# SonicWall Next Generation Firewall Reviews **Vendor:** SonicWall **Category:** [Firewall Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/firewall-software) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 153 ## About SonicWall Next Generation Firewall SonicWall real-time breach detection and prevention solutions protect more than one million networks worldwide ## SonicWall Next Generation Firewall Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of SonicWall Next Generation Firewall, which simplifies management and deployment for robust security. (3 reviews) - Users love the **dependable performance speed** of SonicWall Next Generation Firewall, ensuring strong security without complexity. (2 reviews) - Users value the **quick response speed** of SonicWall, enhancing overall security monitoring and protection efficacy. (2 reviews) - Users value the **advanced threat protection** of SonicWall Next Generation Firewall, ensuring robust security and ease of use. (2 reviews) - Users value the **advanced threat protection** offered by SonicWall Next Generation Firewall, ensuring robust network security effortlessly. (1 reviews) - Users value the **strong community support** of SonicWall, enhancing their experience with helpful resources and engagement. (1 reviews) - Cybersecurity (1 reviews) - Users value the **deployment ease** of SonicWall Next Generation Firewall, finding it simple to implement across various business sizes. (1 reviews) - Users find the **ease of management** with SonicWall Next Generation Firewall enhances their network security setup significantly. (1 reviews) - Users value the **flexible licensing options** of SonicWall, enhancing their network security management efficiency. (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users report significant **system instability** with SonicWall, citing slow performance and frustrating patching issues. (2 reviews) - Users experience **upgrade issues** with SonicWall, including complicated settings and delays in updates affecting overall functionality. (2 reviews) - Users find the **complex configuration** challenging, particularly for those without technical expertise or experience. (1 reviews) - Users find the **complexity of advanced settings** in SonicWall Next-Gen Firewall can be challenging for newcomers. (1 reviews) - Users experience **connection issues** with SonicWall, citing sluggish performance and frustrating delays during operation and reboot. (1 reviews) - Users find the **difficult installation** process, especially with DPI-SSL and manual certificate setup, quite frustrating. (1 reviews) - Users find the SonicWall Next Generation Firewall **expensive and complex** , especially for those lacking technical expertise. (1 reviews) - Users find the **expertise required** to manage SonicWall Next Generation Firewall challenging, highlighting complexity and expense for novices. (1 reviews) - High Resource Usage (1 reviews) - Insufficient Guidance (1 reviews) ## SonicWall Next Generation Firewall Reviews ### 1. Secure and user friendly user interface **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** kamran s. | Manager IT and Security infra, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2022 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** as configuration and operation are basic importance for any network for sustaining and following the policies, the best user interface and policies options in sonic wall along with monitoring and troubleshooting features are good. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** searching online document for configuring or only for studying about sonic wall takes time or go through, if more youtube videos and easily available learning videos will be awesome. also more study material and content for the sonic wall exam and certification i will be interested in. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** securing the centralized data center and few branch location servers with SSL VPN and centralized URL filtering and IPS threat protect and really helping with business needs of securing the IT resources. ### 2. SonicWall Review **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sudhir B. | Director Of IT, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 22, 2022 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Secure access to your office workstation **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** cost of implementation, but if its not something you are worried about then this software is great! **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Secured access to Office workstation remotely. ### 3. Good when comes to price **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** MARNI S. | Network Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 22, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** 1. initial deployment and setup are simple. 2. We can wireless access points of Sonicwall, and they can be managed through the same Sonicwall dashboard. 3. Inspection of packets in both In and Out directions. 4. Multifactor authentication support is available. 5. Configuration of IPsec VPN tunnel is simple in Sonicwall compared to other vendors. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** 1. CLI commands are very different from v6.5 to v7.0 2. Technical documents are not that much available on the internet. 3. No regular threat signature updates are available. 4. Whenever we change the real-time data report option, it asks for a device reboot. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Sonicwall is budget-friendly, recommended for small organizations. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Setting up wireless access points and managing them through the Sonicwall dashboard. 2. Giving SSL VPN access for users who are working from home. 3. Configuring IPsec VPN tunnel to Clent firewalls. ### 4. secure and good performance **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** pinisetty s. | Network Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** 1. Initial device configuration is easy and simple using the setup wizard. 2. Cost for the firewall is less expensive compared to other firewalls. 3. Configuration of security and NAT policies is easy. 4. Diagnostics option in GUI is very helpful, it has most of the troubleshooting tools. 5. Site to Site and Remote access VPN setup is simple. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** 1. Content filtering profiles do not work well sometimes. 2. Traffic log monitoring is not that much good on versions above 7.0.0 **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Sonicwall is budget-friendly and it has good performance, I would recommend it to others also. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Securing office LAN Network. 2. Providing server access securely using SSL VPN. 3. Captive portal authentication, to give internet access for only authorized users. 4. Blocking certain site access and applications. ### 5. Effective, Low budget, user friendly Security solutions **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ishtiaq N. | Senior Network Engineer L3, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Setting up of SSL VPN is one of the best of all. Content filtering, vulnerability assessment. All security services under a single module are one of the easy access ways to do. