Compare SolarWinds vs SonicWall

SolarWinds

Based on 403 reviews.

SonicWall

Based on 269 reviews.

Overview

SolarWinds Inc. develops enterprise information technology infrastructure management software for IT professionals. In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $112.5 million in 2009. In 2012, SolarWinds' total revenue reached $269 million. In June 2014, the company purchased the Swedish web-monitoring company Pingdom.

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Sample Customers

Dameware Remote Support

Illinois School District

SolarWinds Dameware Remove Everywhere

Accenture, Emerson, Lockheed Martin, Nielsen, NTT

SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge (CSE)

Redox, Byton, Veeva, BlueVoyant

Popular Solutions

SolarWinds NPM

16 reviews

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer

11 reviews

SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor

9 reviews

SonicWall NSa

14 reviews

SonicWall TZ

13 reviews

SonicWall SMA

2 reviews

Top Industries

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Most Helpful Reviews

Raja Xabi
Technical Manager at APRAL
I assess the impact of the alerting and reporting capabilities of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer by using email...
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Sorin Gogean
IT Infrastructure Senior Network Technician at Autoliv
I have experience regarding the AD part, but my focus for the last 15 years has been oriented to the network side. My...
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Waqas Masood
Assistant Director at Higher Education Commission
I am working in the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan as part of the Pakistan Education Research Network, which...
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Michael Savchenko
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
The SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability solution is primarily used by companies that need to manage their IT...
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SJ6
Network Security Engineer at a comms service provider
Our primary use case for Kiwi Syslog is for gathering logs necessary for auditing purposes.
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Winsley De Oliveira
Owner at ANOC
I have experience with SonicWall NSSP Firewall, having dealt with NSA firewalls throughout the last 30 years. We're...
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Winsley De Oliveira
Owner at ANOC
I have been using the SonicWall Global VPN Client for thirty years. We have a company here in Brazil that has...
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Constantnos Achilleos
Product manger at Asbis Mediteranean
I primarily use SonicWall NSA as a next-generation firewall for network security architecture. It is especially used...
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GaryDowney
Director of Information Technology at a non-tech company
The use cases I had for the SonicWall Netextender were mainly to allow workers to work from home or at remote...
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Anonymous User
CEO at a recruiting/HR firm
The solution is predominantly for gateway-level protection. There are multiple filters now. In the past, these...
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Customer Service

