Ivanti Tunnel vs SonicWall SMA comparison

Ivanti and SonicWall are both solutions in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category. Ivanti is ranked #35, while SonicWall is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.5. Ivanti holds a 0.8% mindshare in EIV, compared to SonicWall’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Ivanti users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SonicWall users who would recommend it.

Ivanti Tunnel

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100% willing to recommend

SonicWall SMA

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Ivanti Tunnel

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

35th

Average Rating

10.0

Reviews Sentiment

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SonicWall SMA

Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN

15th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Universal Access Gateways (2nd), SSL VPN (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of Ivanti Tunnel is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall SMA is 2.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SonicWall SMA	2.0%
Ivanti Tunnel	0.8%
Other	97.2%

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Featured Reviews

AbhimanyuKumar

Cyber Security Engineer at Mudra Electronics limited

Provides efficient data security and good technical support services

We use Ivanti Tunnel to provide and publish access to on-premise applications The product's interface needs improvement. I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten. One of our Ivanti Tunnel's customers manages 300 end users, and another customer manages 200 end users. I rate its…

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Barry Arendt

Owner at ThinkEzIT

Security enhances through autonomous protection and strong support while multi-factor authentication secures access

I haven't utilized the high availability and scalability features of SonicWall SMA yet because I've never had a need to. I don't know where they can focus their energy on continuous improvements, as I haven't been looking at what they're releasing. We're a small shop, so we drop stuff in and manage it and do what we need to do to maintain it. If we run into an issue, we contact support. There's a learning curve, but it comes down to getting support to train you on the product, and then once you have the training you need, you're able to make the changes and updates that you need to.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The technical support team provides good services and faster response times."

"The management and the dashboard are the solution's most valuable features."

"SonicWall SMA has the most valuable feature of proprietary security technologies like Capture ATP."

"I like the load balancing capability."

"The advanced threat protection and the endpoint control features of SonicWall SMA have helped improve security measures tremendously."

"Secure Mobile Access (SMA) is easy to configure and the deployment is straightforward. However, this is mostly because of the AWS setup."

"It is faster than other security options when using remote connections."

"This solution has many options for remote desktop and access."

"The performance is good."

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Cons

"The product's interface needs improvement."

"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."

"This is an expensive solution and I think that the price could be improved."

"The problem is that when combined with what the client already has, there are two different logins and two different management systems, and these should be consolidated into a single interface."

"The solution could integrate better with other platforms."

"The overall menu is not very user-friendly and it could be easier."

"The timed synchronization between the network appliance needs improvement."

"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."

"The product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has average pricing."

"This solution is priced well and we currently have the maximum number of licenses allowed."

"The cost of the licensing is based on the maximum number of concurrent users, and it costs a lot to add them."

"I don't know about the pricing of the SSL-VPN box. I know the SSL-VPN software is free. Global VPN client, by comparison, is licensed for around $150 or something like that. But the SSL-VPN software is free. It is already built-in with the box."

"The platform has medium pricing."

"All the costs are included in a bundled license."

"Our licenses are stackable and can be anywhere from five users to a million users."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Retailer

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	2

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Also Known As

MobileIron Tunnel

SonicWall Aventail, SonicWall SMA SSL-VPN, SonicWall Secure Mobile Access

Overview

Maintaining user privacy is critical to the success of any mobile enterprise. But user privacy isn’t just limited to personal apps and content on the device; it extends to the network as well. That means IT must be able to secure traffic from enterprise apps without capturing personal traffic, such as a user posting a family photo on Facebook. As a result, protecting employee privacy requires IT to move beyond device-wide VPNs to more secure, intelligent, and granular app VPNs.

Ivanti

SonicWall SMA is a unified secure access gateway that enables organizations to provide anytime, anywhere and any device access to mission critical corporate resources. SMA's granular access control policy engine, context aware device authorization, application level VPN and advanced authentication with single sign-on empowers organizations to embrace BYOD and mobility in a hybrid IT environment.

SonicWall

Sample Customers

Nasdaq, FlixBUS, USDA, The Blackstone Group, J.B Hunt

UnitedStack, Newport City Homes, Faith Lutheran College Redlands, PRIME aerostructures GmbH, Celtic Manor Resort

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