We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa 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."I like that it is easy to change the settings."
"It's very scalable. You can go to different models of the ASAs and they scale up to as big as you want to go."
"The most valuable Cisco Secure Firewall features are options, features, and ease of deployment because it's an appliance."
"Our company operates in Saudi Arabia, primarily working with government sectors. If any hardware malfunctions, the defective device is removed, and we receive a replacement from the reseller. We have not encountered any issues related to delays in receiving replacements for malfunctioning devices which has been beneficial."
"The features I have found most valuable are the ASA firewalls. I like to have features like most integrated systems in ACI."
"I have not contacted technical support. There is a lot of information on the internet for troubleshooting. All you need to do is use a search engine and you will find the information you are looking for easily."
"One of the most valuable features is the GUI front end, which is very easy to use. But I'm also a command-line guy, and being able to access the device via command-line for advanced troubleshooting is quite important."
"The VPN feature is the most valuable to us because it accomplishes the task well. We're able to do everything we need to do."
"The product is working okay. The product is working feature-wise."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"I like the solution's configuration, interfaces, and user guides."
"Easy to setup and implement"
"Sometimes I have some queries, and the SonicWall support team resolves my queries."
"The most valuable features of this solution are intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, and the advanced capture client, which provides live traffic analysis."
"The prices are similar to other vendors and the support is good."
"The most valuable features to us are the security services which is a critical factor in our deployment. Today we need to have all the security services enabled because firewalls are not enough."
"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."
"We purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"We would like to be able to manage a set of firewalls rather than individual firewalls. We haven't really looked into it or yet implemented it, but a single pane of glass would be helpful. We also use another vendor's firewalls, and they have a centralized management infrastructure that we have implemented, which makes it a little bit easier when you're managing lots of firewalls."
"The access layer of this solution could be improved in terms of the way the devices interconnect with our network. We need to be able to analyze the traffic between the different interconnection in these areas."
"The application detection feature of this solution could be improved as well as its integration with other solutions."
"When you make any changes, irrespective of whether they are big or small, Firepower takes too much time. It is very time-consuming. Even for small changes, you have to wait for 60 seconds or maybe more, which is not good. Similarly, when you have many IPS rules and policies, it slows down, and there is an impact on its performance."
"Cisco ASA is starting to get old and Firepower is taking over. All the good things happening are with Firepower."
"The ease of use needs improvement. It is complex to operate the solution. The user interface is not friendly."
"I would like it if there was a centralized way to manage policies, then sticking with the network functions on the actual devices. That is probably the thing that frustrates me the most. I want a way that you can manage multiple policies at several different locations, all at one site. You then don't have to worry about the connectivity piece, in case you are troubleshooting because connectivity is down."
"I would like to see them add more next-generation features so that you don't need a lot of appliances to do just one task. It should be a single solution."
"In terms of improvement, features like App Control do not work properly"
"An area for improvement would be SonicWall NSa's integration with antiviruses."
"I would like to see better integration."
"SonicWall NSa doesn't have a proxy. It also needs a quota management feature in specific scenarios where you must limit user bandwidth for a particular day."
"The user interface could be better."
"One area for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the GUI. It isn't easy to understand. The support for SonicWall NSa is mediocre, which is another area for improvement."
"We have security as a service, and they make recommendations about adding to the denylist and other things. That part could be more accessible and more user-friendly. I'd like to see SonicWall add a user-friendly interface where our internal team can drag and drop everything."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
"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 NSa is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 32 reviews while SonicWall NSV is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 2 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 8.0, while SonicWall NSV is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Easy to scale advanced threat protection solution with knowledgeable technical support, but has occasional bugs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSV writes "Reliable, easy to scale, and reasonably priced ". SonicWall NSa is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX and Sophos XG, whereas SonicWall NSV is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM and SonicWall TZ. See our SonicWall NSV vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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