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Bug reporting and patches take months which should be restricted. For TZ500 series for SMEs should at least support 250+ licensed ssl VPN users. Also concurrent sessions is very less **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Sonicwall UTMs are a low-cost and effective solution in comparison to the BIG players; it is a must to try products at a significantly lesser cost. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are managing our traffic flow using their UTM devices PAN india. We have moved from Fortinet to SonicWall and are satisfied so far with the services and support provided. ### 6. Most secured next generation firewall for your enterprise **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gitesh C. | project incharge, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** 1) it protects enterprise data and network from hacking or phishing. 2) cost effective solution compared to others. 3) it's network failure and load balancing feature reduces link downtime and helps to utilise internet links fully. 4) we can manage web access or bandwidth for user easily. 5) easy to understand, navigate and configure. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I don't see any point to dislike sonicwall **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** One of the most secured next generation firewall for your enterprise. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1) it helped us to manage web access for user at device level. 2) reliable and secured firewall. 3) it provides advanced threat protection. 4) it's load balancing ensures maximum utilisation of the internet lines. 5) we able to manage all firewall centrally from one interface. ### 7. SonicWALL Email Security **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pierre F. | Director, Information Technology, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The appliance was easy to install. It offers a lot of options to configure the appliance according to your exact need. It's also very easy to upgrade and their technical support is awesome. We had questions when we installed the appliance and contacted their support. They not only answered our question but went further and give us good configuration tips on our existing installation. They also followed up days later to see if the configuration they help us to apply was meeting our needs. We are very satisfied. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** We had to update the device when we received it. We would have expected it to be up to date right away. We also think that they can improve in auto documenting their interface to help configuration. Their technical support also reverted back to the old interface when they helped us configured the device. It prooved that they can improve documentation and overall interface or classification of the device features. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Plan in advance if you want to implement SonicWall Email Security appliance. Do not hesitate to rely on professional resources to assist you to make sure you are efficiently and securely setup. Their technical support is great to assist you if you have any specify problem or configuration needs. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We replace our existing equipement that was not longer supported. We need a solution that would cover the same need at a price that still meet our budget. Sonic wall not only have a great product but their price is competitive. ### 8. easy to deploy and manage **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** In our organization, we are using Sonicwall NSv 870 (Network Security virtual appliance), it has a very attractive management dashboard and direct options for configuring the network interface IP address, network & service objects, and security policies. When comes to security performance, SonicWall works very well, by allowing us to configure a policy with source MAC and Source user which is very helpful for restricting internet access to particular machines and users. When comes to the monitoring part, it has very good filtering options to monitor required traffic. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The main thing only I can dislike is the cloud features. SonicWall net generation firewalls have fewer cloud features. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** we are using SonicWall next-generation firewall for 2 years, it performs very well. recommended for others too. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1.Blocking internet access for unwanted users. 2.Restricting users from visiting malicious sites. 3. Accessing internal servers securely using SSL-VPN through NetExtender. ### 9. Best Firewall for Network Administrator **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gaurav S. | Network Administrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2022 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Traffic logs showing in detail this is the best feature in this. It helps a lot in troubleshooting. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Need to bit work on SSL VPN easy configuration. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using this firewall in day to day operations, I like web filter catogary most in this firewall. ### 10. Scoic wall firewall **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gaurav G. | IT head, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2022 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** User interface and other features i like the most. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Nothing i dislike about sonic wall however support can be improved **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** its a good product in industry **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** we have used sonic wall for solving network issues and other network related problems. ### 11. As a expert I can say Firewall is good and Secure Cost effective as per business need **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Utkarsh S. | IT-Implementation Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2022 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Secure, Cost effective as per business need **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** That's really tough for me to answer, i don't think so !! **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** SSL decryption and inspection. Automated anti-virus enforcement. ### 12. SonicWall is a clear leader in Firewalls and Security **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew B. | Director of Operations and Technology, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Sonicwall provides tight security and good support in videos or publications. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The onboard log reports could improve, and the functionality of the log reports sent to administrators. