We performed a comparison between GajShield 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 FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"Sophos is easy to use."
"The solution seems to be very easy to use."
"The two most valuable feature of Sophos XG is, one the option to filter according to different applications and two, the integration with the Active Directory."
"Sophos CG is cost-effective, which makes it really suitable for SMB. If you want basic security and more embedded features, go with Sophos XG."
"Sophos XG protects our network from advanced threats."
"The firewall feature of Sophos XG has been the most effective for threat prevention."
"Sophos is a comrehensive solution which allows me to configure all the attendant products, such as Sophos' firewall, Endpoint and Encryption features."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos XG is the VBM."
"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."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"The VPN has been a persistent problem for us. It's not straightforward to configure."
"I would like to see the performance improved."
"The pricing can be high unless you choose a longer contract."
"It could offer a DNS Filter for blocking botnet networks."
"Inability to investigate incidents, there is no tracking."
"While it is possible to configure between two of the solution's devices in the same model, the high available usually fails."
"I'd like the dashboard to be improved. It could be a bit more customizable."
"When upgrading the firewalls, the process could be easier."
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GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 7 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with WiJungle and Netgate pfSense, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our GajShield Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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