SonicWall NSA Series

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SonicWall NSA Series
Score 8.7 out of 10
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The SonicWall NSA Series is the company's mid-range next generation firewall (NGFW).N/A
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SonicWall NSA Series
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SonicWall NSA Series
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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SonicWall NSA Series
Considered Both Products
SonicWall NSA Series
Chose 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 …
Chose SonicWall NSA Series
SonicWall NSA series interface is way better than either Watchguard or Checkpoint. Even though people want to dismiss SonicWall NSA, they have the advanced features of its competitors, but with the easy interface. With all things being equal, I consider Palo Alto Networks to be …
Chose SonicWall NSA Series
Looked at a variety of offerings from Cisco. For larger organizations, a good route to go. For smaller that need just a little bit more than residential equipment, or even to have the some solid performance and configurations (smaller businesses) Sonicwall is a great way to …
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Features
SonicWall NSA Series
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
SonicWall NSA Series
7.1
4 Ratings
18% below category average
Identification Technologies5.04 Ratings
Visualization Tools8.04 Ratings
Content Inspection6.03 Ratings
Policy-based Controls8.04 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP4.03 Ratings
Firewall Management Console9.04 Ratings
Reporting and Logging7.04 Ratings
VPN9.04 Ratings
High Availability7.04 Ratings
Stateful Inspection8.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
SonicWall NSA Series
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
SonicWall NSA Series
Likelihood to Recommend
SonicWall
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
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
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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Support Rating
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
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
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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