We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XGS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"User-friendly solution with security bundle and USB blocking features"
"The solution has proven to be quite stable."
"Technical support has been quite helpful."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"Technical support is good. They quickly respond, and they even have local help here. They can actually give you an answer very quickly."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"In this solution, the most valuable feature is that it's a security device. Maintaining security is very valuable for us. The other feature that we did not find in other products is that it works well with thin client environments."
"Sophos XGS's most valuable feature is content filtering."
"Sophos XGS's best features are its VPN and ATPR1 cert protection."
"Sophos XGS' best features are simplicity and its built-in reporting tool."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is easy to use and configure, once you know how to apply the policies."
"Easy to set up firewall product, that's also easy to manage and scale."
"The threat intelligence capabilities of the tool are good."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"It needs more available central management."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The range of devices should be expanded to include those suitable for a small implementation. Juniper does not have any lower-priced SRX models, useful perhaps for a single ATM or a single bank branch."
"There are a lot of features that customers do not know about and I think that better documentation would help when it comes to learning how to use the product."
"Does not offer protection for IoT devices"
"The big thing is performance. With all the features turned on it slows down."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"The setup process should be improved."
"In terms of other features, I'd like to see a web filter, 10 point control, application control and a DNA filter in the next release."
"The web interface on Juniper SRX is just a short conversion from Junos OS CLI; this is not very suitable for users with little expertise/"
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"In the new release 19, there should be the implementation of a cloud service that you can use to set up the IPSec tunnels, and the SD-WAN from the WAN dashboard, and then you can push that configuration out to every firewall that you have."
"Support could be improved."
"We'd always like the solution to be a bit less in terms of cost."
"I recommend Sophos increase the user capacity of the firewall by 1.5 times. For example, say the firewall can accommodate 1,000 users now, then it should handle a load of 1,500 users."
"In future releases, this solution could have more graphical elements on the dashboard to make it easier to understand."
"Sophos XGS could improve the automation system. It could be better if there was some level of automation, attacks automation, meaning if this happens, then it automatically executes a particular process."
"The configurations can be a bit complex."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Untangle NG Firewall. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos XGS report.
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