Forcepoint NGFW vs. SonicWall TZ

Forcepoint NGFW

SonicWall TZ

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Forcepoint NGFW	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall delivers network security at scale. They can be deployed from anywhere through the Secure Management Console (SMC) and unify policy management, incident response and reporting.	$900 one-time fee (approx)
SonicWall TZ	Score 7.2 out of 10	N/A	SonicWall TZ is an entry to mid-tier NGFW for small to mid-sized companies. It is a Unified Threat Management solution, with additional native decryption and deep-packet inspection capabilities.	$329.60

Pricing

Forcepoint NGFW

SonicWall TZ

Editions & Modules

Forcepoint NGFW N60: $900
one-time fee (approx)
Forcepoint NGFW N120: $1314
one-time fee (approx)
Forcepoint NGFW N350: $7850
one-time fee (approx)
Forcepoint NGFW N1200: $13600
one-time fee (approx)
Forcepoint NGFW N2200: $36000
one-time fee (approx)
Forcepoint NGFW N3400 & N3500: varies
one-time fee

SonicWall TZ270 High Availability: $329.60
SonicWall TZ270 (hardware only): $414.04
SonicWall TZ370 High Availability: $493.04
SonicWall TZ270 Wireless-AC (hardware only): $502.57
SonicWall TZ370 (hardware only): $618.34
SonicWall TZ270 TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $689.16
SonicWall TZ370 Wireless-AC (hardware only): $708.23
SonicWall TZ270 TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $769.52
SonicWall TZ470 High Availability: $776.33
SonicWall TZ270 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $796.76
SonicWall TZ270 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $930.24
SonicWall TZ370 TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $973.82
SonicWall TZ470 (hardware only): $973.82
SonicWall TZ570 High Availability (HA) Unit: $988.80
SonicWall TZ470 Wireless-AC (hardware only): $1063.71
SonicWall TZ370 TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $1085.50
SonicWall TZ370 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $1107.29
SonicWall TZ370 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $1232.60
SonicWall TZ570: $1240.77
SonicWall TZ670 High Availability (HA) Unit: $1273.46
SonicWall TZ570 Wireless-AC: $1356.54
SonicWall TZ570 with 8x5 Support (1 Year): $1450.51
SonicWall TZ570 Wireless-AC with 8x5 Support (1 Year): $1588.07
SonicWall TZ470 TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $1596.25
SonicWall TZ670: $1596.25
SonicWall TZ470 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $1729.72
SonicWall TZ470 TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $1805.99
SonicWall TZ670 with 8x5 Support (1 Year): $1867.28
SonicWall TZ470 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $1876.82
SonicWall TZ570 TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $2006.20
SonicWall TZ570 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $2192.80
SonicWall TZ570 TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $2200.97
SonicWall TZ570 Wireless-AC TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $2442.04
SonicWall TZ670 TotalSecure - Essential Edition (1 Year): $2574.15
SonicWall TZ670 TotalSecure - Advanced Edition (1 Year): $2868.34

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Forcepoint NGFW	SonicWall TZ
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Firewalls are bought predominately through partners and third-party VARs. Pricing for purchase and lease and support options vary by reseller.

See pricing link for TZ Series (Gen6) editions. All prices have been converted from pounds. Conversion rates may change.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Forcepoint NGFW	SonicWall TZ
Considered Both Products	Forcepoint NGFW NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Chose Forcepoint NGFW There are similar hardware and license costs between the two products. The Forcepoint NGFW product is by far easier to use and manage. Incentivized Helpful?	SonicWall TZ ST Simon Tregear IT Support Chose SonicWall TZ We found SonicWall TZ licencing to be far simpler than barracuda options for the use cases we needed. We have run several other barracuda products andover time have swithced away fro other offerings - mostly due to the ease of use of the GUI. We also had much better support … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SonicWall TZ The son of all subscription for antivirus is much more cost-effective and works just as well as Symantec antivirus products. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SonicWall TZ SonicWall TZ is good at some things but overall I would pick Fortinet and UDM-Pro appliances most of the time and their VPN solution does not require paid license. Interface more modern and intuitive. Overall, better bang for your buck. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SonicWall TZ SonicWall TZ was a no brainer to choose over Fortigate or pfSense. We had used Fortigate units in the past and, in our experience, the interface is terrible, both on the device and the cloud side. There are constant updates that require you to jump through hoops to upgrade and … Incentivized Helpful? VM VINAY Mandora Sr Team Leader Chose SonicWall TZ We were using the cisco asa but there are lots of security features that are missing in these devices. SonicWall is a combination in advanced security and advanced routing. You can easy to use this firewall. Incentivized Helpful? WA Wayne Anderson Technical Support Engineer Chose SonicWall TZ I have chosen SonicWall TZ over the Fortigate as more ease of use and support been outstanding. Incentivized Helpful? RS Rafael Silva Especialista em TI Chose SonicWall TZ We chose the Sonicwall TZ250 because it has reliability in the Dell Sonicwall brand. It is a reliable product, with excellent support and warranty with face-to-face service should the need arise. It is cheaper than the competition, does not take up rack space, does not heat up, … Incentivized Helpful? JL John Lewis Owner Chose SonicWall TZ WatchGuard Network Security and Sophos SG Firewall Appliances Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SonicWall TZ We like it is a small, portable, and has many features. I have confidence in the brand a long time. Support was also a differential to make the decision. Incentivized Helpful? Valery Mezentsau IT Department Manager Chose SonicWall TZ 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Benjamin Hale Freelance IT Advisor/Specialist Chose SonicWall TZ Our previous firewall, from Xyzell, couldn't handle the bandwidth that video files needed within the internal LAN, so we looked at alternatives. SonicWall came recommend by a different IT professional for its solid performance and good documentation. We further researched the … Incentivized Helpful? Jhoneis Milano Project management Chose SonicWall TZ because it is multiprotocol, has continuous support and is also economical Incentivized Helpful? Derek Schroeder Service Manager Chose SonicWall TZ 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Ramon Vazquez IT Director Chose SonicWall TZ SonicWall TZ is a much better product. Easier to administer and use and much more elaborate in its rules. I would choose it over Watchguard any day. Incentivized Helpful? Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Chose SonicWall TZ Costs, features and ease of use were the determining factors. The UI alone outweighs the CLI from the ASA and SRX, features were easier to understand and licenses were more easily obtained. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Forcepoint NGFW

