We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The IPS system is the best in the field."
"The solution is reliable and scales well."
"The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features."
"This is a very reliable firewall and we have never had problems with it."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"I like the tool's WildFire feature."
"It is a stable solution."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"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."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"The product helps improve our security."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"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."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"It would be nice if it could easily be integrated with Elasticsearch or Nagios."
"Palo Alto has many other products. It would be nice for these products to be centralized under one tool"
"If we have issues, they take anywhere from two days to a week to respond. I even wrote to their CEO because there was no response. When it comes to support, this is the worst company."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"Its networking features could be better."
"There are a lot of bugs in this solution."
"When it comes to renewing the solution, they tend to try to jack up the pricing."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"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."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews while SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4, while SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall NSa, SonicWall TZ and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our Palo Alto Networks K2-Series vs. SonicWall NSv report.
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