SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) vs. SonicWall VPN Clients

The SMA is pretty suited to controlling and protecting users and their remote access. We've caught spoofers before due to Geo-location services. These spoofers were attempting to get into the environment by trying to get a user to send the MFA prompt to them when the user themselves were not trying to connect at the time.

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It is well suited in places or scenarios where a VPN client is needed to be used either by IT staff or other employees. SonicWall's VPN Clients are very similar to VPN clients of other companies. SonicWall VPN Clients are meant to be used with SonicWall firewalls.

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• Easy to use.
• Secure connections.
• Remote mobile access.

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• Exceptional security
• Relatively easy configuration

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• Ease of use (for end users) is pretty good but could be better.
• Reporting could be easier to locate and more clear.
• HA has had some problems working properly.

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• Connections could be more stable
• Difficult to use for tech-challenged end-users

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Does not have a renewal that we pay for by itself. It comes with our firewalls, which we are going to renew.

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SonicWall VPN Clients work for the most part. The Global VPN client has had its issues over the years. Also, NetExtender VPN client has had its share of issues. It is nice that SonicWall VPN Clients has updated the GUI of the NetExtender client within the last year, which has made it easier for our users to use.

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Phone support has been very reliable and useful, but there have been times when better support documentation would have made that call unnecessary. I like to tackle problems internally if I can, as it tends to save time and usually money. The SonicWall VPN Clients system seems to be pretty locked down as far as being accessible to self-manage.

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Both Citrix Gateway and Sonic Secure Mobile Access are great for providing your workers with the ability to work remotely during the pandemic to access their office network. Both have secure networks and are stable systems to use. They both perform well for employees and provide helpful customer tech support when needed.

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We started the process of vetting Norton VPN, but since it wasn't available from our preferred vendor, we ended up going with SonicWall VPN Clients by default.

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• After SMA, the management team can seamlessly access internal resources, from outside the office, and hence, positive
• As users are working from home, now they cannot delay our give reasons on late arrival, improving the productivity and saving man hours in travelling

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• ROI is difficult to determine because of the minimal initial cost; that said, now that we've experienced the benefits of having secure VPN access, we couldn't imagine not having it.
• Users have much greater flexibility now that specific legacy systems are accessible from places other than the office.

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