SonicWall NSA Series is worth considering
April 14, 2025

SonicWall NSA Series is worth considering

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with SonicWall NSA Series

We have 2 SonicWall NSA Series firewall appliances. They are our primary firewalls for our network and serve as the perimeter of our network. These firewalls serve as one part of our cybersecurity layer. We use these appliances like any typical firewall appliance gets used. These firewalls allow a few select people to be able to access internal network resources from outside of the network. The High Availability capability ensures that our network maintains an Internet connection if one appliance ever goes down. We use IPS, VPN, and more features.

Pros

  • They are reliable.
  • The High Availability feature works well and ensures redundancy.
  • It allows you to do all the basic tasks on a firewall well.
  • New firmware releases are painless.

Cons

  • Sometimes, their support staff can have thick accents, which makes them hard to understand.
  • It is a firewall appliance at an affordable price compared to other firewall vendors.
  • It is reliable and thus, allows our business to operate without any hiccups.
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.
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.

Do you think SonicWall NSA Series delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SonicWall NSA Series's feature set?

Yes

Did SonicWall NSA Series live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SonicWall NSA Series go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SonicWall NSA Series again?

Yes

I believe it is well suited for small and medium-sized businesses. I would have to evaluate further for a more complex environment, but if the NSA series wasn't enough, then SonicWall NSA Series has a higher brand series that may be more applicable.

SonicWall NSA Series Feature Ratings

Firewall
9.0
Identification Technologies
7
Visualization Tools
8
Content Inspection
8
Policy-based Controls
9
Active Directory and LDAP
10
Firewall Management Console
10
Reporting and Logging
8
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10
Proxy Server
Not Rated

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