SonicWall NSA Series

SonicWall NSA Series

SonicWall NSA Series

46 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
SonicWall NSA Series	Score 8.8 out of 10	N/A	The SonicWall NSA Series is the company's mid-range next generation firewall (NGFW).	N/A

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Community Pulse
	SonicWall NSA Series
Considered Both Products	SonicWall NSA Series Verified User Employee Chose SonicWall NSA Series Palo Alto appears to have a better product portfolio that allows you to have everything integrated and therefore, have a single pane of glass. However, Palo Alto is much more expensive than SonicWall NSA Series, so it was hard for us to justify the higher price. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose SonicWall NSA Series The SonicWall NSA is a lot more fluid and much less clunky than a Watchguard firewall. The Watchguard is ok for a small business-- you can buy them at retail outlets. But as you can see above, this model of Watchguard Firebox has been discontinued. The NSA classes are a … Incentivized Helpful? GJ Geoff Johnson Network System Administrator 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 … Incentivized Helpful? KM Kenny McGarrity IT Infrastructure Manager 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Mike Narumiya President, Principal 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 … Helpful?

Features

SonicWall NSA Series

Firewall

Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
	SonicWall NSA Series 8.5 6 Ratings 2% below category average
Identification Technologies	7.76 Ratings
Visualization Tools	8.46 Ratings
Content Inspection	6.65 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	9.36 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	8.35 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	9.56 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	8.36 Ratings
VPN	9.96 Ratings
High Availability	9.86 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	8.65 Ratings
Proxy Server	7.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	SonicWall NSA Series
Small Businesses	pfSense Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
	SonicWall NSA Series
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (6 ratings)
Usability	8.9 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	SonicWall NSA Series
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized KM Kenny McGarrity IT Infrastructure Manager Read full review
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. Mike Narumiya President, Principal Read full review
Usability	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized KM Kenny McGarrity IT Infrastructure Manager Read full review
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. Incentivized GJ Geoff Johnson Network System Administrator Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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