Firewalls Comparison Fortinet SonicWALL Cyberoam Cisco AS & ASA

sheet FG30-110C TZ & NSA -2400 Series 15 - 35 Series

Price Value Relative to Best Value/High Feature Best Value Good Value High Cost / Less
Category Security
Target Bus. Size Small Small - Medium Small - Medium Small - Medium Small - Medium
Office/Branch
Ease of Setup
Performance Firewall 30-500 Mbps 100 - 775 Mbps 150 - 750 Mbps 150 - 650 Mbps
UTM Mode 5- 65 Mbps 25 - 150 Mbps 15 - 90 Mbps Not Specified
Ports 0 - 4 Gbe 0 - 6 Gbe 0 - 4 Gbe 0 - 4 Gbe
SSL-VPN FREE Portal (ex. FG30) FREE SSL (Tunnel) VPN FREE Clientless Optional Bundle
($$/Lic.) Portal/Tunnel
VPN (PPTP, IPSEC) Both, FREE Clients IPSEC only, $$ Clients Both IPSEC

3G & WiFi Yes Yes, Model specific Yes

Wireless
Features
Wireless Access Yes Yes 3rd Party
Points
Application Yes TZ210+ Only ...by user Yes
Control
VOIP Yes Yes Yes
QOS/Shaping
NW Traffic Yes Yes Yes
Monitor
Security Security Transperent Limited Deep Packet ICSA Layer 7 Stateful (+ Layer 7 Stateful (+
Architecture Proxy EAL4+ User Level) ICSA User
(OS Design, App. Level) ICSA
Ctl, User Ctl, SSL
traffic)

Add-on Security Optional CSC UTM

Features Bundle OR Optional
(UTM, A/V, URL, IPS BUNDLE
IPS, Spam, etc.)

Data Loss Yes

Prevention (DLP)

OTHER ENTERPRISE LEVEL FEATURES

Form Factor Desktop Desktop Desktop Desktop
High Availability Data Link (WAN FG50B+ Yes Yes Yes 5520 +
Failover+)
Hardware Yes Yes Yes 5520 +
Support Support Level
Warranty
Response
Reporting & User Based Realtime plus
Monitoring Reporting Opt. FortiAnalyzer Optional Viewpoint Adv. User based

Management Single Device Web Web Web

Central Opt. FortiManager Optional Option
Management
SALES NOTES Best Value / High Best Value Good Value High Cost / Les
Feature s Secure
Setup Wizard + GUI Setup Wizard + GUI Setup Wizard + GUI
Interface Interface Interface
Adv. UTM Security Opts. Adv. UTM Security Opts. Adv. UTM (incl. SPAM)
Security
Rating Key High UTM on Newest High UTM Thruput Good UTM
Models Performance
Best Advanced
Better Features PPTP, IPSEC, SSL-VPN IPSEC, SSL (Tunnel) VPN PPTP, IPSEC, SSL-VPN Basic Security
Portal
Good Gigabit model Available Gigabit model Available Gigabit models All Pricing is Ala Carte
Available
3G & 802.11n Models 3G & 802.11n Models 3G & 802.11n Models Some Options
Available Available Available Mutually Exclusive

Opt. FortiAnalyzer HW Viewpoint (opt) User Level Logging &

Reporting
Slow Support Response Good Support & U.S. Support &
Warranty Warranty
Inc. Traffic/Bandwidth
Mgt

Fortinet SonicWALL Cyberoam

FG200 - Blade Series NSA & E Series 200-1500 Series
Price Value Relative to Enterprise Leader Best Value New Entry
Category
Target Bus. Size Small Med. - Enterprise Med. - Enterprise Med. - Enterprise
Office/Branch
Ease of Setup
Firewall 1 - 264 Gbps 1.5 - 5.6 Gbps 1 - 10 Gbps
Performance UTM Mode 150 - 7,000 Mbps .240 - 1,700 Mbps 150 - 1,200 Mbps

Ports 4-12 GbE 6 - 9 GbE 6 - 20 Gbe

SSL-VPN FREE SSL-VPN FREE SSL (Tunnel) FREE Clientless
Portal/Tunnel
VPN (PPTP, IPSEC) Both, FREE Clients IPSEC only, $$ Clients Both

Features 3G & WiFi No No No

Wireless
Wireless Access Access Points Access Points
Points
Application Yes Yes Yes
Control
VOIP Yes Yes Yes
QOS/Shaping
NW Traffic Option Yes Yes
Monitor
Security Security App. Aware Stateful Deep Packet, Layer 7 Stateful (+
Architecture Packet EAL4+ Stateful EAL4+ User Level) ICSA
(OS Design, App. SSL Inspect
Ctl, User Ctl, SSL
traffic)
 Add-on Security Yes Yes Yes
Features
(UTM, A/V, URL,
IPS, Spam, etc.)

Data Loss
Prevention (DLP)

OTHER ENTERPRISE LEVEL FEATURES

Form Factor Rack Rack Rack
High Availability Data Link (WAN Yes
Failover+)
Hardware Dual & Hot Swap Power, E7500 Dual Power, Dual Power 750ia+, HA
HA Unit HA
Support Support Level
Warranty
Response
Reporting &
Realtime + Optional
Monitoring Reporting Opt. FortiAnalyzer (HW) Adv. User based
Viewpoint
Management Single Device Web Web Yes
Central Opt. FortiManager (HW) Optional Option
Management

SALES NOTES Enterprise Leader Enterprise Challe Enterprise New

nger Entry
Good Value Great Value Great Value
Better Security Better Security Better Security
Rating Key
Best Advanced NW Application Aware & NW Application NW Application Aware
Control Aware & Control & Control
Better Features User Aware, Rules, User Aware, Rules,
Visibility Visibility
Good PPTP, IPSEC, SSL-VPN IPSEC VPN PPTP, IPSEC, SSL-VPN
Portal
Strong HA Features Strong HA Features

Opt. FortiAnalyzer HW Opt. Advanced User Level Logging &

Reporting Reporting
Slower Support Good Support & U.S. Support &
Response Warranty Warranty
FREE SSL-VPN Portal Inc. Traffic/Bandwidth
Mode Mgt