We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks PA-Series 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."Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The technical support is great."
"A valuable feature that we can consider is the deployment time, which is significantly reduced, almost 90% faster compared to other solutions. This leads to quicker deployment and less downtime."
"The solution has a three-layer architecture, and it helps customers to deploy the solution quickly."
"The solution provides good customer support."
"Palo Alto Networks firewalls offer single-mode panel processing with live scanning."
"The cloud-based aspect helps significantly. It integrates seamlessly with other Palo products like Prisma Cloud, offers robust VPN protection, and it's all in one convenient package."
"The reporting feature and application ID functionality within Palo Alto Networks PA-Series are incredibly valuable to us."
"It offers a seamless transition from one option to another, making it exceptionally versatile and user-friendly in an enterprise setting."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos is the VPN solution. I also value their threat management, IPS IDS features and login features with single sign-on."
"The product was easy for us to install."
"In this solution, the most valuable feature is that it's a security device. Maintaining security is very valuable for us. The other feature that we did not find in other products is that it works well with thin client environments."
"Sophos XGS's best features are its VPN and ATPR1 cert protection."
"The solution is very user-friendly, and the GUI is so good that I don't have to use the CLI. This eliminates the need for typing; clicking allows me to get to what I'm looking for."
"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 solution is scalable."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"The web interface is slow."
"With Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, I find that the support team takes a long time to resolve the issues that a user may face during the use of the product."
"There are constant updates for the operating system. It is a nice thing also, but it has its own disadvantages. Continuous updates are there. The users face issues like, how often do I need to update that? Within a period of five months, I'm updating it two or three times. It gives them a feeling that they are not confident about their product and have to update it so frequently."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"Pricing flexibility could be an aspect worth considering, as it has been a concern for some of our clients."
"The product must provide multiple threat detection features."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is complicated to configure compared to one of its competitors."
"Utilizing these features as a unified solution can require additional setup, particularly when incorporating Panorama for centralized management, which may involve extra costs."
"We'd like an interface that can monitor everything."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having better integration with Active Directory."
"Sophos XGS could be improved by adding a built-in hyper-converged solution."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"They should customers who are facing issues with their product reviews; they found bots in it. If they can do their proper research and use the user analysis and testing, that would greatly help the clients."
"They need intelligent reporting, not just your simple, standard reports."
"In version 18 of Sophos XGS, the log details are not very good. However, in version 19 they are more detailed. The Fortinet FortiGate has better detail overall compared to Sophos XGS. They provide updates to the solution frequently, but they do not fix the problems that exist."
"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."
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 28 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, SonicWall NSa, Sophos XG and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Palo Alto Networks PA-Series vs. Sophos XGS report.
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