We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and SonicWall NSa based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox."
"Deep packet inspection and intelligent application control are the most valuable features. It is a very updated solution. It is very current as compared to other brands and vendors."
"What I like best about SonicWall NSa is the security it offers compared to other solutions in the market. Its reduction rate is also better than others."
"The most valuable features are that it is reasonably-priced and works well."
"The basic firewall rules of the solution are great."
"The functionality is the same whether it is on hardware or a virtual appliance. The interface is the same. It's nice that it's standardized."
"It is a brilliant product. It is a Unified Threat Management (UTM) system. It has got about 11 security services that take care of your perimeter security. It takes care of any kind of cyber threats that could come in. It takes care of creating VPNs between two SonicWalls instantly and very easily. It has got spyware in it as well as a firewall. It has also got a gateway antivirus and an application firewall that can block things from outside."
"The solution has many useful features, such as content management, user management, user filtering, and domain controller connectivity mapping."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"They should consider upgrading the capabilities within the GUI."
"The reporting and monitoring are a bit complex and should be easier in SonicWall NSa because other firewalls I have experienced have been more simple, such as Palo Alto. We are able to receive a clear view of our network. As a general user with little experience, it would be difficult for them to handle."
"The product has a lot of bugs, actually. We are facing some issues with this product. The DPI SSL feature which is there, it is not working properly."
"SonicWall NSa has occasional bugs, particularly during upgrades, and that's an area for improvement."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"The stability is not there. The features are there, but they are not stable. They need to improve on this product because I feel that they have launched this product without much R&D."
"I would like to have a built-in vulnerability scanner in the firewall. It would be great to have such functionality. Its price could also be better. It would also be good to have a local warehouse. It doesn't get damaged a lot, but if a customer needs a replacement, currently, it has to come from Miami or Mexico, which can take a few days. It would be better if they have a local warehouse from where we can just pick replacements and quickly solve a client's needs in terms of replacing equipment. It would be great to have it locally instead of waiting for it from Mexico or the USA."
Earn 20 points
McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense.
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