We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and SonicWall NSa 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."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The threat emulation blade and user identity awareness feature has helped us a lot in terms of perimeter security and have given us granular visibility of user access."
"Some of the most valuable features are URL filtering, web filtering, and content filtering."
"The Smart Dashboard allows for rule creation and administration and management and is user-friendly."
"I like the SmartEvent feature. When we see a threat, SmartEvent can create a rule for that. SmartEvent works with the SmartCenter to block a threat attack with a block monitor. The SmartCenter has the management for all the firewalls and data centers in a single dashboard."
"The event logs are relatively informative and can provide information on why traffic was accepted or rejected."
"When applying application control, we can ensure user access to the internet in accordance with company policy and easy implementation if some users need exception access."
"The Anti-Spoofing has the ability to monitor the interfaces. Suppose any spoofed IP addresses are coming from an external interface, it won't allow them. It will drop that traffic. You have two options with the Anti-Spoofing: prevent or detect. If any kind of spoof traffic is coming through the external interface, we can prevent that."
"The solution is easy to administer thanks to its dashboards. The monitoring is really useful."
"User-friendly with good security and application control."
"For me, the most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the UTM."
"It's very flexible and meets our customer's needs."
"Setup is easy. Anyone with basic firewall experience can do it."
"I like that SonicWall NSa is a stable product. It's also a scalable product."
"Valuable features include a web filter, DHCP, and monitoring capabilities."
"Sometimes I have some queries, and the SonicWall support team resolves my queries."
"Content filtering reduces the load on the available bandwidth and restricts employees from using distracting websites on the job, which leads to more productive hours."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The scalability could be better."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"It should allow more than two internet providers in its configuration of "ISP Redundancy"."
"There needs to be more storage space for reporting."
"My customers complain that the interface isn't user-friendly."
"Without any training, it is very hard to administrate the whole Check Point NGFW."
"Debugging is very complex when compared to Fortinet, for example. That's the worst thing about Check Point. The deployment of the solution is harder than it is with the competitors. But after you've deployed it, the operation is easy."
"The end-user VPN could be improved. It could benefit from some modification."
"Of the areas of improvement that I want to see in this product, without a doubt, one is the technical support. In this time of globalization, with so many cyberattacks and risks, the Check Point support staff take a long time to attend to incidents due to the high demand."
"The need to offer scheduled policy pushes in Smart Console."
"SonicWall NSa needs to make their product more user-friendly."
"It's very hard to manage this box. You really need a lot of skills to operate the SonicWall. There is training and the like, but it's just hard to manage. Even if you have the knowledge, there are too many options. The menus are not very clear, where you should find the information."
"We also use the Sophos Firewall for web configuration, which we don't have in SonicWall. Only Sophos has those options. If SonicWall included that feature, that would be a benefit for us."
"The product must enable integration with endpoint protection tools."
"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 stability is not there. The features are there, but they are not stable. They need to improve on this product because I feel that they have launched this product without much R&D."
"The problem primarily with SonicWall is it's a Unix box. And it's all software, all the activities, blocking, censoring, everything has to happen in the software. If you start hitting the box with a lot of sessions it slows down and that's not what I expect from a firewall."
"The cloud services may be in need of some improvement."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Sangfor NGAF, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Check Point NGFW vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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