We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and SonicWall TZ based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, SonicWall TZ outperforms Fortinet FortiGate in several key areas, including more satisfaction with features, service, and support and fewer complaints on pricing.
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"I have found this solution to be easier to use when compared to other products, such as those offered by Cisco."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly navigation."
"The solution is priced fairly and competitively."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"It's a very cost-effective solution."
"Once it's configured properly, the solution is unbreakable."
"We are able to block whatever we want to block by using this product. It provides all required security features, such as content filtering, VPN, in one box. Before switching to SonicWall, we had specified all required features."
"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."
"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."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"I'd like to have cloud management at no additional cost. Unfortunately, leveraging SonicWall's cloud management capabilities is cost-prohibitive, so we don't use it. They should have a reasonable subscription or offer it to us at no cost as an MSP."
"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."
"The log sections could be done more clearly."
"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."
"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."
"The stability could be a lot better."
"Getting support can be slow."
"The solution should provide some additional ports."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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