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Product	SonicWall NSa Series by SonicWall View product	Netgate Security Gateway by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	SonicWall NSa Series from SonicWall focuses on SD-WAN. Key capabilities: secure SD-WAN and redundant power supplies. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.	Netgate Security Gateway from Netgate focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: WireGuard and snort IDS/IPS. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.
Product type	Mid-Enterprise Next-Gen Firewalls	Enterprise Firewall & VPN Appliance
Best for	Cross-industry, Campus, Data Centers, Mid-Sized Enterprise, Campus Networks	Mid-Market, Branch Offices, SMBs, Remote Teams
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	1U Hardware appliance; 1U rackmount hardware appliance	Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Rackmount & desktop hardware appliances
Data residency	On-premises deployment	On-premises; Customer Network
Key features
What it offers	Multi-gigabit next-gen firewall Wire-speed TLS 1.3 inspection Redundant power supplies Secure SD-WAN Enterprise campus perimeter firewall Wire-speed TLS 1.3 decryption SD-WAN	Stateful packet inspection Snort IDS/IPS IPsec/OpenVPN WireGuard Traffic shaping Firewall / NGFW Network Security VPN
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Mid-Sized EnterpriseCampusData Centers	Hardware AppliancespfSense PlusEdge Networks
Compliance	ICSA LabsCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2	FCCCERoHSULISO 9001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	SonicWall Capture ATPCapture Security CenterActive Directory	pfSense PlusActive DirectoryRADIUS
Industries	Cross-industryCampusData CentersMid-Sized EnterpriseCampus Networks	Mid-MarketBranch OfficesSMBsRemote Teams
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	SonicWall	Netgate
Headquarters	Milpitas, California, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	1,000+	201-500
Founded	1991	2000

SonicWall NSa Series

by SonicWall

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Netgate Security Gateway

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

SonicWall NSa Series

SonicWall NSa Series from SonicWall focuses on SD-WAN. Key capabilities: secure SD-WAN and redundant power supplies. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.

Netgate Security Gateway

Netgate Security Gateway from Netgate focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: WireGuard and snort IDS/IPS. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.

Product type

SonicWall NSa Series

Mid-Enterprise Next-Gen Firewalls

Netgate Security Gateway

Enterprise Firewall & VPN Appliance

Best for

SonicWall NSa Series

Cross-industry, Campus, Data Centers, Mid-Sized Enterprise, Campus Networks

Netgate Security Gateway

Mid-Market, Branch Offices, SMBs, Remote Teams

Pricing

Pricing model

SonicWall NSa Series

Contact Vendor

Netgate Security Gateway

Contact Vendor

Free trial

SonicWall NSa Series

Netgate Security Gateway

Deployment

Deployment options

SonicWall NSa Series

On-Premise

Netgate Security Gateway

On-Premise

Deployment details

SonicWall NSa Series

1U Hardware appliance; 1U rackmount hardware appliance

Netgate Security Gateway

Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Rackmount & desktop hardware appliances

Data residency

SonicWall NSa Series

On-premises deployment

Netgate Security Gateway

On-premises; Customer Network

Key features

What it offers

SonicWall NSa Series

Multi-gigabit next-gen firewall
Wire-speed TLS 1.3 inspection
Redundant power supplies
Secure SD-WAN
Enterprise campus perimeter firewall
Wire-speed TLS 1.3 decryption
SD-WAN

Netgate Security Gateway

Stateful packet inspection
Snort IDS/IPS
IPsec/OpenVPN
WireGuard
Traffic shaping
Firewall / NGFW
Network Security
VPN

Platform & access

API access

SonicWall NSa Series

Netgate Security Gateway

Single sign-on (SSO)

SonicWall NSa Series

Netgate Security Gateway

Role-based access (RBAC)

SonicWall NSa Series

Netgate Security Gateway

Multi-tenant

SonicWall NSa Series

Netgate Security Gateway

Mobile app

SonicWall NSa Series

Netgate Security Gateway

Supported platforms

SonicWall NSa Series

Mid-Sized EnterpriseCampusData Centers

Netgate Security Gateway

Hardware AppliancespfSense PlusEdge Networks

Compliance

SonicWall NSa Series

ICSA LabsCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2

Netgate Security Gateway

FCCCERoHSULISO 9001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

SonicWall NSa Series

SonicWall Capture ATPCapture Security CenterActive Directory

Netgate Security Gateway

pfSense PlusActive DirectoryRADIUS

Industries

SonicWall NSa Series

Cross-industryCampusData CentersMid-Sized EnterpriseCampus Networks

Netgate Security Gateway

Mid-MarketBranch OfficesSMBsRemote Teams

Regions

SonicWall NSa Series

Global

Netgate Security Gateway

Global

Vendor

Company

SonicWall NSa Series

SonicWall

Netgate Security Gateway

Netgate

Headquarters

SonicWall NSa Series

Milpitas, California, USA

Netgate Security Gateway

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

SonicWall NSa Series

1,000+

Netgate Security Gateway

201-500

Founded

SonicWall NSa Series

1991

Netgate Security Gateway

2000