Henry-Steinhauer
Systems Engineer at LifePoint Health
We contacted technical support all of the time. They were fine.
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Umair (Abu Mohaymin) Akhlaque
Group CEO at Flexsolutions
Technical support is okay. The only problem that they have is that last year they had a security hack issue. That is...
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Donald Bakels
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Adfontessoftware
SolarWinds IPAM offers premium support, but the customer has to pay more money, and then they will have minimal...
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MarioMartinez
Senior Service Delivery Manager at Softtek
One of the large issues is support because our contact doesn't specify SLAs. When we escalate issues, we don't have...
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Tochukwu Uzomba
Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited
They have good technical support. I have not requested support myself because SolarWinds handles direct deployments.
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Carlos Camargo
Senior Operations Manager at Sencinet
The technical support is generally excellent, and the support team takes a proactive approach. They offer valuable...
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a logistics company
Customer Service: Outstanding Technical Support: Outstanding
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Anonymous User
DBA at a wellness & fitness company
I have not had to open up many tickets. In two and a half years, I think, probably four, five tickets that we've...
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Wahyu Krisnamukti
Network Administrator at PT Bni Life Insurance
We had contact with SolarWinds regarding the implementation, and they were helpful.
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Anonymous User
Sr Network Administrator at a recruiting/HR firm
Very seldom. I will contact them directly. Usually, the thing I notice in SolarWinds is you go to the community, it...
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RajneeshKumar3
Manager Observability at ICE
The customer service is good, and I would rate it around 8. Sometimes we encounter engineers who don't have...
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Anonymous User
IT Director at a construction company
At times, it’s been difficult to get through. However in the past twelve months, they have reformed their ways and...
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Moshiur Rahman Khan
CEO/Consultant at CIL
They're one of the most responsive companies when it comes to support.
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Monitoring Consultant at a insurance company
Other than some occasional delays getting hold of someone in the telephone queue, technical support is good for the...
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Anonymous User
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy
The technical support services need improvement. It is time-consuming to escalate the issues to the Level 2 engineer....
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Irshad_Khan
Solutions Architect at Cognizant
Customer support is good. I get an instant response and on-call support as well.
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SidneiYokoyama
CISO at LGPDNOW
The support is good, featuring technicians who understand technical issues. There is room for improvement by offering...
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Anonymous User
SolarWinds Expert (Consultant) at a tech services company
Technical support is probably 8/10. Sometimes they tend to respond a little bit slower than I would want, but it's...
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Anonymous User
Subject Matter Expert at a tech company
I would give technical support a rating of 9/10. SolarWinds technical support has always been good to us. We have...
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Pedro Farrell
Manager at Barbados Water Authority
We dealt with customer service and support once for a license issue, and they resolved our concerns swiftly.
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Michael Ernest
Senior Officer at a international affairs institute
We have yet to contact technical support. Most of the time the troubleshooting is done online, and therefore we...
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Anonymous User
Lead Network Engineer/Business Developer at a tech services company
Customer Service: Customer service has gotten a lot better. They recently revamped that area. Technical Support: Some...
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Anonymous User
Systems Architect at a tech services company
The technical support offered by SolarWinds NPM is pretty good.
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Anonymous User
ENTERPRISE NETWORK : Team Leader: ICT Events Monitoring at a university
100%. It shows all incidents.
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Nelson Saravia
Senior Business Project Manager at Bonsai System Ltda
So far it hasn't been necessary for me to contact their support team, due to its overall ease of use and ease of...
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A.J. DiLorenzo
Senior Systems Administrator at Privia Health
Customer Service: SolarWinds customer service has always been excellent and extremely helpful. One of the better...
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Chandrasekhar Reddy Chennuru
Scientist/Engineer-SG at NRSC
We used the support from SolarWinds Security Event Manager and they are knowledgeable but challenging to get in...
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DineshKumar26
Deputy Manager at HDFC Credila
Support is always available when I raise an issue. My company also gets India-based support from SolarWinds Network,...
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Anonymous User
SOC Expert at a computer software company
Unfortunately, in our country, we do not have access to official support channels. We need to find answers online. It...
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Anonymous User
Network Architect at a logistics company
I used to handle that for the first three years. Now, I have a team, but I support them whenever they need help. I...
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Vijay Mohan
Senior Manager INFOSEC AND Risk ASSESSMENT Engineering at Atlas Systems
The customer service and support are excellent. It is 24/7, and we have a support center in India.
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Bruce Bower
President at a tech services company
Technical support is very good. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time to get to them, but once you get to them...
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Amarendra Samal
Product Manager at a tech services company
Technical support is excellent with no complaints. I rate support a ten out of ten.
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Joydeep Dey
System Administrator at Sensorise Digital Services Private Limited
The technical support was not able to resolve some of my issues.
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Bart Flores Jr
System Specialist at MEC Networks Corporation
I provide support for the SonicWave Access Points.
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Bishoy Habib
Senior Security Consultant. at Ingram Micro Inc.
We have had no interaction with their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Director of Pre-sales, training and development.
Customer Service: It's good. Technical Support: It's medium.
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Juan Larragueta
General Manager at Antea Consulting
For the SMV market, it's very nice support. We have no complaints. We're happy with the service they provide,...
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Denise Erickson
Exec Admin/IT/Accounting at JJW Construction.com
I don't deal directly with their technical support.
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Hector Lopez
IT and Project Manager at Network Secure El Salvador
When we have gone to the vendor for support, I don't think that the quality was very good. I would rate the vendor...
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VINEETHBABU P
Senior Network Engineer at a healthcare company
We experienced a very good level of support from the vendor and they have assisted us in real time via remote session...
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Tammy Elliott
IT Manager at K-Vac Environmental Services, Inc.

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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a educational organization
We have a license for support. We can raise a ticket if we need any assistance from their support. They are good, and...
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Anonymous User
CISO at a manufacturing company
The technical support is very good.
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JigneshPatel1
System engineer at Colourtex Ind Ltd
Technical support has been good.
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Anonymous User
Network Admin at a tech services company
Customer Service: 7/10 Technical Support: 9/10
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Julio Caceres
Sales Manager at a non-profit
I have used the SonicWall support portal. I mainly use it for firewall issues. It's pretty good and very accessible.
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Khizar Iqbal
IT Engineer at Asia General Contracting
Technical support is not good. If we send complaints to the SonicWall support they don't provide good support for us....
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RENE MOLINA
CONSULTOR at COMOL S.R.L.
Technical support is very good.
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Anonymous User
IT Infra Head at a consumer goods company
Technical support is good. There is no need for improvement.
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ShaikSajid
Network & System Engineer at Construction Products Holding Company
I've had a good experience with technical support.
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Svein Jensen
Senior Engineer at KDsystems
I haven't tried technical support yet, so I haven't needed support yet on anything.
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Anonymous User
President at a tech services company
SonicWall has exceptional tech support. I would rate checkpoint support best, SonicWall next, and Fortinet would be...
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Kelly Sietmann
Senior Manager Information Technology Infrastructure at a wholesaler/distributor
The technical support is great.
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Kenneth Eygenraam
Solutions Architect at Quartet Service Inc.
The technical support from SonicWall is good. However, if it were easier to access where you were not stuck in a...
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Abhay-Pirapgol
Executive Director - IT at a tech services company
We've been very satisfied with technical support. They are very supportive and their advice is very good.
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Michael Sleibi
IT Manager at Caritas Baby Hosptial
Technical support for this solution is great. When we ask questions they answer them quickly.
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a maritime company
Their technical support is very good.
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Hamza_Farhan
Professioan Services Engineer at a tech vendor
Customer Service: The hold time is very long, and they need to hire more people to handle the huge number of incoming...
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Anonymous User
Systems network admin at a educational organization
We've been in touch with technical support, ad currently, we find them to be below average in their support...
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