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SonicWall TZ

Overview

What is SonicWall TZ?

SonicWall TZ is a NGFW for small to mid-sized companies. It is a Unified Threat Management solution, with additional native decryption and deep-packet inspection capabilities.

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Easy choice but not for beginners!

Rating: 5 out of 10
October 31, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Our company purchases and technically maintains it infrastructure and networks for small to midsize businesses and we occasionally using SonicWall TZ firewall appliances in up...
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Verified user
Account Manager
SonicWall TZ7 years of experience

Great performance and protection for the price, and very easy to administer

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 31, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have multiple locations and many hybrid workers in our company. SonicWall TZ allows us to easily tie all of our locations together and to allow our users to easily connect ...
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Verified user
Director
SonicWall TZ10 years of experience

Sonicwall TZ - A solid choice for SME's and branch offices

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 18, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We have deployed Sonicwall TZ devices in our branch offices. These devices are relatively simple (for a business firewall) to set up and the configuration can be used as a tem...
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Manager
SonicWall TZ8 years of experience

Advanced SonicWall TZ Firewall

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 12, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SonicWall is a true layer seven security device which mainly focuses on preventing any type of cybersecurity attack. We are working on this firewall for the last two years and...
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VINAY Mandora
Executive - Information Technology
Sr Team Leader
Dish TV
SonicWall TZ2 years of experience

Complete protection for the corporate network.

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 30, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
This is a type of equipment used at the branch where I work as an edge firewall. TZ Series is recommended for small and medium environments, but rich in security features, web...
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João Mauricio
Technician - Information Technology
IT-Support
Grupo Boticário
SonicWall TZ2 years of experience
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Pricing

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SonicWall TZ270 High Availability

$329.60

On Premise

SonicWall TZ270 (hardware only)

$414.04

On Premise

SonicWall TZ370 High Availability

$493.04

On Premise

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $414.04 per month
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Features

Firewall

A firewall is a filter that stands between a computer or computer network and the Internet. Each firewall can be programmed to keep specific traffic in or out

5.6
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is SonicWall TZ?

SonicWall TZ is a Unified Threat Management solution. It provides the core firewall services for small to mid-sized businesses, including anti-malware, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, and firewall-native traffic decryption. It also supports deep-packet inspection at high traffic loads, network segmentation, and load-balancing, as well as granular traffic reporting for some performance monitoring capabilities.

SonicWall TZ Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

SonicWall TZ is a NGFW for small to mid-sized companies. It is a Unified Threat Management solution, with additional native decryption and deep-packet inspection capabilities.

SonicWall TZ starts at $414.04.

Reviewers rate Identification Technologies and Visualization Tools highest, with a score of 7.

The most common users of SonicWall TZ are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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SonicWall - industry-grade power and security for your network.

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 27, 2017
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have numerous clients with SonicWall TZ firewalls. I have set them up from scratch and maintained them for years. They are an industry leader for business-grade firewall appliances with numerous security features to protect companies and their networks.
Pros
  • Very good security features including hardware-level AntiVirus and Intrusion Prevention.
  • Customizable firewall rules and NAT policies that will match any network's needs.
  • GEO-Locational filtering helps close off unnecessary countries from seeing the company network.
Cons
  • Have not had a significant change in code for several years. Features are somewhat stagnant.
  • Global monitoring and management system is not as efficient as competitors.
  • Firmware upgrades can sometimes go awry and brick boxes requiring on-site intervention.
Likelihood to Recommend
SonicWall appliances have numerous models for the size and thought of a company and its needs. It is one of the industry leaders and often comes down to what an MSP prefers to use. Barracuda NG and WatchGuard are direct competitors.
Return on Investment
  • Positive: protect the network and close off all possible connections that are unneeded.
  • Positive: security features are industry-grade and will protect networks from malicious vectors.
  • Negative: global management requires additional software package but is not as efficient as competitors.
Alternatives Considered
SonicWall and WatchGuard are both fine appliances, but I am accustomed to the Barracuda NG. The Barracuda Control Center is so powerful and useful that it beats out the other two. SonicWall does a great job of dividing up firewall rules and NAT policies, but this is a preference among engineers.
Other Software Used

SonicWall TZ: probably the best security solution for small and mid-size companies

