GMS vs NSM feature comparison

Features​

NSM-SaaS​

NSM On-Prem​

GMS​

Architecture & Deployment Support​

Architecture Type​

Cloud Native​

Micro-services​

Monolith​

Supported Firewall Generation ​

Gen6/6.5, Gen7,Gen8​

Gen6/6.5, Gen7,Gen8​

Gen6/6.5, Gen7​

Supported Firewall Firmware​

6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0​

6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0​

6.5, 7.0​

Max Supported Firewalls​

Unlimited​

1500​

1500​

Reporting Type​

Flow based​

Flow based​

Syslog or Flow based​

SonicPlatform Advantage​

Yes​

No​

No​

Same User Experience as FW ​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Zero-Touch Provisioning​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

Multi-tenancy​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

High Availability​

99.9999%​

HA Node Supported​

No HA Node Supported​

Administration​

Role Base Access Control (RBAC)​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

Tenants & Groups​

Yes​

Yes​

Partial (Limited via device views)​

Configuration Approval Workflow​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes (Add-on License)​

Templates & Variables​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Firewall Diagnostics​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Orchestration​

VPN Orchestrator​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

SD-WAN Orchestrator​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Alerting ​

Alerts & Notifications​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

SMS/Text​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Automation​

REST API​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Reporting​

Event Scale​

Unlimited​

Real-Time Reports​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

Pre-Defined Reports​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

VPN Reports​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

Schedule Report​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

Custom Report​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes (SYSLG GMS Only)​

System Events​

Yes​

Yes​

Yes​

Productivity Reports​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Local Change Report​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Group and Tenant Reports​

Yes​

Yes​

No​

Firewall Audit Logs​

Yes​

Yes​

No​