We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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."All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"Valuable features include a web filter, DHCP, and monitoring capabilities."
"We have utilized all the features. The most valuable are the URL filtering by category, DMZ zoning, load balancing and site-to-site VPN."
"The solution can scale."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"The most valuable feature is the Global Management System."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the firewalling, which is very good and the GUI which is very intuitive. It is easy to use, and provides great security."
"The functionality is the same whether it is on hardware or a virtual appliance. The interface is the same. It's nice that it's standardized."
"SD-WAN is a good feature."
"The solution is scalable."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"Zscaler provides effective protection against various cyber threats ensuring a safe environment"
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The scalability is something that should be improved."
"The product has a lot of bugs, actually. We are facing some issues with this product. The DPI SSL feature which is there, it is not working properly."
"SonicWall does not support DynDNS, yet this is an important feature for smaller companies that do not have a static IP address."
"An area for improvement would be SonicWall NSa's integration with antiviruses."
"We still get phishing emails that manage to come through from time to time."
"The product must enable integration with endpoint protection tools."
"The dynamics needs to be improved. The solution is not very compatible compared to the market products."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"When it comes to customer support, there is room for improvement in Zscaler's service."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 77 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and OPNsense. See our SonicWall NSa vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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