We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-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."Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The performance is good."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"With the improved visibility we now have, the traffic is being properly monitored, which means that we are better able to manage it. These are improvements that we saw very quickly."
"Palo Alto’s Panorama centralized management system simplifies our security posture based on our requirements. Instead of manually pulling logs, then generating them into readable formats, it gives us the console in a readable format to view."
"The most valuable feature is the CLI."
"The main advantage of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series stems from the fact that you can access it with the help of cloud services."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has everything centralized. You have the VPN solution, firewall, routing, UDR, flexibility, updates, and full visibility of your traffic."
"We can monitor the traffic manually and detect threats. Additionally, we can block different IP addresses and URLs."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series's most valuable feature is the visibility of the environment."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"It's a stable solution."
"It lets me monitor in live time if someone is 'hogging' bandwidth."
"It does exactly what it says on the tin. It is good for protecting the business from being compromised. Its port protection is very good."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"The VPN is quite useful for us, as well as the ATP."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"It is a scalable solution."
"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"Its price could be better."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"The product could be better in terms of performance than one of its competitors."
"There are some delays that I have observed when my company communicates with Palo Alto's support engineers."
"There's room for improvement in terms of integration with the load balancer. It isn't like Fortinet, which has a load balancer built into its firewall. It is effortless to integrate within the load balancer-plus-firewall solution."
"It would be helpful if we had a direct number for the support manager or the supporting engineer. That would be better than having to email every time because there would be less wait."
"Palo Alto should update their documentation to make it more readable and provide easier-to-follow instructions through videos."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"We feel that the setup was complex. So, we asked the tech team about the setup process. They explained how to deploy it in the right way, which made it very simple."
"The user support could be improved because you have to go outside to get that kind of support."
"SonicWall TZ can improve the UI application and when you create any net policies or any new policy, it will not sync or work properly."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"We encounter issues while generating new reports."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"It could probably be more user-friendly, and it could be more scalable with releases and subscriptions."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 13 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 23 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Multifeatured firewall solution with a user-friendly interface, high availability, scalability, and stability". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, SonicWall NSa, Meraki MX and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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