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Great support, knowledge base, and firewalls that will keep you business up to speed on the changing risks. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sonicwall is providing network security and firewall protection. The product continually evolves to provide security in an ever-changing world. ### 13. Advantage of Sonicwall **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2022 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** This is a product which comes with advanced security and access control within budget.This is secured and agile. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** User interface can be improvised and keep releasing identified bugs **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** The product can be evaluated for its advanced security features. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using for security control, access control and vpn control ### 14. Benefits of SonicWall **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2022 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Safe Secure and Cost effective as per business need with a very good threat intelligence data base **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It's user interface can be more improvised **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** This is very useful for data security and specially helpful in work from home culture **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** This is very useful for IO security and access management. ### 15. Wow disappointing!! **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael F. | Managing Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The general federation of SonicWALL appliances and the way they've set their website is generally done well. The usual broken links between products are dismissable given the concept is there. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Downside of using SonicWall is the support. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Support is sold as a 1-year / 2-year add-on feature to hardware. Live telephone support is aggressively rude, condescending and will literally scold you and hang up on you if they don't like what you're saying. Worst customer service ever encountered on any product or service. The recommendation is to avoid purchasing support - it's a waste of money. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** General firewall protection, end-point protection, and antiphishing. ### 16. Sonic The best firewall.. My security partner **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Shipbuilding | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Threat Blocking, Virus database regular update, User-friendly GUI, Easy to use **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Log reports need to be more user friendly **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Highly recommended for a good security partner **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am not facing any such problems. ### 17. Sonicwall Security **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Textiles | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** We save our data on every device that servers, clients, mobile devices. And our network is better than these secure processes. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I think its log management would be better. Sometimes, I don't find an error in the log management. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We can prevent dos attacks, crypto attacks, viruses. Also we can reject entries without not allowed. ### 18. Allows me to work remotely **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It allows me to work remotely. I can securely log into my company portal from anywhere. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It logs me out a lot during the day. Also, there are a lot of crashes and it is really slow. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am working from home. ### 19. Great security platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Very easy to use and very user-friendly. No need for command cli, just a graphical user interface. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The log is not as detailed as it should be. It should show more. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it for a company firewall. We also have 5 Sonicpoint wireless access points. ### 20. Ok Firewall, does what it is supposed to **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Relatively cheap appliance for most uses, easy port listing **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Management interface could be better, note I have not used SonicOS 7 yet, but the 6.x versions are difficult for me to use **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** A good firewall and gateway appliance with decent content filtering. Stops what needs stopped ### 21. great for educational settings **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nathanael B. | Web administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** we used sonic wall in a k12 environment. the ease of deployment was great to get up and running fast **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** At the time we implemented, we went with a hardware solution. a hosted or cloud solution would have been a better more efficient way to do it **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** it's perfect if you need to share management with non admins, since it is easy to use. installation is vete if you have them on the line since they can answer questions as they come **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** we previously used filtering rules to block searches and traffic but SonicWall took that upon itself. we were also able to consolidate hardware into one solution ### 22. Best firewall for Small and medium business customers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It helps the customer to get good infrastructure performance **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The logging part is inferior and they have to increase the flexibility of logs and alert functionality **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Best firewall with full functionality with low price **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is providing the complete control and security to face the new vulnerabilities and threats ### 23. Custom Firewall **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luis P. | Electrical engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2021 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Real-time system protection, Internet access application control and user registration. Cache memory and data storage. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Off-system application security parameters. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Manage application system access and security. