We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"We have more control over the activity that users have on the internal network, thanks to the monitoring offered by Check Point and the security provided by the gateway."
"It can improve an organization by providing secure access to resources for traveling employees, which can help to reduce the risk of data breaches or other security incidents."
"For us, it was essential to integrate with Active Directory, which is our credentials repository."
"The most valuable feature is the seamless access."
"Once we install and connect the VPN service, it keeps on running until we disconnect."
"This platform has developed a reliable communication infrastructure that employees can use to communicate with remote workers."
"It offers a simple configuration and setup."
"The VPN hides your IP address and encrypts your online traffic and it essentially ensures that your fingerprints cannot be traced on the Internet."
"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"The performance is good."
"What I like best about SonicWall SMA is the relationship between its features and its price, because the solution is both affordable and functional."
"SonicWall SMA allows us to provide CML-based access to any user."
"I am very satisfied with the technical support."
"I like the load balancing capability."
"It is faster than other security options when using remote connections."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Improved scalability would allow the solution to handle larger numbers of users and devices without a significant impact on performance."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's enterprise support could be improved."
"Without a doubt and with the new trends in technology, Check Point should already have a blade with a 2MFA solution and not through some other vendor."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN could be more user-friendly."
"The product’s architecture is a bit distributed."
"Price category and smooth renewal of agreement should be considered for flawless and quick onboarding of clients and partners."
"The interface itself needs improvement. When you need to create something, you have to go through a lot of steps. It needs to be simplified."
"The provisioning of VPN users has room for improvement."
"The product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."
"User interface could be improved."
"I'd like to see the product maybe polish keyboards in Bookmark."
"The overall menu is not very user-friendly and it could be easier."
"The solution could integrate better with other platforms."
"SonicWall's reporting isn't good. Reports should be part of a data plan. The login mechanism should be improved. It would be helpful if the client could use an agent to log in. An agent-server model would improve the performance of the RDB, which consumes a lot of bandwidth."
"SonicWall SMA is difficult to use and it does not provide easy access to different parts of the network."
"The solution has 2FA, it will generate a token and send it to an email, but multifactor authentication is not available. I would suggest that there should be MFA integration and provided with the appliance."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 6th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 60 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 21st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 14 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while SonicWall SMA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco SD-WAN, SonicWall Netextender, Peplink SpeedFusion and Ivanti Connect Secure. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. SonicWall SMA report.
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