We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and SonicWall NSv based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The setup is easy."
"The solution has helped our organization secure our network and connect remote sites."
"It is a stable solution compared to other vendors."
"Fortinet offers comprehensive security solutions for various purposes."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall can be described as the most complete solution."
"When I survey FortiGate products, I see that they have a good performance, especially in terms of next generation firewalls."
"Overall, I am satisfied with the product."
"The tool's most valuable feature is IPS. In my experience, I haven't encountered any issues with integration. It easily integrates with the FortiGate solution. However, verifying through documentation and assessing their support is necessary."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"One of the standout features of SonicWall is its simplicity in creating and managing rules."
"We purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"The product helps improve our security."
"The customization of firewall rules provides great value to our customers as it allows them to lock things up in the way that they desire. When it is used for internal access, with a VPN in place for remote workers, the firewalling services provided by Azure, such as the default services that can be turned on, are applied. However, the use of a software-based virtual firewall gives us greater flexibility in introducing security controls for customers who are publishing applications that are publicly accessible from the public cloud. This virtual firewall provides an additional layer of security and more extensive security control options to ensure the protection of our customers' valuable information and assets."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall's performance and threat intelligence could be improved."
"There's a limitation wherein you can only have about 30 virtual or secondary IPs on a particular interface."
"The product keeps hanging."
"The licensing model and pricing need improvement."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"The pricing of the solution is expensive, so it could be cheaper."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"It has been brought to our attention by a few customers that they are dissatisfied with the fact that our virtualized service is only offered as a subscription option on the cloud. However, it is worth noting that many other similar services are also offered through a subscription model on the cloud and not through perpetual licensing. It is unclear why these customers would have an issue with this subscription service when so many others are utilizing similar methods."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall NSa, SonicWall TZ and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. SonicWall NSv report.
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