We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and SonicWall TZ 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."User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The interface is good."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are user-friendliness, ease of use, and threat prevention."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the SD-WAN, SSL inspection, and IDS/IPS functions."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"It has a lot of scalability abilities which makes it easy to scale."
"The most valuable features are security and technical support."
"Most of the features are useful. It is easy to configure and easy to troubleshoot. I can see the utilization of different networks, and there are also App control features."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"It's a stable solution."
"The solution's VPN is very good for stability and detecting threats."
"SonicWall TZ is a very cost-effective solution that provides good security."
"The most valuable feature is the protection available, and then ease of use and flexibility."
"We like the central interface and we like the security features. Additionally, we use SonicWall with VPN connectivity and we have had no problems with SonicWall all these years."
"Its customer service could be better."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"There are some issues with the performance. We also had some issues while updating the firmware."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the monitoring function, it could be more accurate, easy to use, and understandable."
"Right now, it's very trendy to integrate everything into the cloud. This solution would be more effective if they did more integration in that regard."
"The solution could improve the log retention and reports."
"In terms of what needs improvements, the troubleshooting could use improvement. When we work with other products like Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, and Check Point, we see a big difference in the troubleshooting. It's not easy to find a report."
"Some features I have found to be hidden and cannot be accessed through the graphical user interface, you can only access them through the command-line interface(CLI). All the features should be accessible through the graphical user interface."
"Lacks flexibility for different scenario configurations."
"I would like to see smaller and more frequent updates."
"I currently have two of the issues from SonicWall. One issue is that the IP is not the public IP. Sometimes it moves to an alternate source and I have to refresh the new IP then we can go on."
"We encounter issues while generating new reports."
"The solution's antivirus checking could be improved so that we can have a deeper inspection of the packets."
"User interface could be improved."
"In general, the company needs to think contingently and integrate more security options."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"We have experienced some issues with SonicWall TZ and they are lacking some advanced features other vendors have."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and SonicWall NSa. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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