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Control applications and personalized system access, virus-free PC and system propagation. ### 24. Sonicwall Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thomas M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2020 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The administration interface is really esay to use High security software inside. Good quality product, i've some of them working since more than years without any problems. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Security licence are expensive. The interface is going to be slower than before. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security for the compagny and a lot of features usefull to the IT users. ### 25. Sonicwall Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan E. | Network Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2020 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I like the user-friendly gui interface to sonicwall. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I do not like it doesn't have most features that cisco has, but it still covers a lot with additional plugins you can buy. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** If you are looking for a business grade firewall that is super reliable and has all the features you need for a small to medium business. This is the best one. It's affordable as well and very easy to use. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has a pretty good basic DDoS protection to the router itself. Also the VPN Site-To-Site is very reliable when both sonicwall talks to each other. Also its very affordable compare to buying a cisco router. ### 26. Sonicwall is making some of the best firewalls out there **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Randy P. | System Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The addition modules that you can purchase to make life easier. Plus you can add just what you need unlike other firewall companies that force you to purchase packages. Sonicwall makes it easy as you only buy what you need **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The only dislike i have is the cost of maintenance on the device for keeping it updated. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Before selecting your sonicwall always do your research. We have an NSA 2600 and 2 TZ 400 for our remote sites. If it was up to me i would have ordered an NSA for each site **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using the sonicwall for 2 p2p VPN tunnels for remote sites and VPN access for end users to log in to the system and not have it RDP open to the outside world ### 27. SonicWall **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It provide high security to our network.It saves our network from outside attacks.It blocks the attack and create a report for the same. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Required qualified person to handle the firewall.Some configuration is hard to understand. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** For threat protection it is good firewall.I t secures our network. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using sonic wall firewall to protect our network from attacks.It continuous scanning the network and if firewall found any unwanted then firewall block that things.It also create report of blocked things which is very useful. ### 28. SonicWall firewall **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Sonic wall firewalls are the high performance firewall in current market.It prevent the threats.It protects our network from inside and outside threats. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It is expensive and Complicated to configure. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** It is good firewall with high performance. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are continuously monitoring and preventing unauthorized access using sonic wall firewall.It blocks the viruses.We are monitoring internet usage of our internal employee's computers.It creates reports of blocked threats. ### 29. good firewall **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Firewall is used to provide computer security.It protect our internal network from outside network.It is trusted software.We are able to check our network activity. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Configuration and installation is little complicated. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** For computer security it is best option. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using sonic wall firewall in our organization to monitor the traffic and activity of internal network.It provides security from outsider attacks.It easily block unauthorized things. ### 30. Sonicwall Firewall Analyzer **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Every organization need the firewall to protect there network.Sonic wall firewall is best option for that.It having great features that helps us to protect our network. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It is difficult to install the firewall.If you have aware about the all things then no issue. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** It is easy to use and great firewall **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using sonic wall firewall to protect our network.We are able to check who is accessing our network.We are monitoring activities which is going on networks.It create threat reports.Threat reports contains activity of firewall means which viruses are blocked by firewall. ### 31. A valid firewall for small and medium enterprises **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It is a product that we purchased for testing for a POC and it turned out to be inexpensive, quite comprehensive, and moreover very stable in operation. The test lasted several months and it was used with various VPNs and for traffic analysis and filtering. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Some features require a paid license, so not everything is fully available at the time of purchase. However, most of the functionalities are present. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has been evaluated as a potential valid product as an alternative to other CISCO ASA and FORTINET products. ### 32. SonicWALL for comprehensive modern protection **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Our SonicWALL NSA4650 device in high availability mode gives near seamless failover across devices in the event of an outage on one device, which is fantastic. The device with the Advanced Gateway Security Suite offers a huge amount of protection - AV, IPS, Malware, Content filtering, application control, bandwidth management/QOS, as well as DPI-SSL - an absolute must nowadays. Capture ATP is a superb new addition to protect against unknown and zero day threats. Cloud management and reporting too is a new feature that I'm glad has arrived. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The new Capture Security Centre interface on SonicWALL Cloud is a little new and rough around the edges. Some of the reporting detail is lacking, but it's being developed constantly and I'm told a new release is imminent. