SonicWall TZ vs. WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

SonicWall TZ

WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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
WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	WatchGuard XTM is a firewall option, from WatchGuard Technologies.	N/A

Pricing

SonicWall TZ

WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

Editions & Modules

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

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
SonicWall TZ	WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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

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Community Pulse
	SonicWall TZ	WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Considered Both Products	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?	WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product EL Ethan Lautenschlager System Administrator Chose WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product I believe this is the firewall series I worked on. The machine is terrible to configure as settings aren't grouped how a normal person would expect. Settings can be poorly labeled, adding more issues/confusion to the issues. I have not had a great experience trying to get … Incentivized Helpful? BV Byron Varela Mora IT Assistant Chose WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product The price-performance ratio was much better than the other brands. It is easy to use, manage and with a lot of compatibility It offers the same functionality as other competitive solutions at a more accessible price, additionally its databases such as antivirus, antispam, and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product WatchGuard XTM is easier to use, has more features in one device, can have better and more specific policies, has a much lower cost, and is stable. Incentivized Helpful? Hyler C Cooper Senior System Administrator Chose WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product While these are all great firewalls, the price of the Palo Alto and Cisco boxes were high enough to make them not a viable option. I believe that the WatchGuard is in a leauge of its own in the price point. While there are nicer offerings out there, you will need to have a much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product Again, WatchGuard is priced much lower than other vendors in its space. It may not have some of the bigger features such as Layer 7 awareness. It's more simple to manage and provides IT staff the time to work on other tasks versus time spent to create complex rule sets. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

SonicWall TZ

WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

Firewall

Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
	SonicWall TZ 5.6 Ratings 43% below category average	WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product 10.0 Ratings 15% above category average
Identification Technologies	7.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Visualization Tools	7.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Content Inspection	6.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	4.50 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	5.50 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	5.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	5.50 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
VPN	5.50 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
High Availability	5.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	6.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Proxy Server	5.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	SonicWall TZ	WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
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
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User Ratings
	SonicWall TZ	WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	6.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	6.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	SonicWall TZ	WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Likelihood to Recommend	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	The web filter is complicated when you don't have a server to log in users. Companies using static IPs. They have to be clear about the number of users that the company has in order to obtain the correct model since each one has its resources according to the number of users. BV Byron Varela Mora IT Assistant Read full review
Pros	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	They are simple to set up and configure. With just a few months of experience you can easily deploy any series of XTM in mid to small environments in minutes. I can deploy clustered M5600 in an enterprise within 30 minutes straight from the box, that's easy. They are very reasonably priced and competitive in the market. For small and mid-sized businesses it's hard to beat the bang for the buck. After setting them up, it's also very easy to fine tune and manage them. The packet monitor is very useful in troubleshooting and I use it to tighten down rule sets. Dimension is a great packet analyzer and I think they still offer it as a free tool. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	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	Obviously discontinued Difficult to replace without upgrading Security bundle is a yearly commitment EL Ethan Lautenschlager System Administrator Read full review
Usability	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	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	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	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	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	WatchGuard XTM is easier to use, has more features in one device, can have better and more specific policies, has a much lower cost, and is stable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	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	Great value per dollar Easy rule management Simplifies management of remote boxes Incentivized Hyler C Cooper Senior System Administrator Read full review
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