NetWitness Platform vs SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection comparison

The compared NetWitness and SonicWall solutions aren't in the same category. NetWitness is ranked #35 in Log Management , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 0.7% mindshare in the category. SonicWall is ranked #23 in ATP , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SonicWall users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

NetWitness Platform

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (35th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (32nd)

SonicWall Capture Advanced ...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

NetWitness Platform and SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetWitness Platform is designed for Log Management and holds a mindshare of 0.7%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection, on the other hand, focuses on Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), holds 1.8% mindshare, up 0.9% since last year.

Log Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
NetWitness Platform	0.7%
Wazuh	8.3%
Splunk Enterprise Security	6.9%
Other	84.1%

Log Management

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection	1.8%
Microsoft Defender for Office 365	8.3%
Palo Alto Networks WildFire	7.5%
Other	82.4%

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Featured Reviews

MOTASHIM Al Razi

CISO at One Bank Limited

It is a stable solution, but they should make the user interface easier to understand

The solution's initial setup takes work. We have to organize multiple paths and many features. The deployment process takes less than a week. But it takes a month to complete if we want to make the solution smarter by integrating it with various devices. I rate the process as a six out of ten.

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Mohamed Fouad

Cybersecurity Professinal at Emak

Advanced sandboxing has protected our environment and stops unknown threats in real time

The most capable feature of SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is the accurate verdict of the file, and I have used many other types of sandboxing, but using SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is truly helpful for our organization. In my experience, the best features SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection offers include accuracy for the submitted files, and one of the most valued features is its usability, as it is so usable and helpful to integrate with other solutions, making it a fantastic product overall. It is easy to set up and connect SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection with other solutions, as it can be integrated with many products, supporting real-time memory inspection, rapid signature deployment, broad file type support, and block until verdict capability, along with flexible configuration, while providing comprehensive reporting. SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection supports sandbox evasion techniques, which is important since sophisticated malware increases the evasion capability to detect and deceive sandboxing environments. SonicWall employs deception techniques simulating user interaction or fake high volume targets to determine when custom malware can still potentially bypass detection through environment-aware code. SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection positively impacts our organization by helping us stop advanced persistent threats, as we have defined our targeted adversaries and increased security for our organization.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult."

"I can have enterprise security, email security, next generation firewall security log, HIDS and NIDS logs, etc. all on the same dashboard. It makes it easy to pinpoint or correlate our server to this. I can find out if there is lateral movement. This is the biggest advantage of this solution."

"Possibility to investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets, such as extracting files sent over the network"

"The most valuable feature is that we can create our own connectors for any application, and NetWitness provides the training and tools to do it."

"Setting up NetWitness is straightforward. There are multiple connectors, including standard and specialized connectors. One purpose of the connectors is the enhanced capability integrate the custom applications. NetWitness comes with E6 appliances and application images that we use for the initial configurations and for the OS stack information. From there, you can consider the correlation rules, integrate the different log sources, and easily create correlation rules and backlog reports."

"In my opinion, the solution's most valuable feature is its capacity to monitor network traffic, logs from devices within the network, and network captures. This capability extends beyond logs to include full network capturing."

"It gives the ability to investigate into network traffic in the Net and the organization what we couldn't do before."

"Incident management is its most valuable feature."

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"The ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) on scanning is the most valuable feature."

"The reporting that you get from it is the most valuable feature. You can see it via the appliance itself, and also via the MySonicWall account for the registered device. You are able to select the file if it's malicious, and you can select it in the reporting and see what triggered it, and things like that. I found that to be quite useful."

"They have a large database of commonly known things that they can catch automatically, then they have anything which is questionable go to the sandbox and be examined there before going into our network."

"We get alert messages whenever there is a new threat. We are notified at the firewall level that things are blocked, which keeps us in our comfort zone."

"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't had any breaches or crashes. It's been very stable for us."

