We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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 are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"It worked fine normally."
"The solution is user-friendly. It's secure and easy to understand your network visibility, control the network, and prevent attacks."
"One of the most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is application symmetries."
"There are many valuable features, such as wireless cloud features."
"There are many valuable features within the solution. This includes security, a user-friendly firewall, antivirus, and global protection."
"It is an extremely powerful solution as it provides visibility into all the network traffic, and offers a range of actions such as blocking websites or graphics, as well as load balancing. It's a great tool."
"One of the best firewalls on the market."
"The graphical interface is easy to troubleshoot because it has a drill-down sequence. It is easy to monitor traffic."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"The functionality is the same whether it is on hardware or a virtual appliance. The interface is the same. It's nice that it's standardized."
"We have not found any vulnerabilities since implementing the solution."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is its ability to work like any other firewall."
"Sometimes I have some queries, and the SonicWall support team resolves my queries."
"Deep packet inspection and intelligent application control are the most valuable features. It is a very updated solution. It is very current as compared to other brands and vendors."
"The product blocks access when I visit unrecognized websites."
"It is able to fulfill my requirements. It protects our network environment. It has control over IPS, signatures, and it can also manage bandwidth and mapping. It is also stable and has good support."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"The support system could be improved."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"Currently, they don't have email protection. They can maybe add it in the future. Currently, if you want to do so, you need to go with another solution."
"This solution cannot be implemented on-premises; it's only a cloud solution. The price is high as well."
"The price of the solution is very high."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls do not provide a unified platform that natively integrates all security capabilities."
"The analytics could be improved."
"I think visibility can be improved."
"The cost has room for improvement."
"I am in GCC in the Middle East. The support that we are getting from Palo Alto is disastrous. The problem is that the support ticket is opened through the distributor channel. Before opening a ticket, we already do a lot of troubleshooting, and when we open a ticket, it goes to a distributor channel. They end up wasting our time again doing what we have already done. They execute the same things and waste time. The distributor channel's engineer tries to troubleshoot, and after spending hours, they forward the ticket to Palo Alto. It is a very time-consuming process. The distributor channels also do not operate 24/7, and they are very lazy in responding to the calls."
"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."
"Needs a more detailed reporting feature."
"The thing main thing is that there's no user admin and in other firewalls, we can enable the scalable features, but SonicWall doesn't have that feature."
"The cost could be lower. There could also be more flexibility for smaller companies."
"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."
"One issue with the solution is that no authorization or authentication features exist."
"The filter settings are confusing and overly complicated. The user interface can be improved."
"The content filter needs to be improved."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 162 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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