Compare Extreme Networks vs SonicWall

Extreme Networks

Based on 168 reviews.

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Based on 297 reviews.

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Buyer's Guide

ExtremeWireless vs. SonicWall SonicWave Access Points

November 2026

SonicWall SonicWave Access Points vs. ExtremeWireless

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Buyer's Guide

ExtremeWireless vs. SonicWall SonicWave Access Points

November 2026

ExtremeWireless vs. SonicWall SonicWave Access Points

Updated: November 2026

Sample Customers

ExtremeWireless

St. Xavier High School, Americatel, Diamond Light Source

SonicWall Wireless Network Manager

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SonicWall SonicWave Access Points

St. Dominic's School for Girls

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Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Most Helpful Reviews

Meric-Dinc
Director, Solutions at TopTel
We are utilizing Extreme products in many cases, including a significant project in Antalya, Turkey, involving five...
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Wael Awni
Management Board Member And Network Engineer at NewLogics
I use ExtremeCloud IQ for our customers, providing centralized management for multiple branches. I use it for...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Jan Zontek
System Engineer at Poczta FM
The main use cases for ExtremeControl among my customers are to authenticate the users here for the end systems in...
Read full review of ExtremeControl »
Karel Ondracek
Network Administrator at THK Co Ltd
I use ExtremeWireless for several projects. One is for standard end users, another is for the guest network, and a...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
We have been reselling ExtremeManagement for 13 years.
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Kallamuddin Ansari
Cyber Security Consultant at HR Software Solution
My main use case for SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge (CSE) is for remote and hybrid work access, specifically for Zero...
Read full review of SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge (CSE) »
Alex Salguero
CISO at PCRA
We have a partnership with SonicWall, and we are not just a customer, but a user. We have been partners since 2012...
Read full review of SonicWall Capture Client »
Ashutosh Jha
Project engineer at IT Solution india private limited
My main use case for SonicWall Managed Detection and Response is for log incident, log identification, and...
Read full review of SonicWall Managed Detection and Response »
Mahendra Basera
Sr. Engineer at InterGlobe Technology Quotient
We have SonicWall NSa models including NSA 2600, NSA 3600, and 6600 firewalls in our environment.We have used the...
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Samodthemiya Gamage
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at a tech company
I usually use SonicWall NSv for the primary security perspective, including hybrid and multi-cloud security gateway,...
Read full review of SonicWall NSv »