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Upgrade from an existing device and save a great deal of money on the list prices. Take your time to fully configure and understand the elements of the devices protection, and do not over-complicate your configurations. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Since changing from a traditional state full packet inspection firewall, we've realised just how much activity is going on in our network. The devices allows granular monitoring to highlight things we didn't know about and couldn't have done before. We now have a far higher standard of security to our networked devices, and we simply couldn't run without this device now. The SonicWALL protects us from almost all angles and seems to offer an awful lot of security from a single device. ### 33. Sonic Wall-great firewall **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Sonic Wall is provides good network related application to protect our network.Firewall is one of the good application developed by sonic wall.It easy to use and handle. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Some configuration part is hard to understand.Need skilled person to configure. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** It good security device for our network. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using sonic wall firewall in our network.It is useful firewall to us to monitor and control the incoming and outgoing traffic.It protecting our network from threats.We are also monitoring the live traffic on network.And also able to check which threads are blocked. ### 34. Secure VPN for remote employees **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** SonicWall Net Extender provides the capability to seamlessly and securely access the corporate network, internal files, servers, or custom applications remotely. The connection can be made on numerous devices, including desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets, which allows users to access important information remotely as if they were in the office. Our company has offices in locations all across the world, this VPN client gives employees remote access from anywhere. The software can also be used on an administrator level to regulate employee access. SonicWall provides excellent security to help protect private communications and information when using an unsecured, external network. These networks can be vulnerable to hackers, and can cause immense repercussions if information is leaked. SonicWall pairs well with DuoMobile two step verification login; this adds another layer of security when accessing corporate information on unsecured networks. Once the user has been authenticated, SonicWall creates an IPSec Layer-3 connection between your computer and the corporate network to ensure the confidentiality of private data. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The biggest frustration with SonicWall Net Extender is the software's data transmission speeds. When there are a large number of users using the VPN network it puts a strain on the tunnels and begins to bog down the application and reduces the speed and reliability of the network. At times this can cause the remote connection to drop, requiring the user to re-authenticate and reconnect to the VPN network. Port forwarding is more difficult than it should be to implement. I had to search the web and watch YouTube videos to figure out how to set this up. The price is also off-putting. It is a pricey VPN client that may not be accessible for smaller companies on a budget. Customer support is also lacking and wait times are substantial. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** SonicWall is a great VPN client that allows users to access corporate servers from anywhere in the world. Employees are able to work from home and have all of the capabilities as they would in the office. The user interface is not very intuitive so it requires some level of VPN knowledge to get the hang of it. It is also pricier than some competitors so that may be a factor to consider especially for smaller companies. Despite the downsides, SonicWall offers excellent security and ensures that confidential documents remain safe, even when accessing them on an unsecured network. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** SonicWall Net Extender provides an easy to use solution for secure, encrypted access through the Internet for remote users. This ensures that confidential data is protected when accessing company files on an unsecured network. The benefit to this is that employees are able to work remote when needed. The VPN allows them to access the company server and files as if they were in the office. The ability to work remote has increased workplace flexibility and improved employee moral. The ability to work remote is also beneficial for employees traveling for work. ### 35. The easiest firewall to use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ravi Kumar R. | Software Development Engineer, Computer & Network Security, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 19, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Secure Ease of use Capture ATP VPN Content Filtering Service Gateway Antivirus Intrusion Prevention System Anti Spyware **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Too many places to configure a simple policy. Capture client needs to be more informative. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Stability of the product SonicWall switch ### 36. SonicWall VPN **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Easy to connect to the office network without hassle. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** No specific issues with this VPN solution. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to access internal applications remotely ### 37. SonicWall Nsa 3650 Firewall reviews **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Sonicwall is a gateway level firewall and very easy to use with customization features **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I found little mistake that is about, when primary firewall got disconnect automatically start HA module, but have not any notification **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used several WAN inputs to firewall and found a way to delivery via domain users with several Bandwidth and sonicwall groups. ### 38. Sonicwall devices have good performance and their operation is very stable. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** CrisTiaN B. | Soporte Tecnico, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 14, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** From Sonicwall, I like the performance of their devices, the data provided by their GMS Analyzer reporting system is very good. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** There is very little that I don't like about Sonicwall. The handling of the Digital Certificate for the DPI-SSL filter is good, but sometimes some problems arise that require time to solve. