NordLayer vs. SonicWall VPN Clients

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NordLayer
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
NordLayer provides cybersecurity tools for businesses of any size or work model developed by the standard of NordVPN. NordLayer helps organizations secure networks and enhance internet security and modernizes network and resource access with technical improvements aligning with the best regulatory compliance standards. Helping organizations to adopt FWaaS, ZTNA, and SWG principles, NordLayer is focused on the Security Service Edge of cybersecurity services.…
$8
per month if Yearly plan per user
SonicWall VPN Clients
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
The SonicWall VPN Clients present a number of options for secure private access to enterprise network assets.N/A
Pricing
NordLayerSonicWall VPN Clients
Editions & Modules
Lite
$8
per month if Yearly plan per user
Core
$11
per month if Yearly plan per user
Premium
$14
per month if Yearly plan per user
Custom
x
per month if Yearly plan per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NordLayerSonicWall VPN Clients
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
NordLayerSonicWall VPN Clients
Virtual Private Network
Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Product A and Product B
NordLayer
-
Ratings
SonicWall VPN Clients
10.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
AES 256-bit Encryption00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Kill Switch00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-Platform Support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Split Tunneling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
IP Address Masking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multiple Server Locations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Automatic Wi-Fi Protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Simultaneous Connections00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
NordLayerSonicWall VPN Clients
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(5 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NordLayerSonicWall VPN Clients
Likelihood to Recommend
Nord Security
NordLayer has become an invaluable resource for our security posture and day-to-day activity. The primary use case is preventing staff members from accessing sensitive resources on an unencrypted connection, applying NordLayer and conditional access policies in congruency. The ability to create teams and assigned them to specific dedicated servers is also helpful and allows for further security segmentation
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SonicWall
If your organization has a full-time IT department or support staff, SonicWall VPN Clients might be a good fit. Configuration can be challenging if you're a small business office manager who HAPPENS to take care of IT (as in my case). Still, once the SonicWall VPN Clients is configured, it works pretty well and at minimal ongoing cost. We opted for extended support from the manufacturer just in case we run into issues that we can't address internally.
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Pros
Nord Security
  • Easy to use
  • Simple user interface desgin
  • Support many VPN protocol
  • Fast and reliable connection
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SonicWall
  • Allows remote access to sites
  • Stores multiple logins
  • is easy to program
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Cons
Nord Security
  • The browser plugin needs some work, or some research about what browser/OS restrictions may limit its functionality. Ours does not work at all even after contacting support so we do not use it
  • Toast/Windows notifications scheduled or deployed through admin center would be amazing. The ability to remind a user who has been disconnected for X hours would be a great feature
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SonicWall
  • Connections could be more stable
  • Difficult to use for tech-challenged end-users
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Likelihood to Renew
Nord Security
No answers on this topic
SonicWall
Does not have a renewal that we pay for by itself. It comes with our firewalls, which we are going to renew.
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Usability
Nord Security
No answers on this topic
SonicWall
It is super easy to program and then explain to an employee to use.
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Support Rating
Nord Security
No answers on this topic
SonicWall
Phone support has been very reliable and useful, but there have been times when better support documentation would have made that call unnecessary. I like to tackle problems internally if I can, as it tends to save time and usually money. The SonicWall VPN Clients system seems to be pretty locked down as far as being accessible to self-manage.
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Alternatives Considered
Nord Security
easy configuration and use case
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SonicWall
We started the process of vetting Norton VPN, but since it wasn't available from our preferred vendor, we ended up going with SonicWall VPN Clients by default.
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Return on Investment
Nord Security
  • Improved sercurity
  • Incresed productivity
  • Performance impact
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SonicWall
  • Allows for remote work to boost employee productivity
  • Allows for IT to access large volumes of sites from a central location. We have about 50 buildings that I VPN into every so often for troubleshooting.
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