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Check Point Power-1 [EOL] vs SonicWall TZ comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Power-1 [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SonicWall TZ
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (16th)
 

Featured Reviews

William Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ITQS
Good intrusion prevention, firewall, and VPN capabilities
Check Point Power-1 (EOL) has reached the end of its useful life, yet at the time, they could to make some changes such as: * Integration in the cloud. It is the new trend, however, Check Point has already contemplated this and already has its own cloud device. * Automation. As the automatic creation and application of policies, this would have been very beneficial. * Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time. They must also make some improvements in their support departments since they do not comply with the SLAs that they provide.
Ashutosh Jha - PeerSpot reviewer
Project engineer at IT Solution india private limited
Advanced security filters have blocked threats and protect our users’ web and application access
SonicWall TZ gives us multiple features, such as Content Filter, Application Filter, ATP, IPS policy, Geo-Filter, Botnet filter, and many more. I use Content Filter with SonicWall TZ most of the time because we need to create a policy on behalf of the content filter to track who is using what. If we want to block any types of websites for any specific user, we can do it from the firewall. SonicWall TZ has multiple features, such as Application Filter as well. SonicWall TZ has impacted our organization positively because it stops all threats. If any types of malware signature or any types of bad behavior malware appear, it prevents them.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"In my opinion it is right product at enterprise level network to protect the user and server from external and internal threats and attacks"
"The solution is priced fairly and competitively."
"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."
"It's a very cost-effective solution."
"It does what it says it is going to do."
"No negative impression of the scalability."
"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"The solution, as a firewall, is very useful for any company trying to protect their premise through the internet."
 

Cons

"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"I have to pay Check Point for every new service I integrate in the firewall and it also has license related issue which needs to renew every years."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
"From a support perspective, if we're talking tech support I think Silver Partners, Gold Partners, Platinum, whatever level, should have a different number to call. End users can call tech support over at SonicWall if they've paid for support as part of their AGSS or whatever services they bought. The end-user can call, or we can call, however, I don't want to be calling the same line that an end user's calling. I don't want the same response time. I need a different level of expertise."
"When contacting their technical support, the technical support said that such a facility is not available in this firewall."
"The death for SonicWall for us unfortunately is the Dell acquisition."
"Full monitoring obviously needs to be improved. We need full monitoring covered under the security licensing."
"Content filtering, Load balancing. Bandwidth management."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"SonicWall TZ could benefit from newer technology. That is why I am looking to upgrade and researching other solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product pricing is relatively good, compared to other products, including the licenses."
"Customers are required to pay for a yearly subscription."
"It comes to a range between five hundred to seven hundred dollars."
"License renewals come in around $35,000 to $45,000."
"I give the price an eight out of ten."
"Its price is very high, which makes it difficult to convince the clients to buy this solution."
"The price is fair."
"The solution is moderately priced, where it's neither cheap nor expensive."
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Manufacturing Company
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Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
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Company SizeCount
Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise13
 

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Dell SonicWALL TZ
 

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Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Independence Care System, Hotel Nikko, Courtagen Life Sciences, Carmel Partners
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