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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. SonicWall NSA Series

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forcepoint DLP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AForcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protects sensitive data everywhere it resides and moves, across endpoints, cloud apps, web, email, and on-premises environments. It delivers unified policy management and centralized control from a single console.N/A

    SonicWall NSA Series

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe SonicWall NSA Series is the company's mid-range next generation firewall (NGFW).N/A
    Pricing
    Forcepoint DLPSonicWall NSA Series
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Forcepoint DLPSonicWall NSA Series
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Forcepoint DLPSonicWall NSA Series
    Considered Both Products
    Forcepoint
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    SonicWall
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Forcepoint DLPSonicWall NSA Series
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and SonicWall NSA Series
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    SonicWall NSA Series
    -
    Ratings
    Data Encryption6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and SonicWall NSA Series
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    -
    Ratings
    SonicWall NSA Series
    8.7
    6 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    Forcepoint DLPSonicWall NSA Series
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    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Forcepoint DLPSonicWall NSA Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (35 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forcepoint DLPSonicWall NSA Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forcepoint
    -Where companies need to secure their attachment, which goes outside, means from their company to outside -Where companies need to ensure their client's personal information -Where companies need DLP. They need to look for Forcepoint only, as they have the upper hand over the rest of their competitors.
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    SonicWall
    This is a higher-end firewall, built for a medium to large business. It handles traffic and scanning and protection well but it would be a bit of a budget-buster and probably overkill for a small to (barely) medium sized business. SonicWall makes SoHo devices for those use cases and they would be more appropriate.
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    Pros
    Forcepoint
    • It has predominantly protected us from unauthorized parties and has provided us with better visibility and control over our data.
    • This software has also successfully prevented us from both malicious and accidental tasks, which are quite flexible actions when it comes to the violation of data loss prevention policies.
    • This product has been successful in improving compliance and even mitigating compliance violations, which further facilitated IT security.
    • I think there is room for improvement, as the user interface is slightly rough and difficult to adopt in the beginning. The software also hangs up at a few instances, which leads to some wasting of time and annoyance, but other than that, this software is good. The technical staff should work on the complexities for a better user experience.
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    SonicWall
    • 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
    Forcepoint
    • Forcepoint technical support--specially for users who go with essential support--is challenging to get support on time. You need the ticket to be raised long beforehand to get support from TAC. However, in the case of enterprise support, its is not like this technical person will come on a priority basis.
    • However it comes with higher prices, especially for SMB, it is allowed to pay that amount for support only.
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    SonicWall
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forcepoint
    We have been fairly happy with the product and how it has worked. We have looked at other vendors for url filter and such and have not found one that meets our needs or does what we have been doing with Websense. The product has been fairly stable and we have only had a few issues in the past. We have all seen that it was one of the highest leaders from the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant for Web Gateways.
    Incentivized
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    SonicWall
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    Usability
    Forcepoint
    For us, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention was difficult to administer, did not work well when it did work, was incredibly expensive for the feature set you get, and was difficult to uninstall when we moved on from the software. Once it was fully set up, it worked occasionally for us.
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    SonicWall
    There is room for improvement when it comes to learning the UI, but the UI is overall pretty good. It doesn't take long to learn if you are famaliar with firewalls.
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    Support Rating
    Forcepoint
    Support from Forcepoint has been lacking. When calling in with a high priority issue we rarely are able to work with a technician immediately. The queue waits are very long and when you get through there are no support engineers available and we need to wait for a call back for hours it seems.
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    SonicWall
    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
    Forcepoint
    User friendly solution that makes it easy to deploy and manage. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention very effective to protecting our valuable data on endpoints and where data lives like in the Cloud, server and on-premises disk drives and its valuable to just set policies once and start utilizing Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention solution.
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    SonicWall
    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
    Forcepoint
    • The exchange of financial documents with customers creates extreme risk as data loss could result in financial and reputation damage to the customer. The cost of deploying Forcepoint is fractions of pennies compared to the potential financial impact of data loss.
    • There is some administrative overhead associated as false positives are inevitable, requiring a manual review and a potential loss of productivity.
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    SonicWall
    • Was affordable, allowing for advanced routing and security.
    • Enabled us to build VPNs without purchasing additional services
    • Was simple enough to manage in house without external support.
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