We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Sophos XG based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and others in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)."It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN."
"The technical support is good."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"Remote access is excellent."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"You have better control because you define apps. You just don't define ports. You define apps, and the apps are monitored in the traffic. It is more specific than the Cisco firewall when it comes to our needs."
"The most valuable features of this solution are sandbox capabilities."
"The performance of Sophos XG is generally good and it is stable."
"The SL VPNs are the most valuable feature. I have a lot of systems out of the head office that need to connect to the local networks, and they all connect wirelessly via the Sophos VPN client."
"The solution is easy to set up and configure."
"Content blocking for websites is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"This solution is very user-friendly and even a non-professional can configure the policies."
"One feature of Sophos XG that I found incredibly beneficial for threat prevention is its endpoint protection."
"it's user-friendly, not complex."
"Sophos XG is easy to use."
"In the future, Palo Alto could reduce the time it takes to process the file."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"Many years back an update caused an issue with the firewall. However, Palo Alto not only informed us of said issue, they also sent an update that fixed the issue before I even had time to log in to determine if the issue affected our services."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"High availability features are lacking."
"The UI needs improvement because it can be a little weird at times."
"For the moment, managing the Sophos interface is a little bit challenging."
"While it is possible to configure between two of the solution's devices in the same model, the high available usually fails."
"Sophos XG could improve by being more stable and for it to be able to be used for large enterprises."
"Even though things work on the back end, we have encountered bugs in the solution."
"In Sophos XG, the throughput for larger networks is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Areas for improvement would be the access points and the on-premise version, which is very bad."
"The initial setup, specifically when activating the license, is a nightmare and is quite difficult."
Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection and Fortinet FortiSandbox, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS and SonicWall TZ.
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