We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Sophos XG 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."The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"If you have multiple offices, all inter-connected via the internet, you want a single management console through which you can manage all you firewalls. In that case Barracuda could be a good option."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is one of the most advanced firewall platforms. I also like that it's easy to get top-level support right away. You get that security, and if you make a mistake, it doesn't break."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"The most valuable feature is the Intercept X. It is the advanced features that are used for malware detection, and antivirus."
"What I have found most valuable with the Sophos XG is it's a key component of the Intercept X EDR environment. You have to have it to receive the full benefit. If you've you are using Sophos SG firewalls, they're great firewalls and in many ways, I prefer them to the Sophos XG. Since I have set them up, programmed them, and manipulate firewall rules, et cetera, the Sophos SG's a better interface. However, the Sophos XG's very powerful. I prefer it over other solutions I have used, such as Cisco Meraki and SupportNet, I don't like them. They're not very friendly to people who have to set them up and implement them."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution offers a good firewall endpoint and email encryption."
"The most valuable features are the reporting, dashboards, and graphical user interface. It gives a good overall picture of what is happening over the network."
"The simplicity and timely updates."
"Each user has the ability to manage the solution."
"The most valuable feature is web filtering."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"The scalability could be better."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Barracuda CloudGen Firewall should work a little bit more with the logs so that, in our company, we can generate a little bit more reports and get a bit more statistics, which would be fine for us."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"To start working with spam, it takes a while because the product has to see that multiple emails are coming in with all the spam. If it could reduce that amount of time, then we would reduce the amount of users who are receiving spam."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"Its interface could be better."
"I would like to have remote access to clients using a static IP for a certain period of time."
"Even though things work on the back end, we have encountered bugs in the solution."
"The initial setup, specifically when activating the license, is a nightmare and is quite difficult."
"The security of Sophos XG could be improved."
"I would like to see in future releases a tool to scan for malicious packets and give the location of where they are coming from."
"Scalability could be improved. It could be better."
"There needs to be a way that we can distinguish between educational institutions on Youtube and other Youtube videos. You can do this on Fortinet. Basically, they can block all other Youtube videos besides those that are from educational institutions. With Sophos, you either allow for all Youtube videos or none at all. They need to allow for more specification on different websites."
"We recently did an upgrade on the Sophos XG firmware and we were surprised that after the upgrade, the automatic switch actually we were using did not work anymore."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Azure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks WildFire, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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