"It also has an easy configuration. The feedback that we get from our customers is that it's a good product."

"In my experience, the best features SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection offers include accuracy for the submitted files, and one of the most valued features is its usability, as it is so usable and helpful to integrate with other solutions, making it a fantastic product overall."

"We use it for protection against viruses and ransomware attacks."

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Cons

"The threat detection capability and centralizing and upgrading capability need to be improved. The threat alert capability needs to be improved as well because there is some lag time at present. They need to work on their database search too."

"Its technical support could be better."

"An area for improvement would be better automation and more inbuilt use cases."

"The solution should have more integration capabilities with different platforms."

"It is not so easy to customize this product."

"The system architecture is complex and sometimes it’s hard to troubleshoot potential problems."

"The user interface is a little bit difficult for new users and it needs to be improved."

"The tool's integration capability isn't so great."

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"I would say the solution needs a much simpler user interface, but the functionality of the firewall is quite extensive. You need the user interface to be that way. However, if there was a way to make the user interface a little easier, that would be great."

"Having an on-premise solution as well would be an option for some people, but they'll want to use a cloud solution for their sandboxing. Certain sites would want to keep all the checks done on an on-premise appliance. All the checking, rather than sending that up into a cloud engine."

"SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection needs to reconsider the pricing, especially in the cloud environment."

"It does fare well against enterprise products."

"Could provide online training to allow customers to learn more about the product."

"SonicWall had a recent layoff. This is a concern for us, because now we are missing the local presence from both the engineering and sales side."

"If anything at all, it would be some very minor updates that need to be done, but in terms of changes, nothing comes to mind."

"I would like to have better documentation before starting with deployment because the deployment is a bit complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It’s cheaper to run virtual machines in a VMware environment."

"It is cheap."

"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."

"Compared to the competition, the is price is not that high."

"The product price was reasonable for my region and the market."

"The tool is very expensive, so I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. The solution has an annual subscription."

"The NetWitness Platform may be affordable only for enterprise-level customers, as it may not be within the budget of small and medium-sized businesses."

"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."

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"When you compare it with other solutions, they are cheaper and more economical."

"It's thirty dollars per user and we have 30 users."

"We get our value for our money."

"The best deal from SonicWall is to buy the HA pair. When you buy the initial one, you receive the second one at a significant discount. If there is an event and something happens to one firewall, then you have the second firewall to roll into. For the price, it's pretty to tough to beat and not a lot of other firewall vendors offer it. You battle for a discount on both. Where with SonicWall, if you buy one, the second one is at half price. It's pretty straightforward."

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 26, 2015

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

Marketing Services Firm

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetWitness Platform?

The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?

The pricing is comparable to others, and I consider the cost to be intermediate. Specific cost details are unknown to me.

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What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?

There is currently no need for improvement in the SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ), though there could be potential enhancements by integrating with AI.

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What needs improvement with SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection?

SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection needs to reconsider the pricing, especially in the cloud environment. The product is good overall, but the GUI needs to be more stable. I chose nine out...

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What is your primary use case for SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection?

My main use case for SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is that it helps us with sandboxing for analyzing and inspecting unknown files and URLs. A quick specific example of how I've used ...

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What advice do you have for others considering SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection?

I advise others looking into using SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection to consider that it is truly helpful and very important to have great sandboxing with advanced threat protection to s...

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Overview

NetWitness Platform is an evolved SIEM and threat detection and response solution that functions as a single, unified platform for ALL your security data. It features an advanced analyst workbench for triaging alerts and incidents, and it orchestrates security operations programs end to end. In short: NetWitness Platform is all you need to run an intelligent SOC.

NetWitness

SonicWall Capture, a cloud based service available with SonicWall firewalls, revolutionizes advanced threat detection and sandboxing with a multi-engine approach to stopping unknown and zero-day attacks at the gateway, and with automated remediation. Customers benefit from high security effectiveness, fast response times and reduced total cost of ownership.

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