We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-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."Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The filtering was very good."
"The solution is very robust."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The most valuable feature for us was to implement negligent functionality, to direct functionality to viewer control and application control so we could disconnect, and at the same time, we installed checkpoints. We disconnected our proxy."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"It is very stable with no issues. The firewall's been up for the past 35 days non-stop. It's performed great. It has performed as it should perform."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"The most valuable features are security and technical support."
"The solution's VPN is very good for stability and detecting threats."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."
"The site-to-site VPN connections, content filtering, and in our current remote working situation, SSL VPN remote desktop connectivity are the most valuable features."
"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."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Technical support was very bad because the supplier who sold it to us, wasn't very supportive, and he wouldn't giving us direct links to the OEM."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"What has been the issue of firewalls is they ask me for policies and content filtering application control and all these features that are now part of Harmony."
"The solution could be improved if there was a better way to report. The reporting functionality is not really good. Even though it's not the major function. Maybe adding a way to make a custom report."
"The interface needs improvement."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"We have been facing issues with reporting."
"User interface could be improved."
"There is a point I don't like about SonicWall in the past and now. Most of the destinations we look at when we're detecting some user using too much bandwidth or something like that, SonicWall just gave us destination IP address, instead of the full qualified domain name. I think that's the most important part that is still missing. I think that's the most important for us."
"The stability could be a lot better."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"I would like to see lower antivirus pricing."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"Sometimes there is a glitch between the network connection. Last time, something happened on our IP phone, the SonicWall team did some updates to fix the issue. However, glitches happen very rarely. I did not experience any other types of problems."
Earn 20 points
Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] writes "Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention 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 UTM-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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