We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL] and SonicWall TZ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"The network security is great."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly navigation."
"The VPN is quite useful for us, as well as the ATP."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"The stability is very nice."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"I would like the solution to build in more redundancy. I"
"Full monitoring obviously needs to be improved. We need full monitoring covered under the security licensing."
"Although the pricing is good, it could always be lower. If we get to pay less, we're happier."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"The market seems to be going to a cloud-supported, new generation of firewall products. I think that's probably going to be important to us, the next time around."
"The log sections could be done more clearly."
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Check Point Power-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 2 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is rated 8.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Power-1 [EOL] writes "Good intrusion prevention, firewall, and VPN capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox.
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