We performed a comparison between Sophos XGS and Untangle NG Firewall 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."A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"Sophos XGS is profound as a firewall and security product."
"The scalability of Sophos XGS is very good."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are identity and VPN. It is a very good solution that is able to detect and prevent a lot of malicious activity."
"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 policies are the greatest feature. They allow us to configure granular control over our network traffic."
"Sophos XGS's most valuable feature is content filtering."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It's very easy to manage this solution."
"Its detection, antivirus, and filtering features are the most valuable. The facility to connect by using the VPN connection is also a very valuable feature. It is very strong, secure, and reliable. We have implemented the Untangle solution in all hardware. It is also a user-friendly solution. It is easy to learn and easy to configure."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"The product is easy to implement."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The solution could be easier to manage and configure."
"Sophos XGS needs improvement with the threshold values. Other solutions have the capacity to handle more users."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having a Network Access Control(NAC). This feature is a basic function in other firewalls and should be added, such as Palo Alto."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"The customer service response time can be improved."
"Areas for improvement in Sophos XGS include better balance when handling high availability configurations, smoother firmware upgrades without the need for turning off devices, and simplified configuration after firmware updates."
"It would be good if we could do dual customization."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
"The product should improve reporting."
"The ability to setup a DDNS for each WAN independently would be a very handy feature."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"Whenever there are a large number of endpoint VPN clients, connectivity becomes slow."
Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sophos XGS is rated 7.8, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG and Sophos UTM. See our Sophos XGS vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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