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Customer Service

Wael Awni
Management Board Member And Network Engineer at NewLogics
We have not had any experience with customer service and support.
Read full review of ExtremeAnalytics »
Manik Chavan
Assistnat Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department at a educational organization
We get assistance from a third party. We can ask for assistance from them or Extreme.
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Anonymous User
Sr. Network Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: Customer service is top notch. If there have ever been non-technical issues with things such as...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Anonymous User
Director at a educational organization
Our tech guy has always said that tech support is Extreme Networks' strength. They respond quickly and provide...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Anonymous User
Conseiller en architecture technologique at a government
Technical support was actually supplied by a third party. We don't go directly to the company. It's kind of network...
Read full review of ExtremeRouting »
Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
The customer service and support are good. I prefer vendors who provide technical support directly, unlike others who...
Read full review of Enterasys Campus LAN Switches »
Anonymous User
IT Director
Customer Service: I believe I’ve called Aerohive support 3 or 4 times and each time I had someone on the phone in...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Robert Zdzieblo
IT specialist at SimTel Sp. z o. o.
I have contacted technical support many times. Usually, they are very efficient and they can solve the issue very...
Read full review of ExtremeManagement »
WaelAwni
Engineer at NewLogics
I rate technical support for ExtremeControl as between six and seven out of ten.
Read full review of ExtremeControl »
Anonymous User
Solution Architect at a tech vendor
When you want assistance, the technical support team is both responsive and helpful. I would rate their technical...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Matheus Santana
Wireless Network Analyst at a construction company
The support from Extreme is very helpful. I rate their support as a nine because they are very helpful when we need...
Read full review of ExtremeWireless »
Anonymous User
-- at a tech company
Customer Service: The customer service with Aerohive is outstanding. The have forums and a support site. They are...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Leon Ng
IT Administrator at Gas Malaysia
We get technical support from our vendor and they are pretty good overall. Of course, they could always be better.
Read full review of ExtremeSwitching »
Anonymous User
Manager at a manufacturing company
We hardly required any tech support since the installation. Their tech support is okay and can be improved.
Read full review of ExtremeSwitching »
Anonymous User
Level 3 Support Technician at a real estate/law firm
Customer Service: 3 out of 5, depending on the technician you get some want to troubleshoot over email other will...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Anonymous User
Network Technician Intern at a tech services company
Customer Service: 10 out of 10. Technical Support: 10 out of 10.
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Anonymous User
Infrastructure Manager at a retailer
Customer Service: Customer service is very good. Technical Support: Technical support is good but could be faster.
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Anonymous User
Technology Integration Specialist at a non-tech company
Customer Service: Very satisfied! Technical Support: Great.
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »
Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a government
Tech support, in my case, refers more to training than calling in tickets. When Extreme bought Enterasys, they had a...
Read full review of ExtremeSwitching »
Ufuk KINDAP
Technical Coordinator at Yildiz Technical University
The Extreme Turkey office directed me to their partners for support. I experienced effective help mainly remotely,...
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Anonymous User
Hawaiian Best at a educational organization
Customer Service: Customer service has good 24-hour coverage. Technical Support: The vendor has a great tech support...
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Anonymous User
Systems Integrator at a tech services company
Customer Service: While the support teams were responsive, they were not effective in solving the issues despite...
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Anonymous User
Works at a tech company
Customer Service: Customer service is helpful. Technical Support: Technical support is excellent.
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Anonymous User
CEO
Eight out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Engineering infrastructure manager at a financial services firm
Technical support is very good, especially when you compare it to other vendors we have here.
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Anonymous User
Admin at a educational organization
Customer Service: We used to have the greatest inside sales person ever. She would alway get back to us within 24...
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Anonymous User
Head of Information technologies systems department at a manufacturing company
We have not needed support.
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Anonymous User
Network Administrator at a university
Customer Service: I would rate it at 10 out of 10 as their staff is very polite with customers. Technical Support: I...
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Anonymous User
Product manager at a tech services company
The technical support from Extreme Networks is perfect. If we have an issue then there's always very quick response...
Read full review of ExtremeWireless »
Anonymous User
Windows/Mac Network Administrator at a tech company
Customer Service: Customer service has been great. Any issues I have had were answered quickly and we were able to...
Read full review of ExtremeCloud IQ »

