We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Zscaler Internet Access 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 features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"It is simple to use."
"Sophos XG is easy to use."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"This is a very stable solution."
"Web publishing is important, as well as the importance of the antivirus patch."
"The multifactor authentication is helpful because whenever the user wants to connect to the firewall, they have to use the authenticator before they can access it."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"As a security solution, it's a very good security solution."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine and a half out of ten...The setup phase was easy."
"The protection is most valuable."
"Zscaler Internet Access's roaming user feature is most valuable and is much better compared to other secure web gateways."
"After a proper implementation, the maintenance is very low."
"One on the main benefits is protection all time from anywhere."
"The data loss prevention feature is the most valuable. It stops our users from inadvertently leaking our customers' data to the Internet or anywhere else it shouldn't go."
"The initial setup was straightforward. The biggest thing for us was to build our own policies. The deployment itself was only a few hours."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The UI needs improvement because it can be a little weird at times."
"It would be great if the user can have a portal to check on activities related to their account."
"There have been some issues when upgrading. For some reason, parts of the configuration become unconfigured, I then have to reconfigure it. I should not need to keep reconfiguring it after upgrades."
"We feel that the GUI can be improved a bit because it has a lot of information and looks a bit outdated."
"Our clients use Karios, and while it integrates well with it, the integration could be improved."
"The solution could be more secure."
"Sophos XG could improve Data Loss Prevention(DLP)."
"The installation could be faster and is longer than that of other solutions, lasting more than a month instead of five minutes."
"Zscaler Internet Access can improve by adding traffic filtering based on the DNS."
"An improvement would be if they could provide an out-of-the-box experience, like 20 to 30 features all ready to go. In comparison, LogRhythm offers out-of-the-box features. With Zscaler Internet Access, there is firewall IPS, multiple security services, filtering, DLP, and CASB browser isolation. These are things that all users are going to be using. However, when an administrator or architect would start building this, I would definitely need to engage professional services to help clients do it."
"The main issue with Zscaler Internet Access is proxy IP detection, which sometimes makes sites inaccessible."
"We'd like to have more plugins and integration."
"I would like to see the ability to choose a pool of IPs for my company, set up rules based on them, and know that those IPs are not used by other companies."
"The OS capabilities and WSL support could be improved."
"The performance needs improvement. Some areas create performance issues and, depending on the use cases, require reconfiguration to perform again."
"I don't know whether it's Zscaler or not, however, sometimes I can't access my time management. I need to wait and try again a few hours later. Typically, if I let some time pass, I can access it again."
Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. 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 Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our Sophos XG vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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