We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSV 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."Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"We purchased the AGSS Bundle (Advanced Gateway Security Suite) for the security services, such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"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."
"It's a stable solution."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We like the central interface and we like the security features. Additionally, we use SonicWall with VPN connectivity and we have had no problems with SonicWall all these years."
"The most common feature in the firewall, apart from that traditional firewall, would be the security services, like application control, URL filtering, Gateway Anti-Virus, and IPS protection. These are the essential features in the firewalls which I think, has to be enabled and properly used at every network infrastructure."
"The site-to-site VPN connections, content filtering, and in our current remote working situation, SSL VPN remote desktop connectivity are the most valuable features."
"The network security is great."
"With the main firewall routing there, we can do connectivity point-to-point. On the low bandwidth we can connect in all the branches with my corporate office."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Its price could be better."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"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 NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."
"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"You need to be a certificate holder to set it up and configure it. It's really important because it looks easy, but it is complex. You need to have the knowledge and experience. But this is normal for technical products. It's not a product for regular user. It's for technical people. You need to have skills."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"The areas we would like to see improvement include more features available similar to the equivalent FortiGate appliance, e.g. SSL encryption and inspection. Two-factor authentication capability would be another additional feature that could be included in the next release."
SonicWall NSV is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 3 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. SonicWall NSV is rated 9.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSV writes "Reliable, easy to scale, and reasonably priced ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Multifeatured firewall solution with a user-friendly interface, high availability, scalability, and stability". SonicWall NSV is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall NSa, Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, SonicWall NSa, Meraki MX and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our SonicWall NSV vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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