We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"It provides good routing and high performance of the data center."
"The CLI works perfectly."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"I like the Junos OS, which has been very good for me. It's very clever."
"Sophos XGS's most valuable feature is content filtering."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos XGS is its ease of use."
"Sophos XGS that's a good firewall. If you use the endpoint, then you have what Sophos calls synchronized security. That will mean that if one of the endpoints is affected, it will be automatically set in isolation."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XGS are a set of functionalities that are quite commendable, they call it synchronized security, where all the solutions share defense lines with each other."
"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."
"Sophos XGS's best features are its VPN and ATPR1 cert protection."
"The solution offers more antimalware and antivirus feeds than others."
"It is scalable."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The workplace management console needs improvement. It should be a little bit more developed. Also, the interface needs a bit more improvement."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"Improvements can be made to the GUI. The GUI can be improved by creating policies to handle IPS requirements. The configuration should be a one-step process. This would make it easier to complete the setup to register the time of operation."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall has to improve its web content site, like web filtration."
"Its logging is very good, but we would like to have an easier way of creating more reports. We would like to be able to manipulate the reports or manage the way the reports are coming out."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"Juniper SRX is stable, but it could improve. FortiGate has better stability than Juniper SRX."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"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."
"In future releases, this solution could have more graphical elements on the dashboard to make it easier to understand."
"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."
"Reporting could be improved. The structure could be better because most of the reports aren't detailed."
"There are issues with some designs being able to work on high availability."
"Sophos XGS could be improved by adding a built-in hyper-converged solution."
"The support team are helpful when you eventually get hold of them which takes a long time. They can improve how quickly you get technical support."
"Sophos configurations are a bit complex."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos XGS report.
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