SonicWall NSA Series

Overview
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SonicWall NSA Series
Score 8.5 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
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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SonicWall NSA Series
Features
SonicWall NSA Series
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
SonicWall NSA Series
8.3
Ratings
4% below category average
Identification Technologies8.80 Ratings
Visualization Tools9.00 Ratings
Content Inspection5.00 Ratings
Policy-based Controls9.90 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP6.90 Ratings
Firewall Management Console9.00 Ratings
Reporting and Logging8.90 Ratings
VPN10.00 Ratings
High Availability9.90 Ratings
Stateful Inspection7.00 Ratings
Proxy Server7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SonicWall NSA Series
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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Usability
10.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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User Testimonials
SonicWall NSA Series
Likelihood to Recommend
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
  • 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
  • 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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Usability
The usability takes a bit of training, like any firewall, but I've found that showing even Tier 1 helpdesk how to do basic things has been easy. We have entry-level IT technicians performing white-listing, IP entries, VPN access and LDAP functions, to name a few tasks. The menus in the GUI are pretty straight forward.
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Support Rating
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
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 more high-end and functional business-class firewall.
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Return on Investment
  • 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.
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