We performed a comparison between KerioControl and SonicWall NSa 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 different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"It can expand easily."
"I have found the most valuable features of Kerio Control to be the IPS and firewall."
"Kerio is a lot clearer to set up to do particular things, whereas when I do it on a Cisco or a FortiGate I have to go fight with it per week sometimes to do something I can do in 20 minutes on Kerio."
"The statistic feature enables us to better use bandwidth management. We monitored the use by mobile, type of application, department, and by users. The bandwidth was solid. Our internet speed is optimized for our research."
"It prevents people from visiting undesirable sites and ensures that they use the internet for their designated jobs."
"The comprehensiveness of the security features that Kerio Control provides us with is good. Before GFI had it, they would have more updates. The updates have been slower, but I like the things that they keep adding like the ability to block by country. I use pretty much every feature."
"The product is affordable."
"I want to have access to my computer from the outside and Kerio Control plays a role because it has a VPN... It is more reliable because it's a smaller group of computers to target for hackers and the like. The VPN works very well. I use it to work remotely very easily and exchange information, both to and from the location where it's deployed, and there have been no problems there."
"The initial setup is a breeze."
"The most valuable features to us are the security services which is a critical factor in our deployment. Today we need to have all the security services enabled because firewalls are not enough."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the GUI pre-filtering and the ATP (advanced threat protection)."
"The most valuable feature is the Global Management System."
"This product has kept us safe and we haven't had any breaches."
"For me, the most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the UTM."
"We have not found any vulnerabilities since implementing the solution."
"SonicWall's sales support is much better than other vendors'."
"We can do the hosting and security all under one box. The UTM is a good feature."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The comprehensiveness of the security features could be improved upon. However, for the most part, it is pretty good. They could add more logs. I would like to see more detailed reporting, custom reporting from the logs, and more of a streamlined interface for certain aspects."
"The Kerio hardware devices look cheap and could be improved. Some of our clients are switching to Sophos because their hardware has a more sleek design."
"Improvements are needed to the Next Generation Firewall Protection, specifically with user-level protection."
"I would like for there to be a difference between international and national links."
"Their support is getting better but still needs improvement."
"The overall speed needs improvement. Internet connectivity speed needs to be improved somehow."
"I find it a bit costly to pay for the products that I am not using. They need to change their model in such a way that you don't have to pay for the products that you are not using. Its local support and scalability are also not good. I am looking forward to a more scalable product that will be able to grow with time and technology."
"They should improve the remote connectivity feature for users."
"A room for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the log server because it could be more user-friendly compared to Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks. My company has many rule sets up for review, so sometimes, my team needs to use Excel for filtering, but the UI cannot support the Excel function."
"SonicWall NSa's reporting could be improved."
"Overall, Im satisfied with SonicWall NSa, but it would be better if they could add a small terminal to each device. This would help me deal with certain issues by running a small bot onto any PC."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
"The web interface administration of SonicWall NSa could be improved. Compared to Sophos and FortiGate, making rules is easier with those systems."
"We have security as a service, and they make recommendations about adding to the denylist and other things. That part could be more accessible and more user-friendly. I'd like to see SonicWall add a user-friendly interface where our internal team can drag and drop everything."
"The thing main thing is that there's no user admin and in other firewalls, we can enable the scalable features, but SonicWall doesn't have that feature."
"We also need to increase the throughput because the other devices are slower. The throughput will become slow. Since we're using VoIP, it tends to affect the voice quality. Even if you're using a quality service, it tends to decrease."
KerioControl is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 54 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. KerioControl is rated 8.0, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of KerioControl writes "With VPN, any of our guys can log in to the system and effectively be on board; helps with our customers all over the world". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and Untangle NG Firewall, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our KerioControl vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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