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IBM DataPower Gateway vs. SonicWall Web Application Firewall

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM DataPower Gateway

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM DataPower Gateway is a security and integration platform.N/A

    SonicWall WAF Series

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASonicWall offers their WAF Series, of web application firewalls.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM DataPower GatewaySonicWall WAF Series
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM DataPower GatewaySonicWall WAF 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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    IBM DataPower GatewaySonicWall WAF Series
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.3 out of 10
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Mule ESB
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM DataPower GatewaySonicWall WAF Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM DataPower GatewaySonicWall WAF Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    WebSphere DataPower Gateway is really beneficial if you are trying to integrate two or more systems. It provides you with comfort and peace of mind by creating a DMZ zone for the services which are going out of the intranet to hit external clients APIs. It is greatly recommended if you have a very high volume service or API which is being used by a majority of clients because it has a dedicated physical box present which takes care of memory, CPU and all such stuff. So, all your transactions happen at wire-speed.
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    SonicWall
    I will recommend SonicWall depending of the size of the company and the knowledge of the personal is going to administer the firewall. I deploy those in small office settings where manageability was relative non existence.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • The most obvious thing that DataPower does exceptionally well is security. All the built-in supported security capabilities allow us to isolate most security tasks to DataPower and as a result "protect" down steam services/systems to have to deal with security.
    • DataPower is very good at protocol conversion and as it is usually used on the edge allows you to narrow down the protocols used between the companies public and private networks.
    • The appliance concept makes maintenance, recovery and, management so much simpler.
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    SonicWall
    • Content updates are automatic content lists of applications, URLs, virtual threats.
    • Great visualization through graphics of traffic and threats.
    • One of the best web content filters on the market.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • API security
    • WAF improvements
    • Security improvements
    • REST support
    • Kafka support and event streaming
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    SonicWall
    • VPN implementation
    • Geo block rules
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    Cost of the appliance
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    SonicWall
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    Usability
    IBM
    In terms of usability, it has many advantages over other competitors in terms of integration, as it allows for the optimized creation of integration flows in a very quick and intuitive way from browsers, allowing for granular export and import of work, guaranteeing compatibility between different versions of the product.
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    SonicWall
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    Support Rating
    IBM
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    SonicWall
    Technical support is a little expensive but it works. Any technical problem or not, SonicWall support helps in solving the problems. The SLA is fast and the service is also cordial, functional, and straight to the point. Support is essential to keep the tool always up-to-date with lists of malware, URLs, attacks, and others.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    In his brand DataPower has not competitors, in security, transform and data validations DataPower is better than other products.
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    SonicWall
    Both products has their pro and cons. However in term of subscription and pricing for a small office, this offered better ROI as the office didn't want to spend too much and have something relative easy to manage.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It has really taken our business to the next level. We have expanded and integrated with so many new vendors and for all those integrations DataPower is serving as our security gateway.
    • We don't have to depend on any other tool for doing the load balancing of the incoming requests as that is also taken care inside the WebSphere DataPower Gateway box itself, thereby distributing the load equally.
    • It has made our platform much more secure, uniform and robust to deal with any kind of incoming message format or threat as well due to its latest security mechanisms and huge processing power.
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    SonicWall
    • More accurate analysis with the best usage reports and graphs
    • Reduction of virtual attacks from blocks
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