We performed a comparison between Sonicwall TZ and Sophos XG based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all 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 it can be done anywhere. Users find it very light, stable, and it provides excellent real-time control. Users say SonicWall TZ struggles a bit with load balancing and data filtering, making it a slightly less desirable solution.
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"The solution is scalable."
"They give good protection to my network and support it."
"The solution boasts good performance and is easy to use."
"It does exactly what it says on the tin. It is good for protecting the business from being compromised. Its port protection is very good."
"I have found this solution to be easier to use when compared to other products, such as those offered by Cisco."
"The best thing about the product is the very good threat prevention output."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."
"We like the unified threat management for defense-in-depth. We can terminate our site-to-site and remote access VPNs with it."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"It's a good security tool and it aligns with the rest of our security stack."
"Each user has the ability to manage the solution."
"Great interface and in-built help is very intuitive."
"Overall the solution works well."
"The scalability of Sophos XG is good."
"This solution is very user-friendly and even a non-professional can configure the policies."
"What I have found most valuable with the Sophos XG is it's a key component of the Intercept X EDR environment. You have to have it to receive the full benefit. If you've you are using Sophos SG firewalls, they're great firewalls and in many ways, I prefer them to the Sophos XG. Since I have set them up, programmed them, and manipulate firewall rules, et cetera, the Sophos SG's a better interface. However, the Sophos XG's very powerful. I prefer it over other solutions I have used, such as Cisco Meraki and SupportNet, I don't like them. They're not very friendly to people who have to set them up and implement them."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"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."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"I would like to see a SonicWall integration with the DLP tool, this would be interesting. Data Loss Prevention integration."
"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."
"It could be made more user friendly."
"There can be an improvement in analysis and reporting. We need enhancement on the reporting side."
"We have been facing issues with reporting."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."
"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."
"I would like to see the performance improved."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered some tutorial videos to help new users learn the system quickly."
"The first area that needs to be improved is customer support."
"The number of ports, especially on the entry-level appliances, should be increased."
"There are issues with electricity with this solution."
"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."
"They made some changes to the firmware update sometime last year, which moved some of the policies from where they were before. Some of the policies, such as NAS policies, were separated, which made it a bit hard for people to trace the policies they had configured."
"All of the options should be available when I renew my subscription for the year. As it is now, there are some limitations."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa, WatchGuard Firebox and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Meraki MX and Sophos UTM. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos XG report.
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