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 pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"The feature that we like the most about Forcepoint is that we know the technology and have confidence in it. We can have several functionalities to simplify operations and management. We can combine functionalities like log ownership to review the number of devices in the infrastructure."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"The solution was able to be integrated well with exciting hardware and software and in multiple business sectors."
"I like the fact that it can self remove malware and do updates on the cloud via Sophos Central."
"The solution is scalable."
"The antivirus features are valuable."
"The security of the solution, thanks to the built-in unified threat management, is one of its most valuable features. Plus, one single pane of glass is all you need to manage the whole solution, and web management can be done from anywhere."
"One of the standout features of Sophos XG is its proprietary VPN technology known as RID (Remote Internet Device). This unique technology provides efficient branch connectivity without the need to invest in additional firewalls for each branch. By utilizing an affordable device called RED, users can effectively control and establish connections in a cost-effective manner. Additionally, the solution is feature-rich."
"The most valuable features are its nice interfaces and configuration. The endpoint is also very good."
"The VPN is easy and has good logging, monitoring and notifications."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"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."
"If I want to allow access to Facebook, yet not allow the user to access videos, then I am not able to do it with this product."
"We are facing some problems on this firmware version, version 18, that require improvement. We want to improve the email security because it doesn't give proper security with the data protection. Also, our clients are facing some problems where most of the sites which they're accessing are getting blocked. I want to improve those sites, that email security, and the data protection on the Firmware version 18."
"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."
"Support for this product is something that is really important, and it needs to improve."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
"In the Sophos XG, the SD-WAN has all the rules done separately, such as net policy routing. In the previous version, they were all in a single rule and everything was done that way. The way it is now is difficult for us because we are not used to this newer version. The firewall rules should be easier to configure and create. Everything should be done with a single click."
"The VPN has been a persistent problem for us. It's not straightforward to configure."
"The user interface could be better."
"Technical support could be improved. They aren't as responsive as they could be."
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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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