We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"We've found the solution offers us good stability."
"K2-Series' best features include its scalability, which is the best on the market."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the performance which is above their competitors. The throughput they have delivered is good. When we used other solutions they failed the deployment when we were using different rules. They have a theory perform performance light and performance degradation. However, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series never fails in that scenario."
"Overall, this is a very simple and very effective firewall, and I am satisfied with it."
"The IPS system is the best in the field."
"The scalability of the product is quite high."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."
"Technical support is good."
"Good VPN connection."
"Access restriction and IP whitelisting are the most valuable features."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"SonicWall TZ is a very cost-effective solution that provides good security."
"It is very stable with no issues. The firewall's been up for the past 35 days non-stop. It's performed great. It has performed as it should perform."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"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."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"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."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The user interface could be improved."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"The scalability of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is good. It is good for larger environments over smaller ones."
"There are a lot of bugs in this solution."
"Palo Alto has many other products. It would be nice for these products to be centralized under one tool"
"They could improve by providing more features in the solution."
"The tool needs to improve integration with more products from other vendors. I would like the product to add threat intelligence features as well."
"Palo Alto releases a lot of bug fixes for their firewalls, which means it's necessary to do frequent upgrades. They should work on decreasing their bugs so that upgrades aren't needed so often."
"I would like to see the threat intelligence capability integrated with other vendors such as Cisco and Forcepoint."
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"I'd like to have cloud management at no additional cost. Unfortunately, leveraging SonicWall's cloud management capabilities is cost-prohibitive, so we don't use it. They should have a reasonable subscription or offer it to us at no cost as an MSP."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"You need to be a certificate holder to set it up and configure it. It's really important because it looks easy, but it is complex. You need to have the knowledge and experience. But this is normal for technical products. It's not a product for regular user. It's for technical people. You need to have skills."
"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"There is a point I don't like about SonicWall in the past and now. Most of the destinations we look at when we're detecting some user using too much bandwidth or something like that, SonicWall just gave us destination IP address, instead of the full qualified domain name. I think that's the most important part that is still missing. I think that's the most important for us."
"We require centralized monitoring of the network features, which they have but they are not to the level that we require."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ 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 TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Palo Alto Networks K2-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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