We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Sophos XG 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 most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"It is a stable solution, and there are no issues so far."
"The VPN is great."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"I like the Firewall and the IPS."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"I like it for its simplicity. It is very simple to configure and implement. It is a very good product for medium-sized organizations."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"IPS and advanced threat protection (ATP) are the most valuable features. I am able to segment my network traffic and block incoming connections. It is also easy to use."
"The firewall provides network visibility and reporting capabilities, constantly improving over time. It can be integrated with the cloud console, allowing centralized management of multiple firewalls. integration with endpoint security products ensures seamless traffic flow and rule enforcement, even when endpoints are not directly connected to the firewall."
"Some of the most valuable features are filtering and application control. The DDoS detection also shows traffic jamming and traffic shaping."
"The product is very easy to explore. It has a very good layout."
"It is very easy to configure and straightforward. The firewall rules are straightforward. It works great out of the box. It has been working as advertised, and I haven't had any issues with it."
"It's a complete firewall solution that has everything."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"Configuration is not easy because it has an old-fashioned interface. The configuration interface is highly complex, and it's been the same for years. They have to change the interface."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"A VPN client feature is missing in our region, which we hope Forcepoint will address in future updates."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"The initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"The security features need to be improved."
"The solution could improve by making the graphical interface better and increasing the performance."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"Technical support could be improved. They aren't as responsive as they could be."
"The current bandwidth consumption is no longer shown in the XG and XGS."
"The only issue that Sophos XG now needs to improve is the product's reporting capability."
"Network security is in need of improvement."
"We are having challenges when using Zoom with Sophos XG deployed."
"Its price should be improved. Its features are pretty okay, but the price is the area where we have to fight more. They should do something about the price structure."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Darktrace, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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