We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and SonicWall NSv 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 inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features are security and support."
"The filtering feature is good."
"It offers a single pane of glass for all the different types of installations."
"It is an easy-to-scale product."
"It allows us to see all our traffic to properly secure it and only allow what is needed through the firewall."
"In Palo Alto the most important feature is the App-ID."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability, ease of implementation, ease of operation, and security."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"One of the standout features of SonicWall is its simplicity in creating and managing rules."
"The product helps improve our security."
"SonicWall NSV is easy to use, and you can use it to manage the logs easily."
"The security of this system is fantastic, including the IPS and IDS."
"The solution has no additional charges and no restrictions on the number of users."
"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 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."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"There should be an option for direct integration with the Azure platform."
"The tool is very costly."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
"On the cloud side, they need to come up with more HA solutions to support the multi-region."
"The product could provide protection above Layer 3, which gets into the application layer and provides better visibility into those aspects of application security."
"Palo Alto should update their documentation to make it more readable and provide easier-to-follow instructions through videos."
"There could be dynamic DNS features similar to Fortinet in the product."
"There are some delays that I have observed when my company communicates with Palo Alto's support engineers."
"An area that could be improved is the export and import settings functionality."
"SonicWall NSV's SSL VPN could increase its number of users to 100-plus users."
"SonicWall NSV's initial setup is complicated and requires good knowledge."
"There are limitations to bandwidth management."
"We face some challenges when we upgrade the solution."
"I would like to see the reporting opened up and have several more opportunities for automatic reports."
"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."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while SonicWall NSv is ranked 35th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while SonicWall NSv is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSv writes "Easy to use, stable, and the security features work well". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas SonicWall NSv is most compared with Azure Firewall, SonicWall NSa, SonicWall TZ and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. SonicWall NSv report.
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