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."Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The simplicity of the setup is the most valuable feature."
"The stability of Sophos XG is good, it has good performance."
"It is feature-rich, I like the server authentication, and the reports are good."
"We are able to trace any user and pinpoint any vulnerability or any malicious software. We are able to synchronize between the local and active directories so we can catch users easily through their login names and IDs."
"The solution was able to be integrated well with exciting hardware and software and in multiple business sectors."
"I like the tunneling part which we are using for the VOIP. We have various other sites where we connect via tunneling. The tunneling part is very fast and easy to implement."
"Great reporting feature and great customer support."
"In my experience, the solution was easy to use, has lots of features, and is easy to configure."
"Tech support is good."
"SSL inspection is a valuable feature."
"The policies are very intuitive and easy to configure, with very little possibility of messing things up."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"Overall, we're very happy with our product."
"We use ZIA for outbound internet connectivity. The internet traffic of on-prem users will be directed to the ZIA cloud for security checks and web filtering."
"After a proper implementation, the maintenance is very low."
"The scanning feature is impressive, because they do not introduce a big latency to the traffic."
"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."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The response time could stand improvement."
"In the product, the area revolving around SD-WAN has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"An area of improvement would be the reporting as diagnostic graphs take a long time to load and refresh. If there could be an option to show only select graphs, it may speed up the graphics."
"I need to open the email to see what it contains and the value of it before I know whether to access it or not."
"The current bandwidth consumption is no longer shown in the XG and XGS."
"The product's technical support services could be better."
"Integration with Active Directory is not reliable."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements to simplify the interface and more policy deployments."
"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 pricing is an issue. It is expensive if you have all of your users in the same location. It is expensive compared to other firewalls on the market."
"There are a few features that are not compatible with the Azure cloud."
"The interface for administration could be better. They should upgrade the management portal."
"They could provide more time for the onboarding the training of an IT person."
"If they can also integrate with the multi-factor authentication to prompt users to do another, second-factor authentication, that would be ideal."
"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."
"We'd like to have more plugins and integration."
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 Meraki MX, 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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