Gen 8 NSa Series Next-Generation Firewall
Provider 
Founded 1991
Sells To Enterprise, Mid-Market, Small Business
Pricing Model —
Ownership Private Equity

The SonicWall Gen 8 NSa Series is a line of next-generation firewall appliances for midsize and distributed networks.
The Gen 8 NSa Series provides network firewall appliances for midsize and distributed organizations, with capabilities including intrusion and threat inspection, TLS inspection, application control, secure SD-WAN, and centralized administration.
The series spans multiple appliance models so organizations can match capacity and connectivity to their network deployments, and it is managed alongside the wider SonicWall portfolio through the company's unified management tooling.
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| Attribute | Gen 8 NSa Series Next-Generation Firewall | Cisco Secure Firewall | FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall | PA-Series Next-Generation Firewall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | |||||
| Founded | 1991 | 1984 | 2000 | 2005 | |
| Sells To | Enterprise, Mid-Market, Small Business | Enterprise, Small Business | Enterprise, Small Business | Enterprise | |
| Pricing Model | — | Recurring, Software, Transactional | Recurring, Software, Transactional | Recurring | |
| Ownership | Private Equity | Public | Public | Public |
Provider 
Founded 1991
Sells To Enterprise, Mid-Market, Small Business
Pricing Model —
Ownership Private Equity
Provider Cisco Systemscisco.comPublic
Founded 1984
Sells To Enterprise, Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring, Software, Transactional
Ownership Public
Provider 
Founded 2000
Sells To Enterprise, Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring, Software, Transactional
Ownership Public
Provider 
Founded 2005
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Recurring
Ownership Public