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 29, 2019
VM
Valery Mezentsau
IT Department Manager
Acceptance Solutions Group (Financial Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SonicWall TZ
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have made the decision to deploy Dell SonicWall TZ 400 firewall as our primary outside firewall. We are using it as the main Internet security solution, content web filtering engine, and a VPN gateway. The device is responsible for managing all WAN and LAN traffic. Sonicwall TZ 400 gives us opportunities to use LT2P and SSL VPN connections for our employees and IPSec VPN connections to our AWS infrastructure and remote IT services.
Pros
  • Great security services package under Comprehensive Gateway Security Suite (GW AV, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, app control, etc.).
  • Flexible customization of access rules, NAT policies, objects, etc.
  • Geo-location filtering cut a lot of bad and just suspicious traffic.
  • Ease of management and administration.
  • Good hardware and firmware performance (after an upgrade to the most recent version).
  • Low or competitive cost compared to other vendors.
Cons
  • Had issues with performance (CPU) until we upgraded the firmware to the most recent.
  • Would like to have more flexibility on logs sending and alerting.
  • Routing is a little bit over-complicated.
Likelihood to Recommend
SonicWall TZ (400) is a well-suited solution for small and mid-size companies. Very flexible and easy to configure and manage (at least for IT specialists). A lot of documentation on the Internet. A very good solution for quick VPN configuration for employees and VPN tunnels between branches or networks. For large companies, I would recommend having several devices to split roles or get a more suitable solution.
Return on Investment
  • VPN access allowed employees to be more flexible and being able to get internal resources from anywhere.
  • Lower licensing price compared to competitors saved some money.
  • Protecting from unnecessary connections increased performance and uptime.
  • One of the firmware versions caused CPU performance degradation that slowed down the Internet speed which caused issues in the call center.
Alternatives Considered
Pretty much similar functionality. SonicWall TZ400 compared to ASA 5506 has better hardware performance. SonicWall licenses cost less money which makes it better for the same needs and functionality. However, the Cisco ASA Internet unity and knowledge base are bigger then SonicWall and sometimes gives you the target solution faster.
Other Software Used

A market leader that you should consider.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
September 24, 2019
JL
John Lewis
Owner
Maine IT Solutions (Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller
SonicWall TZ
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In the word of security, there are many manufacturers to consider when selecting such a critical component such as a firewall. The choice for us was obvious once we looked into SonicWall's offerings. Not only does it address real-world concerns in a user-friendly interface, but the feature set and price compared to competition sets it way apart.
Pros
  • Threat detection and prevention.
  • VPN setup and configuration.
  • Policy management.
Cons
  • None that I have needed so far.
Likelihood to Recommend
SonicWall has offerings that support not only the SMB market but the enterprise market as well. We deploy offerings across small businesses with 1-10 users, and at our larger multi-site officers with several thousand employees; no matter what, SonicWall has stood the test of time for us
SonicWall TZ Feature Ratings
Firewall (11)
85.45454545454545%
8.5
Identification Technologies
100%
10.0
Visualization Tools
N/A
N/A
Content Inspection
100%
10.0
Policy-based Controls
100%
10.0
Active Directory and LDAP
100%
10.0
Firewall Management Console
100%
10.0
Reporting and Logging
100%
10.0
VPN
100%
10.0
High Availability
80%
8.0
Stateful Inspection
90%
9.0
Proxy Server
70%
7.0
Return on Investment
  • With such a great security suite, we find time and time again that we can sell this product and see ROI much quicker than the competition.
Alternatives Considered
Support Rating
8
Support has been great!

Sonicwall TZ is a great firewall for a great price

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 05, 2021
Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SonicWall TZ
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are a managed services provider and have many clients that currently use Sonicwall TZ devices. These devices work very well in small and medium business environments. The Sonicwall VPN is easy to configure and deploy. Sonicwall TZ devices are very feature rich firewalls. The web interface makes it very easy to manage and gives us a detailed window into our network.
Pros
  • Very easy to manage through the web console
  • Very affordable compared to other firewall vendors
  • Handles threat detection and prevention very well
  • Very good documentation
Cons
  • Annual licenses need to be purchased for additional features
  • Reporting could be better
Likelihood to Recommend
The Sonicwall TZ device is a great entry level firewall for all small and medium businesses.There is a lot of documentation to help get things configured. There are also a lot of videos on the internet. I would not recommend these devices for a novice user however, some prior networking experience is required.
SonicWall TZ Feature Ratings
Firewall (11)
80%
8.0
Identification Technologies
90%
9.0
Visualization Tools
70%
7.0
Content Inspection
70%
7.0
Policy-based Controls
80%
8.0
Active Directory and LDAP
90%
9.0
Firewall Management Console
100%
10.0
Reporting and Logging
60%
6.0
VPN
100%
10.0
High Availability
70%
7.0
Stateful Inspection
70%
7.0
Proxy Server
80%
8.0
Return on Investment
  • Low entry point on price but starts to add up when purchasing service licenses
  • Once techs are up to speed, they will save time when making configuration changes
  • Support has always been quick and helpful which saves time and money
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