We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and SonicWall TZ based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point NGFW is highly regarded for its extensive security features, centralized management, and virtualization capabilities. SonicWall TZ distinguishes itself with its unified threat management, VPN capabilities, web security, and intuitive interface.
Check Point NGFW needs improvements in integration with other infrastructures, hardware upgrades, cost and pricing perspective, stability and security, setup process, load balancing capabilities, technical support, and reporting capabilities. SonicWall TZ requires improvements in rated throughput, secondary DNS hosting, cloud management, user interface, integration and flexibility, marketing and branding, reporting and licensing, additional ports, GSM and Sonic Analyzer features, advanced features and pricing, load balancing and data filtering, DLP integration, reporting analytics and user support, affordability and competition, and support and automation.
Service and Support: The feedback on Check Point NGFW's customer service varies, with some customers appreciating its helpful and responsive nature, while others believe there is room for improvement. SonicWall TZ's support is deemed satisfactory, although there have been instances of language difficulties and delays in assistance.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Check Point NGFW can be complex and may require specialized knowledge and experience for certain configurations and migrations. The initial setup for SonicWall TZ is described as simple, direct, and user-friendly, with a seamless out-of-the-box experience.
Pricing: Based on the feedback, Check Point NGFW is known for its high setup cost, however, it provides flexible licensing options. SonicWall TZ has mixed reviews regarding its pricing and setup cost. That said, it is considered fairly priced for medium-sized companies. There are extra fees associated with its cloud management capabilities.
Comparison Results: Check Point NGFW is the preferred product over SonicWall TZ. Users appreciate Check Point NGFW's comprehensive security features, centralized management, virtualization capabilities, stability, ease of use, and scalability. They also value its ability to protect against next-generation attacks and its strong security features. Users consider the customer service and support for Check Point NGFW to be superior.
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"We can also run policies with two or more people simultaneously without problems or the risk of developing the wrong policy."
"Check Point NGFW has helped the company in the prevention of cyber attacks that could affect operations and slow down production."
"Sandboxing is the most valuable feature."
"I have not had an infected machine behind the firewall since I first installed and started using NGFW."
"The solution offers a good GUI."
"If you want to share traffic loads to both cluster members you can use the active-active feature, if you don't want to share traffic loads you can prefer active standby."
"The dashboard provides a quick overview of the security status, including key metrics, alerts, and recent events."
"I have to say that it was Application Control and web filtering are excellent."
"The solution is stable."
"It does exactly what it says on the tin. It is good for protecting the business from being compromised. Its port protection is very good."
"It lets me monitor in live time if someone is 'hogging' bandwidth."
"The scalability of SonicWall TZ is good and easy to add users."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"The general feature is the antivirus policy, followed by the ransomware protection, and these are the features I was looking at."
"SonicWall TZ is very user-friendly and has network MAC binding. Additionally, the firewall works well."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"The scalability could be better."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"The whole solution has room for improvement."
"It would be nice to have comprehensive documentation and training resources that can help users and administrators to better understand and utilize the full range of Check Point's capabilities."
"We have run into an interface expansion limitation, and thus it would be helpful if products lower in the stack would offer more interface expansion options."
"I primarily work on the network side, so my expertise lies in configuring and working with firewalls. I have experience in firewall policies and know how to configure them within CheckPoint, including blocking URLs and specific website categories. However, I acknowledge that there's room for improvement, particularly in areas related to application-level control within the firewall. While I can't pinpoint a specific area for improvement, I am trying open to enhancing my skills and knowledge in various aspects of firewall management."
"The complexity involved in the solution's initial setup phase and deployment process is an area of concern where improvement is required."
"Sometimes there are security bugs, which is frustrating."
"You need to merge all the old consoles into one new one and make the interface more convenient for the novice administrator."
"We'd like an option that can convert other vendors' NGFW configurations to supported Check Point NGFW config for ease of migration."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"I would like to see a SonicWall integration with the DLP tool, this would be interesting. Data Loss Prevention integration."
"We encounter issues while generating new reports."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 103 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 23 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Robust control and security that enables a comprehensive application management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Multifeatured firewall solution with a user-friendly interface, high availability, scalability, and stability". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, SonicWall NSa, Meraki MX and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Check Point NGFW vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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