging and central policy management are the most valuable aspects for us as we were not having success earlier with the ASA in terms of upgrading/managing."
"The product is very scalable."
"It's a lightweight solution, requiring minimal storage, resources, and memory to operate effectively."
"The failover from one device to the other has been seamless and we find that we do not lose ongoing SIP calls or Teams chats."
"I like the solution's configuration, interfaces, and user guides."
"Compared to Cisco, SonicWall NSa is much easier to configure."
"The DPI-SSL is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's handy."
"The antivirus and items of that nature were quite helpful to have."
"The most valuable features are that it is reasonably-priced and works well."
"The most valuable feature is the Global Management System."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"It allows us to block applications, i.e., websites by application type category. It is far more capable than content filtering alone."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"It needs more available central management."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"The anti-spam needs improvement."
"The product could provide an easier user interface and management, by combining all functions (network and policy configuration) into one single application rather than split it into different applications."
"The software licensing model is too complicated with all the various tiers of SKUs (i.e. per software blade). They need to simplify this for easier purchasing and renewing."
"The VPN part was actually one of the most complex parts for us. It was not easy for us to switch from Cisco, because of one particular part of the integration: connecting the Check Point device to an Entrust server. Entrust is a solution that provides two-factor authentication. We got around it by using another server, a solution called RADIUS."
"There is nothing more that I need in terms of improvement."
"There have been a few requests/issues about the Identity Awareness feature."
"Compliance and centralized management can be improved."
"It should allow more than two internet providers in its configuration of "ISP Redundancy"."
"It only has a single power interface, which has limitations in terms of high availability."
"The implementation for VLANs is a little bit cumbersome. It would be good to make that a little bit easier."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"A room for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the log server because it could be more user-friendly compared to Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks. My company has many rule sets up for review, so sometimes, my team needs to use Excel for filtering, but the UI cannot support the Excel function."
"I would like to see better integration."
"We still get phishing emails that manage to come through from time to time."
"They are not ready for managed security services. Their Cloud GMS product is weak, barely out of beta (buggy)."
"SonicWall NSa has occasional bugs, particularly during upgrades, and that's an area for improvement."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Sangfor NGAF, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our Check Point NGFW vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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