We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Untangle Ng Firewall based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Sophos XG’s single pane of glass makes it easy to manage the entire solution and can be done anywhere. Users find that the solution is very light, stable, and provides excellent real-time control. Untangle NG Firewall hardware is not available in all geographic locations, and users say it is not recommended for large enterprise organizations.
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"This solution does everything and anything a firewall can do."
"In terms of the functionality, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's easy to pick up. It's also user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XG are the ease of management and good out-of-the-box reporting."
"It has a very friendly interface like the Cyberoam iNG units, it has customizable policies, it has proper templates that you can even modify, and you can customize the rules, down to each single user."
"The product has a console that is based in the cloud for all their products. In this console, they have email security, firewall security, endpoint security, et cetera. All of the products on offer in the console are very useful for us."
"The solution has all the security features you would need for any type of environment."
"Good security and a good interface."
"What I like about his program, is that it is easy to use and easy to manage."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
"The interface is very good."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"In Sophos XG, the throughput for larger networks is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Technical support is difficult to access."
"When you are using it as a controller for the wireless access points, it doesn't perform well. It is not suitable for the public cloud. It is more suitable for enterprise data. It is not really the equipment for cloud data centers. I am looking for a data center firewall."
"Technical support can be slow to respond, which is something that should be improved."
"We are facing some technical issues with Sophos XG right now. We have already escalated this issue with the Sophos technical support. They seem to be working on it. We are satisfied with the technical support. They reply quickly to our queries, but sometimes take time upgrading their systems."
"Their updates can be faster and more regular."
"I can't use the product's application control feature, making it a disadvantage of the solution where improvements are required."
"Their technical support needs improvement. I've been on hold with them for hours waiting for their support."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, SonicWall TZ and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sophos XG vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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