# Sonicwall Network Security Manager Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Sonicwall Network Security Manager the right Firewall solution for you? Explore 12 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/219070/Sonicwall-Network-Security-Manager/reviews --- Sonicwall Network Security Manager 4.3 (12) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/219070/Sonicwall-Network-Security-Manager/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated November 13th, 2025 # Reviews of Sonicwall Network Security Manager Ease of use 4.2 Customer Service 4.5 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-12 of 12 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Mark M. Vice President of Information Technology Market Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good small office solution but not as durable as other products." April 28, 2021 3.0 Pros The sonicwall interface is easy to navigate and offers quite of bit of functionality. You can do everything through a web interface and licensing and backup are a breeze when you take advantage of mysonicwall.com. We use the sonicwall applicate in a small office and for the price and features we are quite happy with it. Firmware updates have not been an issue for us and keeping things up to date is pretty straight forward. Cons While the VPN options are plentiful we have had some issues with sonicwall keeping the connections up in some cases. There are multiple ways to configure VPN and because of how we had to do it our connection sometimes goes down and we have to log into the device and stop / start the VPN connection in order for it to get connected again. Alternatives considered [Cisco Meraki](https://www.capterra.com/p/176649/Meraki-Systems-Manager/) Reason for choosing Sonicwall Network Security Manager Sonicwall was cheaper for this use case and gave us the features we required. Switched from [Quantum Network Security](https://www.capterra.com/p/213092/Check-Point-Cloud-Managed-Security-Service/) We scaled down the organization and no longer needed such an expensive product. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer implementation manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "All in one" October 29, 2024 5.0 multiple sites remote management is easy and keeps the original management interfaces Pros It's a really great product for managing branches and different clients in one admin platform, the advanced gateway security gives me a complete overview of all my deployments and makes easier the management of the firewalls Cons The ability to integrate older hardware, Alternatives considered [FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/) Reason for choosing Sonicwall Network Security Manager Product functionality and performance, Strong consulting partnership, the expertise Review Source Brian K S. IT Consultant Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SonicWall Security Firewall" January 4, 2024 5.0 Not bad considering the price paid, but in my professional opinion, the cost savings are not worth it. Other firewall solutions are more robust, easier to setup, configure and manage. Overall, not bad for the money. Pros affordable, less expensive than the standard brand options Cons not as intuitive as other firewalls, security software suite is thin, can be difficult to find and modify some options Alternatives considered [WatchGuard Firebox](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/) Reason for choosing Sonicwall Network Security Manager price, affordability. Business had a limited budget. Review Source UK Umurhan K. System Specialist Sports Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "user comment" May 25, 2021 5.0 The fact that Sonicwall Network Manager is very expensive as a license was one of the main problems for us. In addition, users were constantly experiencing problems during the disconnection or connection stages, and this was constantly causing us problems. Pros The feature I like about this software is that it is reliable and fast connection can be established. Cons There is no topic that I like very little, although I use it both as a user and as an administrator, I could not see a drawback. Alternatives considered [FortiClient](https://www.capterra.com/p/151916/FortiClient/) Reason for choosing Sonicwall Network Security Manager Due to the price difference between the two, the cheaper company was selected. Switched from [Sonicwall Network Security Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/219070/Sonicwall-Network-Security-Manager/) The license fee is very expensive. And the really high fee for a vpn program is due to its low performance. Review Source MB Muhammad B. Sr. IT Manager Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A complete solution for mid-to-large organization" June 26, 2023 4.0 Pros The product has phenomenal technical support team. Cons Its VPN solution may need improvement as the throughput gets impacted when the number of VPN users are transferring files across the network Review Source André L. System Administrator Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very good option to protect your network" June 10, 2021 4.0 It is interesting, because we have been using it to protect the network, and also as a VPN manager, it has their own management appliance, with clients which we can install it on the computers, or you can choose to use the directly Windows configuration. Therefore, it covers L2TP, PPTP, L2F and SSL VPN, which gave us a bunch of options to choose. Pros It is a robust solution, with so many features, roles, and options to configure and customize a firewall solution for your own network, working with various different protocols, covering the most used on the market, including a VPN based on different procotols. Cons It is difficult to find some options inside it, is not intuitive, to block a site, IP or file type, you will spend some time to understand it, need to be a midtier on network skills, not a product for beginners. Review Source NP Nebojsa P. Network Coordinator Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Safe network" August 13, 2021 5.0 One of the safest soltions on the market, very hard to fail. Have been used over many years with minimal numer of incidents. Pros Very easy and visible way configuring a safe network. Many great dashboards, and quick information access and full logging. Easy deployment of networks through multiple interfaces. Integration with other tools. Access to security definitions from the Cloud. Cons Initial configuration is time consuming and the system is a bit pricy. Review Source DM David M. Assistant Operational Manager Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good Solution for the Small Business -" July 1, 2022 4.0 We have been able to implement more security for our more advanced IP tunnels and manage what users can use VPN while away from the office during these hard times Pros This software offers all essential needs for the small business. It’s able to more than what is expected for software of this price but above average IT knowledge is required to use everything properly Cons While having minor issues and bugs with the system it took there team and a third party IT company to resolve the issue. Hoping to see customer service improve as this issues come up. Still happy with there tenacity to resolve the issue Review Source MM Michael M. Sales Account Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Decent Network Security Manager" February 14, 2023 4.0 Pros The reporting is quite good as is the content filtering. Cons We had to pay additional amount to enable the reporting and that was a bit of a set-back. Review Source Saymon M. Software Analyst Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Sonicwall Review" December 1, 2022 5.0 Pros A very good tool to keep security here in our company. Cons So far I haven't come across any cons, I always recommend it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Responsable de sistemas Machinery Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "No convence" February 26, 2023 2.0 Pros Poco que decir, no sorprende o llama la atención en ningun área.Quizar el hecho de poder montar alta disponibilidad sin comprar un extra de licencias Cons Existen otros productos más intuitivos y faciles de gestionar e integrar en esta gama con mucho más potencial Alternatives considered [NG Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/149070/NG-Firewall/)[FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/)[pfSense Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/230104/pfSense-Plus/) Review Source RR Rosann R. HR Supervisor Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "This makes it easier to work from home" December 21, 2021 5.0 Pros I like the fact that I can get secure access to information on our network when working from home and I am comfortable that no one is getting the information they shouldn't have. Cons The thing I like least is it does have a small delay which is to be expected for the type of software it is. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/firewall-software/)