We performed a comparison between Sophos UTM 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."It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"Sophos UTM is very user-friendly and has good integration with other solutions."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"The product is extremely intuitive."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"Advanced protection (Sophos Sandstorm) - Protects against crypto viruses in real-time."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"Has great security features and does a good job of protecting the network."
"The stability of Sophos UTM is very good. The solution has been stable since Sophos took over Cyberoam which was the original company providing this solution."
"It is scalable."
"It offers an easy initial implementation."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The VPN is the best feature."
"The scalability of Sophos XGS is very good."
"XGS' most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"They've become quite expensive."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"Sophos UTM could be simplified, and they can improve on the many other features, like SD-WAN and load balancing. Sophos UTM is missing a few features that their competitors have. For example, if you have multiple branches you would like to connect, the load balancing features aren't available on multilink. If we create a VPM for multiple LAN links, we cannot load balance the traffic."
"We need to speed up the support."
"In Sophos UTM there is always a problem with the routing tables. If you want to see the routing table, you have to use the UI. You can't do it via a web browser. The routing table is better in Fortinet."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
"It has recently started to suddenly block and crash."
"Sophos XGS could be improved by adding a built-in hyper-converged solution."
"The first time a person sets it up, they will need training."
"The price of Sophos XGS could improve, it is high."
"The solution could be easier to manage and configure."
"In version 18 of Sophos XGS, the log details are not very good. However, in version 19 they are more detailed. The Fortinet FortiGate has better detail overall compared to Sophos XGS. They provide updates to the solution frequently, but they do not fix the problems that exist."
"Sophos configurations are a bit complex."
"Its pricing could be better."
Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Sophos UTM is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Meraki MX, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sophos UTM vs. Sophos XGS report.
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