SonicWall TZ

Firewall

Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
	Forcepoint NGFW 8.1 Ratings 6% below category average	SonicWall TZ 5.6 Ratings 43% below category average
Identification Technologies	5.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Visualization Tools	5.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Content Inspection	10.00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	10.00 Ratings	4.50 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	8.00 Ratings	5.50 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	10.00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	8.00 Ratings	5.50 Ratings
VPN	9.00 Ratings	5.50 Ratings
High Availability	9.00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	7.00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Proxy Server	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Forcepoint NGFW	SonicWall TZ
Small Businesses	pfSense Score 9.9 out of 10	pfSense Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.6 out of 10	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Score 10.0 out of 10	Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Score 10.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Forcepoint NGFW	SonicWall TZ
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	6.0 (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Forcepoint NGFW	SonicWall TZ
Likelihood to Recommend	If you are looking for a smaller network/security team, the ease and low complexity create an easy to manage environment. One engineer can easily manage 100 nodes/locations. If you are just starting to get security conscious and predict regular adjustments to policy, routing, and access, this is a very good system for making easy to understand and low impact changes on a regular basis without operations interruption. Incentivized NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Read full review	Good price for scope of functionality Challenge for those that are not highly technical Many options within Firewall Setting that need to understood to maximize use of the device. Would be nice to see some sort of configuration wizard to assist in configuring unit. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Easy to manage and make changes on - ACL's are done with ease. Easy USB initial configuration - The easy initial setup of a new location and firewall saves massive time. Settings are automatically pushed to new nodes upon contact with the controller. Low Complexity - This system does not have a lot of complexity requiring extra hours, training, or personnel to manage. Incentivized NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Read full review	If you have multiple sites and you want the connect the sites through secure medium this is best firewall for you. There are very advanced features helps you to connect the device easily and securely. Easy to connect the sites through advanced routing protocols. Incentivized VM VINAY Mandora Sr Team Leader Read full review
Cons	Poor Reporting - It exists but even when calling in to support for assistance, they have no idea how to tackle customizing reports or searching for specific data. Incentivized NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Read full review	management is confusing has many items that could be improved to facilitate the work to the network administrator in the diagnostic tool I would improve the response times, that is, if a ping test is required, it should be quick, since in cases of failures it is sought to minimize the impact as much as possible. each function has a different license item, I would place a single license package for all team functions Jhoneis Milano Project management Read full review
Usability	The Graphical User Interface is very easy to read, understand and work with. The usability of this product is very high. Incentivized NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Read full review	Overall the new interface is very logical and easy to navigate. We did struggle at first coming from the older interface and finding our way around the new. But our new users found it very simple to find what they were looking for. One negative we do all struggle with is packet cpature not always being clear how its set/what is being monitored. this could do with more information on teh intial page instead of having to look for it Incentivized ST Simon Tregear IT Support Read full review
Support Rating	Support has varied over the history of the company. Terro is a name that comes up often with the best of service from this company. Incentivized NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Read full review	Once you get to a competent technician the support experience is better. But I have found that the lower tiers of support are very slow to respond (like 1 email per day) and you typically have to re-explain yourself a couple times before they get it. I have not used Phone support, and that may be a better experience. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	There are similar hardware and license costs between the two products. The Forcepoint NGFW product is by far easier to use and manage. Incentivized NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Read full review	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. Derek Schroeder Service Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Efficiency/Productivity increase. The company moved from Cisco firewall and routing hardware to Forcepoint NGFW. It now takes fewer people and fewer hours to manage the new product. This has allowed the company to put the man-hours to use on other projects and tasks. Long term viability. This has been a concern in the past when the company started as Stonegate, merged to become Stonesoft then got purchased by McAfee, then McAfee got purchased by Intel. However, with Forcepoint the product seems to have found a stable home. Low complexity. The Web GUI based system for management has reduced the cost of personnel and training required. There is no longer a need for the company to have higher trained and higher salary cost employees to manage the system. Mid-level admins at lower salaries are capable of managing the GUI based system with ease. Incentivized NE Nick Erwin Network Admin Read full review	We have three SonicWall TZ devices and they are very helpful in a VPN set up. The subscription costs for the different features has a great return on investment. It is very well worth the money. The antivirus component has been very effective on the computers and servers the SonicWall TZ device protects. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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