We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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."The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The solution is stable."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The most valuable feature is the UTM, which gives them an advantage over other firewalls."
"The most valuable features we have found to be the VPN, ease of use, and overall simplicity."
"The thing that I like the most is that they're very willing to work with us to resolve issues that they haven't taken care of before in their product."
"The most valuable feature is geofencing, where we can block all access from all non-domestic locations."
"The most valuable features are site-to-site connections and UTM."
"While the stability maybe isn't quite to the level of Cisco, it is a very cost-effective solution. It's cheap compared to Cisco."
"I did like the ability to back up the configuration into the cloud, as opposed to having to store the configurations or just downloading them, the backups, to local devices."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy it on live physical hardware. Specifically, when providing firewall services for clients, we can leverage such hardware appliances to support multiple customers on the same hardware."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Web filtering and intrusion detection are essential features. As system integrators, we also like the dashboard because it's easier to configure all the features."
"The solution offers more antimalware and antivirus feeds than others."
"XGS' most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"It's very easy to manage this solution."
"The solution is very user-friendly, and the GUI is so good that I don't have to use the CLI. This eliminates the need for typing; clicking allows me to get to what I'm looking for."
"Spam filtering is what I love most about XGS."
"It offers an easy initial implementation."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"Its customer service could be better."
"We haven't attempted to scale the solution just yet. If we want to scale this solution we may have to look at other models. With certain requirements, we probably wouldn't be able to scale it so well as it is right now."
"We have had some stability issues."
"If I could add one feature, it would be free security profiles."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"We are experiencing a failed login issue. There should also be improvements in functionalities we store to enhance our services."
"Areas for improvement would be application control and web filtering."
"The log settings and filters could use some improvement."
"The product's initial setup phase is a bit complex."
"In my view, Sophos operates effectively in a reactive mode, focusing on static detection and forwarding traffic. However, Fortinet takes a more proactive approach, blocking both connection and route connections. While Sophos forwards any connection in both inbound and outbound traffic, I believe this is a positive aspect, especially in a country with various sizing considerations. This is my perspective, emphasizing the significance of Sophos XGS in software work."
"The price of Sophos XGS could improve, it is high."
"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."
"It would be good if we could do dual customization."
"Sophos XGS's response to zero-day attacks could be improved."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The solution could have a bit more functionality."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Sangfor NGAF. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Sophos XGS report.
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