We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and SonicWall NSa based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Meraki MX has a slight edge in this comparison. Unlike SonicWall NSa, its users report a proven ROI.
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"The cloud management system is really valuable."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"In general, Meraki MX is easy to work with."
"You can use your web browser to do the configuration which is easier than Cisco CLI transcripts."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"To me, the analytics feature is one of the most valuable in Meraki MX. I also find that it has good usability as it's cloud-based. Another valuable feature of Meraki MX is that it's simple to use and it's user-friendly."
"They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them."
"It prevents us from being hacked and delivers information about who and where the attack came from."
"It's very flexible and meets our customer's needs."
"Easy to scale solution that provides advanced threat protection. Their technical support is very good, very knowledgeable, and easy to reach."
"Sometimes I have some queries, and the SonicWall support team resolves my queries."
"User friendly and intuitive."
"It has good reporting, the reporting is marvelous."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"I really like the performance; there are no delays and no latency, which is a unique quality in firewalls nowadays."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the firewalling, which is very good and the GUI which is very intuitive. It is easy to use, and provides great security."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"We have been having a problem with the VPN. When the energy goes down and is back again, the VPN link doesn't get established. We have to manually turn off the modems and other pieces of equipment and manually establish the VPN. It has been around one month since we have been having this problem, and we don't have enough support from Meraki to solve the problem."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"They need to improve the link between Meraki and Active Directory."
"The client-side VPN is weak. The product could be improved with deployment templates."
"We could have more reporting options and the ability to send alarms to the administrator."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"It can be hard to get a hold of the solution’s technical support team."
"The detection of malware can improve in SonicWall NSa."
"The reporting feature could be better because most of the companies want to have the analytics included, which is something that you have to buy separately."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
"After-sales support and hands-on training facilities are not available in my country."
"The product could expand its throughput capacity."
"Needs a more detailed reporting feature."
"Customer support is severely lacking with very slow response times."
"An area for improvement would be SonicWall NSa's integration with antiviruses."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 60 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Meraki MX vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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