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** I have had experiences with Sophos, Palo Alto, Fortigate, and some other devices, and I have found that Sonicwall is very versatile and intuitive in handling, in addition to its optimal performance and rule execution. When it comes to creating and applying rules, it is very agile and I have not encountered any problems. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Companies have many problems with filtering navigation through the HTTPS protocol, as most pages now work with this protocol, and Sonicwall's handling of this issue meets the needs very well. Many applications help users navigate in an encrypted manner, bypassing the security filter, so handling through Sonicwall applications is very good, as these applications are simply blocked and everything works well. The integration with Active Directory is also very good, as user detection through LDAP, with the SSO feature activated, makes the user experience as seamless as possible. ### 39. Great security software for organization. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Sonicwall is a great all in one tool that allows use of content filtering to whitelisting and many other features. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It can take some time getting used to but it is a great tool overall. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security ### 40. Easy to use, quick and seamless! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michelle P. | Accountant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I love the simplicity best of all. Once it is sent I just click a button to enable and disable! **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I have not experienced anything I did not like about this program. Only positives from me! **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** I work as a remote employee for my company. I am able to access their remote server via use of the SonicWall. It is so quick and easy to turn on and then back off when I am done with my work. ### 41. Another approach that allows us to multiply how we prevent security threats **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The features of SonicWall in the TZ and NSA family include SonicWall's Cloud-based Advanced Threat Protection with different engines. The results are satisfactory in our organization as we manage more than 350 locations that require us to be vigilant against attacks and ensure business continuity. With ATP, we have saved time and human resources as their cloud platform facilitates the prevention of zero-day threats. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** For the ATP solution, an additional license is needed, and this raises the cost if you only consider acquiring the comprehensive licensing. Additionally, if there is no channel that provides 24/7 support services, you have to do it directly with the brand by raising an RMA. On the other hand, regarding reports, I don't like that you have to buy the GMS solution because with the control panels that the box already has, it is not very helpful since you don't have full visibility of what is happening in my network. The GMS solution involves additional licenses that can be On-premise - In the Cloud - on local servers. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** It has a portfolio of specialized solutions such as Email Security-Capture Client. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** We protected ourselves from various Ransomware and Petia that could have affected the organization's operation, as well as being more productive in support matters. ### 42. It's reliable! Sonicwall UTM **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2019 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Overall, I like most of the feature of Sonicwall, but here, I would like to mentioned about one the feature from the bundle, and which is IPS. Off course, when IPS is enabled performance may goes down due to multitasking, and consumption of other resource, still it's gives best performance. When IPS is enabled, we can evade number of illegal traffic towards our network. And Sonicwall has great database of IPS signature with perfect classification. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Well, there are couple of things that can be improved, such as when GUI is being access is very slow, rules managing, log monitoring is not available on the device where you need separate device/cloud service to store the data. One more thing, which is when you integrate AD with device, you can not create custom group as it use from AD server. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Absolutely, any one is looking for UTM with full function within their budget, I guess that's the device for you. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** After the deployment of product, we noticed that many issues was resolved and it's being. Firstly, performance is excellent. when we check the load on device with full function, it was great deal. We did stop many illegal/illegitimate to and from traffic. We believe that it's more stable then the expectation. Off course, remote users are getting no issues while connecting to infra and while accessing through this device. ### 43. A respectable budget-friendly security/firewall solution **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Geoffrey J. | Network Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The SonicWall is a great "all in one" package. It offers robust content filtering, firewall features, security monitoring, virus/spyware blocking, and lots more. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Since this is an "All in one" solution, it doesn't have the same granular controls over specific areas compared to dedicated products. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** SonicWall is a great product for those in small businesses or small education environments. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping our network safe and secure. SonicWall has allowed us to do this at a cost we can afford. ### 44. Nice web interface **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brittany C. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Ease of use of the software. Makes it very simple to get through and fix. These provide a firewall for our stores and assist in PCI certification. Very happy with the web interface. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The actual hardware. We have had several go bad after a year. They take a long time to replace. The ports seem to go bad first. They do not like change at all. It is an odd thing to me. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Make sure you have someone skilled enough to use the more sophisticated elements of the software. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows us to protect our the PCI integrity of our retail locations. ### 45. SonicWall hasn't been the same since Dell bought them **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 03, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** SonicWall device performs well to distribute our network load for our office over 2 upstream providers. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** SonicWall used to be lean and mean - since being purchased by Dell it hasn't seem to be moving as quickly. