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Azure Firewall vs SonicWall NSA Series

Azure Firewall
6 Ratings
SonicWall NSA Series
31 Ratings

Azure Firewall

6 Ratings
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Score 8.2 out of 100

Based on 6 reviews and ratings

SonicWall NSA Series

31 Ratings
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Score 8.4 out of 100

Based on 31 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

  • Azure Firewall ranks higher in 1 feature set: Firewall

Firewall

8.0

Azure Firewall

80%
7.8

SonicWall NSA Series

78%
Azure Firewall ranks higher in 7/10 features
Azure Firewall ranks higher in 7/10 features

Identification Technologies

8.0
80%
1 Rating
6.1
61%
3 Ratings

Visualization Tools

7.0
70%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
3 Ratings

Content Inspection

7.0
70%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings

Policy-based Controls

9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
3 Ratings

Active Directory and LDAP

8.0
80%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
2 Ratings

Firewall Management Console

9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
3 Ratings

Reporting and Logging

7.0
70%
1 Rating
5.0
50%
3 Ratings

VPN

8.0
80%
1 Rating
10.0
100%
3 Ratings

High Availability

9.0
90%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
3 Ratings

Stateful Inspection

8.0
80%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
2 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Azure Firewall and SonicWall NSA Series are tied in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

Likelihood to Recommend

8.0

Azure Firewall

80%
1 Rating
8.0

SonicWall NSA Series

80%
3 Ratings

Support Rating

Azure Firewall

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0

SonicWall NSA Series

90%
4 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Azure Firewall

Azure Firewall is well suited for most mid sized and large sized companies that deal with thousands of users within multiple environments. Azure Firewall allows you to protect business assets by preventing malicious attacks from entering the network. Azure Firewall would be less suited for a small company that does not use a vpn or have users outside of the office as something smaller would be more appropriate.

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SonicWall NSA Series

SonicWall NSA is best suited for small to mid-size companies or small to medium K-12 school districts. It's less appropriate for larger businesses and schools. This is due to their ease of use and well-rounded feature set but lacks in advanced configuration, performance, and reliability.

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Pros

Azure Firewall

  • Azure Fire wall is easy to use
  • Azure fire wall is easy to set up

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SonicWall NSA Series

  • Relatively inexpensive compared to some of the higher-end products, like Palo Alto Networks.
  • Easy to set up, as the SonicWall NSA interface is consistent across all models.

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Cons

Azure Firewall

  • Azure Fire wall pricing may not always be competitive

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SonicWall NSA Series

  • Ideal with smaller businesses. Would have to examine for more complex needs of larger businesses.
  • Scalability might be an issue for super large organizations.

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Pricing Details

Azure Firewall

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$1.25 Per Deployment Hour

Azure Firewall Editions & Modules

Edition
Deployment$1.251
Data Processing$.0162
  1. Per Deployment Hour
  2. Per GB Processed
Additional Pricing Details
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SonicWall NSA Series

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

SonicWall NSA Series Editions & Modules

—
Additional Pricing Details
—

Support Rating

Azure Firewall

No score
No answers yet
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SonicWall NSA Series

SonicWall NSA Series 9.0
Based on 4 answers
Most of the time, calling SonicWall NSA Support, you get an expert who can help resolve your issues. RMAs are pretty easy once they determine there is an issue with the hardware. Support is available 24x7, which makes emergency calls easy. The only downside is the support engineers may have thick accents; however, their expertise more than makes up for any language barriers.

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Alternatives Considered

Azure Firewall

Azure Firewall is a very competitive product that exceeds or meets the competitions offerings and is able to effectively manage a company network and securely lock down the domain environment with seamless integration and easy to use tools while offering great support assistance. We selected Azure Firewall because the customer service that comes with the product is second to none and allows us to keep maximum uptime to protect our assets.

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SonicWall NSA Series

We compared the FortiGate to Sonicwall and continued with Sonicwall as we were a mid-size school where the Sonicwall was performing adequately, and the learning curve was steep to switch platforms. The Sonicwall offered everything the FortiGate did, and was not as costly, both in the appliance and in licensing.

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Return on Investment

Azure Firewall

  • Azure Firewall decreased our overhead by over 7%
  • Azure fire wall has increased efficiency within the security department

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SonicWall NSA Series

  • Saved money on implementation and administration staff.
  • Covered the sophisticated needs of many organizations.

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Mike Narumiya | TrustRadius Reviewer
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