SonicWall alternative

Objects and zones as one document. Rollback is an id.

Community is a working firewall at $0. Packets pass without a SonicWall license to route. Preview, then commit, then roll back by id. The AI layer proposes; a human commits.

SonicWall TZ and NSa boxes sit inside a subscription fabric — Capture ATP and the services that keep traffic passing. SecureGuard is a self-hosted next-generation firewall / UTM you run on hardware you own. Objects and zones are one document. You preview the rendered daemon diff, commit atomically, and roll back by id. There is no license required to route packets. We do not sell MDR, and we do not claim Capture ATP feature parity.

  • Community is a working firewall at $0 — same image, small scale, not a countdown.
  • No subscription required to pass packets. Preview, commit, rollback by id.

Is Community a real SonicWall alternative at $0?

Yes. Community is a working next-generation firewall / UTM at $0: named objects, zones, one canonical document, preview, commit, rollback by id. Same image as paid tiers, at small scale. Packets pass without a SonicWall subscription. It is not a trial timer. We do not claim Capture ATP feature parity.

Does the AI change the firewall on its own?

No. The AI layer proposes changes. A human commits. We do not advertise auto-block. This is not MDR.

Do I need Capture ATP or a SonicWall license to pass packets?

No. Community at $0 is a working appliance: objects, zones, NAT, preview, commit, rollback. Capture ATP is a SonicWall sandbox; we do not claim that feature list. Paid tiers widen scale; they are not a meter on packets.

Generic UTM-to-appliance move: UTM replacement. FortiGate contrast: FortiGate alternative. How rollback works: rollback is an id.