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Given that most websites are moving to HTTPS, the content protection afforded by the SonicWall is mostly useless unless you turn on DPI-SSL -- and that brings with it other issues (cpu load, deploying the local RootCA, etc) ### 46. Firewalls that work **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David W. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 27, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Sonicwall has pretty decent support that if they can't solve it over the phone will do a webex session and collect data to replicate the issue in their lab environment and be able to work a solution up. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** Sometimes with the new GUI for our firewall, changes do not save, which requires us to re-enter the data again. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** Sonicwall is a good company that understands how to design hardware and software to make firewalls that work. This product works great in our environment and meets our needs to secure our network and monitor the traffic that we have coming in and out of our network. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our setup is 2 SonicWall NSA 5600s setup for HA failover in case of a failure on one. This minimizes downtime as the failover is seamless. This keeps the business operational with little to no downtime. ### 47. SonicWall Customer Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kylie D. | Graphic Designer, Marketing and Advertising, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 28, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** SonicWall allows me to connect to my home office's network via a VPN and thus, allows me to work remotely. I've even use it internationally to seamlessly establish a remote connection. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It does require a basic knowledge of how VPN's work, which I had to learn prior to using this product. Once you have your network's IP address and other mandatory technical information that SonicWall requires, a remote connection can be seamlessly established. **Recommendations to others considering SonicWall Next Generation Firewall:** If you are experiencing technical issues with Remote Desktop or any other remote network software, I would recommend trying Sonic Wall. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Prior to using SonicWall, my office used Microsoft Remote Desktop. However, we have since found that SonicWall works well with, and even in lieu of, Remote Desktop to establish a remote connection. My office uses PC computers, and my home machine is a Mac, so I find that SonicWall is better at working around the technical difference in operating systems. ### 48. SonicWall Firewalls **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** This has been an easy system to maintain and support **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I hate that we need a product like this. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Limit access into our network. ### 49. Spotty/OK **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** I like the fact that this program allows me to work remotely. It allows me to access everything on my computer at work from home. It provides quick and seamless access into the network and my account. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** It can be very spotty at times. Sometimes I randomly lose connection at home, which can affect my work. At times I've lost my work product, because I lost connection mid progress (had not saved). Another aspect I dislike is if I walk away from my computer for more than 5 minutes, it automatically seems to disconnect. When this happens, I'm forced to log back in again. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** If I am having to attend to a matter at home during work hours, I am able to do so with the help of this software. I can login at any time from anywhere. As an attorney this allows me to have a flexible work schedule. I am currently on my work computer (laptop is at home). Therefore, I'm unable to upload a screen shot. I'm happy to email it later today. ### 50. Trusted Network Security **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2018 **What do you like best about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** This item is utilized at our HQ for all remote employees and management. **What do you dislike about SonicWall Next Generation Firewall?** The login sometimes can take a few moments but isn't terrible. **What problems is SonicWall Next Generation Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security for our shared drives. ## SonicWall Next Generation Firewall Discussions - [What is the part number of a license that includes anti-ransomware](https://www.g2.com/discussions/12459-what-is-the-part-number-of-a-license-that-includes-anti-ransomware) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [What is SonicWall used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/sonicwall-what-is-sonicwall-used-for) - 1 comment - [How good is SonicWall?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-good-is-sonicwall) - 1 comment - [What is SonicWall used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-sonicwall-used-for) - 1 comment - [View SonicWall Next Generation Firewall pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/sonicwall-next-generation-firewall/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-02+01%3A58%3A48+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=7598131c-e501-450e-b18f-d4c46907ec92&secure%5Btoken%5D=04a034caf6d6e6d10b157837e0c69be2b22208cb6688ed9cc645206c0d73a99f&format=llm_user) ## SonicWall Next Generation Firewall Integrations - [Paessler PRTG](https://www.g2.com/products/paessler-prtg/reviews) ## SonicWall Next Generation Firewall Features **Security - Unified Threat Management** - Antivirus - Whitelists - Antispam Filtering - Content Filtering - Web Filtering - Firewall **Administration** - Policy Management - Logging and Reporting - Application Gateway - Concurrent Sessions **Agentic AI - Firewall Software** - Autonomous Task Execution - Adaptive Learning **Administration** - Reports & Analytics - Dashboard **Functionality** - Virtual Private Network (VPN) - Antivirus - URL Filtering - Availability **Monitoring** - Load Balancing - Continuous Analysis - Intrusion Prevention - Intrusion Detection **Generative AI** - AI Text Summarization **Artificial Intelligence - Firewall** - AI Firewall ## Top SonicWall Next Generation Firewall Alternatives - [Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)](https://www.g2.com/products/check-point-next-generation-firewalls-ngfws/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (504 reviews) - [WatchGuard Network Security](https://www.g2.com/products/watchguard-network-security/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (248 reviews) - [FortiGate-VM NGFW](https://www.g2.com/products/fortigate-vm-ngfw/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (214 reviews)