We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ and Untangle NG 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."Firepower has reduced our firewall operational costs by about 25 percent."
"The CLI is the most valuable feature. This solution is very flexible and offers different functionality including firewalls and VPN connectivity."
"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 content filtering is good."
"It's quite a capable box for UTM."
"This solution made our organization more secure and gave us better control."
"It has definitely improved our organization. It gives us remote connectivity, helps workers connect remotely, and also gives us good connectivity to our other branches."
"AnyConnect has been very helpful, along with the ability to use LDAP for authentication."
"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"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 network security is great."
"Offers the right amount of control without being incredibly convoluted and frustrating."
"The scalability of SonicWall TZ is good and easy to add users."
"The solution boasts good performance and is easy to use."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"They should work on making it a little more intuitive for users and not quite as complex. Still, it's a good product."
"Licensing is complex, and I'd like it to be simplified. This is an area for improvement."
"One thing that Cisco could improve is the GUI. The graphic user interface should be more user-friendly."
"Cisco wasn't first-to-market with NGFWs... they should look at what other vendors are doing and try not only to be on the same wavelength but a little bit better."
"The ease of use needs improvement. It is complex to operate the solution. The user interface is not friendly."
"The user interface is a little clunky and difficult to work with. Some things aren't as easy as they should be."
"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."
"It would be good if Cisco made sure that the solution supports all routing protocols. Sometimes it doesn't."
"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."
"Needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"SonicWall TZ can improve the UI application and when you create any net policies or any new policy, it will not sync or work properly."
"The log sections could be done more clearly."
"There is a point I don't like about SonicWall in the past and now. Most of the destinations we look at when we're detecting some user using too much bandwidth or something like that, SonicWall just gave us destination IP address, instead of the full qualified domain name. I think that's the most important part that is still missing. I think that's the most important for us."
"It could probably be more user-friendly, and it could be more scalable with releases and subscriptions."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 38 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 6 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.4, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Multifeatured firewall solution with a user-friendly interface, high availability, scalability, and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, pfSense, Sophos XG, SonicWall NSa and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Fortinet FortiGate and Meraki MX. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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