We performed a comparison between Sophos UTM and Sophos XGS 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 next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"Sophos UTM is very user-friendly and has good integration with other solutions."
"It helped to connect our satellite offices to the main Amazon infrastructure in a circular way."
"UTM 9 brings along IPSec as well as iPhone and iPad support. This seems small but it’s useful."
"What I like about the solution is the ease of use."
"The UTM features are reasonably strong and the patterns are updated on a regular basis"
"Stability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten."
"It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software."
"So far, the solution has been problem-free."
"XGS' most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"It is a scalable solution."
"One of the main advantages of Sophos XGS is the processor. You don't have to wait a long time for when you are managing the firewall and the traffic is faster now."
"Web filtering and intrusion detection are essential features. As system integrators, we also like the dashboard because it's easier to configure all the features."
"It's easy to deploy and connect."
"There are good KCL rules and policies as well as NATing rules."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XGS for me are XGS IPS, SD-WAN, VPN setup, email protection, and integration with endpoint security."
"Spam filtering is what I love most about XGS."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"The scalability could be better."
"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."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"It would be nice if it had basic features, such as DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"Sophos UTM could improve the way the configuration has to be done. I have to do the configuration through the command line interface but if it could be done through the graphical user interface it would be much better."
"I would like to see Sophos UTM add support for all the new threat-detection technologies and the ability to respond to novel security threats that come along every day."
"We would like to have unique viewable IDs for rules and in the packet filter logfile, for easier debugging of old log files."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
"In Sophos UTM there is always a problem with the routing tables. If you want to see the routing table, you have to use the UI. You can't do it via a web browser. The routing table is better in Fortinet."
"The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Sophos' technical support has degraded in the last couple of years. They seem to need to ask a lot of questions, even with simple problems, and take a long time to provide solutions."
"The VPN capability needs some improvement in Sophos XGS."
"Support is great, however, it can always be improved."
"In my view, Sophos operates effectively in a reactive mode, focusing on static detection and forwarding traffic. However, Fortinet takes a more proactive approach, blocking both connection and route connections. While Sophos forwards any connection in both inbound and outbound traffic, I believe this is a positive aspect, especially in a country with various sizing considerations. This is my perspective, emphasizing the significance of Sophos XGS in software work."
"The price of Sophos XGS could improve, it is high."
"I rate Sophos' support five out of 10. It's sometimes difficult to contact them, and finding a solution is not easy."
"Having previously worked with the Astaro Security Gateway platform (now called Sophos UTM), I can attest that the configuration and dashboard for this older platform was easier to manage than that of both Sophos XG and XGS. If it were up to me, I would prefer to go back to the older SG dashboard."
"Sometimes, we haven't received proper support. They couldn't find the solutions that we required. One thing that we need is an NTP server facility. The Sophos XGS device does not have this capacity or this feature."
Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Sophos UTM is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Meraki MX, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sophos UTM vs. Sophos XGS report.
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