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Mark Richmond
Chief Technology Officer at Next Level Communications
The customer support team is very good in terms of response time and knowledge.
Read full review of SonicWall Capture Security appliance (CSa) »
Alan O'Kelly
Manager, Business Operations & Senior Project Manager at a construction company
The customer support for SonicWall NSv is good.
Read full review of SonicWall NSv »
Joydeep Dey
System Administrator at Sensorise Digital Services Private Limited
The technical support was not able to resolve some of my issues.
Read full review of SonicWall TZ »
Raghuram K M
Chief Technology Officer at Prognosys Medical Systems
My company has not used much of the technical support since we haven't had any problems with the product. When my...
Read full review of SonicWall Connect Tunnel »
Vimal Raju
Senior tech support at Softcell Technologies Limited
The customer support for SonicWall NSv is really good, and I have found it helpful when I needed assistance.
Read full review of SonicWall NSv »
Jasmit Singh Juneja
CEO & Technology Specialist at Karman Infotech Private Limited
The technical support could be better. There could be more connectivity with customers. Additionally, it needs a more...
Read full review of SonicWall SMA »
Atanu Ghosh
AVP-IT at SastaSundar
SonicWall provides good technical support.
Read full review of SonicWall Web Application Firewall [EOL] »
Pawel Najsarek
Technical Support Engineer at Ingram Micro Sp. z o.o.
Technical support is very good. We are quite satisfied with the solution's support overall.
Read full review of SonicWall SMA »
SyedTaha
Head of IT and Information Security at GLEEDS USA INC
I've always had a good response from technical support. They've always provided helpful solutions.
Read full review of SonicWall TZ »
Lenin Christopher
Director at Techfruits
The technical support for SonicWall is very good, rated nine out of ten.
Read full review of SonicWall NSSP »
GirdharMishra
Program Manager at iONE IT Solutions
Technical support is good. There is no need for improvement.
Read full review of SonicWall TZ »
Sadiq Abdulwahab
Network Administrator at N S PHARMACY SDN.BHD.
There is no support offered in my country. The closest options may be South Africa and Dubai, but with the time...
Read full review of SonicWall Email Security »
Flavio Soares
Senior Systems Administrator at a manufacturing company
The support is good. I like dealing with them because I have been able to solve all of my issues with first-level...
Read full review of SonicWall Netextender »
Manish Nalawade
Owner at it logic
Technical support is good and it is available online as well as offline.
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Hamza_Farhan
Professioan Services Engineer at a tech vendor
Customer Service: The hold time is very long, and they need to hire more people to handle the huge number of incoming...
Read full review of SonicWall TZ »
Maksim Vedernikov
Quality engineer of the 1st category at Modern Expo
I've never opened up a technical support case with the product. It's worked quite well, and we haven't run into...
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Denise Erickson
Exec Admin/IT/Accounting at JJW Construction.com
I don't deal directly with their technical support.
Read full review of SonicWall Netextender »
Michael Sleibi
IT Manager at Caritas Baby Hosptial
Technical support for this solution is great. When we ask questions they answer them quickly.
Read full review of SonicWall SMA »
Svein Jensen
Senior Engineer at KDsystems
I haven't tried technical support yet, so I haven't needed support yet on anything.
Read full review of SonicWall TZ »
GaryDowney
Director of Information Technology at a non-tech company
I would evaluate SonicWall's customer service and technical support as pretty good. We usually get through to them...
Read full review of SonicWall Netextender »
Khizar Iqbal
IT Engineer at Asia General Contracting
Technical support is not good. If we send complaints to the SonicWall support they don't provide good support for us....
Read full review of SonicWall TZ »
Art Leiby
President at The lerepco Group
Technical support used to be very good and now we are dealing with long response times. On a scale of one to ten...
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Anonymous User
CEO at a recruiting/HR firm
I have been fortunate to work with a solution specialist company that consistently provided tech support. They...
Read full review of SonicWall NSv »
Anonymous User
Manager at a manufacturing company
We've never contacted technical support in the past. We go through our vendor. We don't call SonicWall.
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Anonymous User
Network Admin at a tech services company
Customer Service: 7/10 Technical Support: 9/10
Read full review of SonicWall TZ »
MohammadAta
Technical Manager, NOC at TEXUM JORDAN
We haven't needed to contact customer support.
Read full review of SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection »
Sergi Pinto
Internet Manager at MICROBLAU SL
Technical support is great. They are helpful and responsive. We are quite happy with their capabilities.
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Rey Mark Vilela
Technical Support Engineer at a government
My colleagues are happy with the response time and quality of support.
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Anonymous User
NOC Manager at a tech services company
We have regular contact with technical support. When we send a support ticket, they respond to us within the day and...
Read full review of SonicWall NSa »
Darshil Sanghvi
Consultant at a media company
We've dealt with technical support in the past. They are okay. However, it does seem to take quite a while to resolve...
Read full review of SonicWall Capture Client »

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