We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"We like the features, but the main thing is from a commercial and cost perspective it is very good."
"SD-WAN is a good feature."
"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 most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"The firewall feature is most valuable since my work is to analyze if there is any potential attack. SonicWall NSa gives the perfect analysis."
"Sometimes I have some queries, and the SonicWall support team resolves my queries."
"It allows us to block applications, i.e., websites by application type category. It is far more capable than content filtering alone."
"Support is usually good when it comes to helping with issues."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Initially, it may be difficult for some people to learn and become acquainted with it."
"It would help us a lot of SonicWall sent us more information about the latest updates and things that are changing."
"The pricing for this product in India is high and the fees should be reduced."
"The reporting and monitoring are a bit complex and should be easier in SonicWall NSa because other firewalls I have experienced have been more simple, such as Palo Alto. We are able to receive a clear view of our network. As a general user with little experience, it would be difficult for them to handle."
"The only thing that we would want would be single-pane management, which it has, but the GMS is not very good. It's purely the management of multiple devices for multiple customers, that's the only thing that it's lacking."
"I feel that the SSL VPN client software needs a lot of improvement."
"The product likely isn't a good fit for a large organization."
"It doesn't require much improvement. The only improvement area is that cloud reporting, assessment reporting, and other reporting features should be available with the subscription. They should provide reporting features with the subscription base, which is currently not there. We bought the reporting tool, but there are some complications. They have made some changes to the application, and now the reporting management is completely on the cloud."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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SonicWall NSa is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 76 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG and WatchGuard Firebox.
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