SonicWall vs Watchguard

With so many options available, it can be difficult to choose a new firewall. So we’ve compiled several reasons why organizations comparing SonicWall’s network security with WatchGuard are finding that SonicWall offers better value and greater peace of mind.

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100% Threat Protection.
No False Positives.

In the first quarter of 2021, a SonicWall NSa firewall paired with the Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) sandbox service was subjected to 35 days of testing and 1,471 total tests during ICSA Labs Advanced Threat Defense certification. By the end of the testing cycle, the duo detected 100% of previously unknown threats.

Then, after 33 more days of testing and another 1,412 tests, Capture ATP earned a second perfect score in Q2 — all without a single false positive.

Any vendor can claim superior threat protection, but how many are confident enough in their offerings to put them to the test? SonicWall welcomes the opportunity to prove our customers are getting the level of protection we promised. Does your vendor?

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Feature

SONICWALL

WatchGuard

Threat Prevention Throughput

750 Mbps (TZ270)

154 Mbps (Firebox T20)

Multi-Engine Sandbox with Deep Memory Inspection

10 GbE Ports on Desktop Firewalls

Expandable Storage on Desktop Firewalls

Redundant Power Supply

Application-Based Routing

Switch Integration

Multi-Instance Firewall

Antivirus (AV) Scan File Size Limit

Unlimited

20 MB (max)

ICSA Advanced Threat Defense Certification

Sample CTA

Threat Prevention Throughput

Multi-Engine Sandbox with Deep Memory Inspection

10 GbE Ports on Desktop Firewalls

Expandable Storage on Desktop Firewalls

Redundant Power Supply

Application-Based Routing

Switch Integration

Multi-Instance Firewall

Antivirus (AV) Scan File Size Limit

ICSA Advanced Threat Defense Certification

SonicWall Better on Every Level

SonicWall Inspects Every File, Every Time

Are you comfortable with only inspecting some of the files entering your ecosystem? While SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) inspect all files regardless of size, WatchGuard only inspects files up to 20 MB … and that’s on their higher-end products. Their entry-level products only inspect files up to5 MB — a limit easily exceeded by PDFs and Office docs (which frequently harbor malicious code), not to mention videos and specialized file formats such as .ai or .dwg.

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