We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa 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 interface is very good."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"It is a brilliant product. It is a Unified Threat Management (UTM) system. It has got about 11 security services that take care of your perimeter security. It takes care of any kind of cyber threats that could come in. It takes care of creating VPNs between two SonicWalls instantly and very easily. It has got spyware in it as well as a firewall. It has also got a gateway antivirus and an application firewall that can block things from outside."
"SonicWall has all the usual functions, like LAN configurations, security features, word filters, etc., but it also has the CFS agent, which isn't available in any other firewall. Reporting port support is also there."
"This product is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"SonicWall NSa's most valuable features are the ease of configuration and the GUI."
"SonicWall has USCS and anti-virus at the gateway level. Everything is filtered, and if it detects an intruder, it drops the line."
"What I like best about SonicWall NSa is the security it offers compared to other solutions in the market. Its reduction rate is also better than others."
"The most valuable features to us are the security services which is a critical factor in our deployment. Today we need to have all the security services enabled because firewalls are not enough."
"The functionality is the same whether it is on hardware or a virtual appliance. The interface is the same. It's nice that it's standardized."
"The feature that I find most valuable is the synchronized security option where the endpoint talks to the firewall."
"Sophos XGS has contributed to the reduction of the overall security costs of our company's customers."
"The threat intelligence capabilities of the tool are good."
"The solution offers more antimalware and antivirus feeds than others."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are identity and VPN. It is a very good solution that is able to detect and prevent a lot of malicious activity."
"The initial setup is very user-friendly because they have graphical user interface options and command line interface options. I would give the initial setup a rating of five out of five."
"Sophos XGS' best features are simplicity and its built-in reporting tool."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The UI could be improved."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The product could expand its throughput capacity."
"The cost could be lower. There could also be more flexibility for smaller companies."
"We still get phishing emails that manage to come through from time to time."
"We also use the Sophos Firewall for web configuration, which we don't have in SonicWall. Only Sophos has those options. If SonicWall included that feature, that would be a benefit for us."
"Some of the configurations could be better."
"Overall, Im satisfied with SonicWall NSa, but it would be better if they could add a small terminal to each device. This would help me deal with certain issues by running a small bot onto any PC."
"One area for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the GUI. It isn't easy to understand. The support for SonicWall NSa is mediocre, which is another area for improvement."
"The problem primarily with SonicWall is it's a Unix box. And it's all software, all the activities, blocking, censoring, everything has to happen in the software. If you start hitting the box with a lot of sessions it slows down and that's not what I expect from a firewall."
"The reporting could be better."
"When it comes to different interfaces there is some speed issue that can be improved in Sophos XGS."
"Support is great, however, it can always be improved."
"Sophos XGS's response to zero-day attacks could be improved."
"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."
"In future releases, this solution could have more graphical elements on the dashboard to make it easier to understand."
"It would be useful if Sophos XGS included DDNS-based features."
"They should customers who are facing issues with their product reviews; they found bots in it. If they can do their proper research and use the user analysis and testing, that would greatly help the clients."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and SonicWall NSv, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our SonicWall NSa vs. Sophos XGS report.
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