We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation 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."Good load balancing feature."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"We find the product to be stable and reliable in terms of performance."
"The VPN is great."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"I have found that Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is easy to use, highly secure, and the main VPN tunnel is created automatically which is a benefit."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"We find it easy to use. Its internal configuration is very easy. It is not complicated in terms of use and configuration. It has been fairly stable, and it is also scalable."
"My clients gain efficiency in protecting against attacks from malware such as ransomware and hacker attacks. It also provides them efficient internet access control, and full visibility of ports, applications, and websites."
"The antivirus features are valuable."
"IPS works smoothly."
"The solution's most valuable feature stems from its ability to protect our organization's web servers."
"The solution is very easy to use and straightforward."
"I like it for its simplicity. It is very simple to configure and implement. It is a very good product for medium-sized organizations."
"I have found the feature allowing you to manage everything from a centralized location beneficial."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"If I want to allow access to Facebook, yet not allow the user to access videos, then I am not able to do it with this product."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"The security features need to be improved."
"The endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"Management could be better. They can improve the management. I think all our customers can't accept firewalls that have standalone management. So, they prefer Fortinet or Palo Alto. But overall, inspection and other features are working fine."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"I would like to see the performance improved."
"The solution could improve by having better security."
"They need to do more quality checks before they release firmware upgrades. Currently, a few Cyberoam firewall customers are facing some issues while upgrading the Cyberoam firmware to Sophos. After the new firmware is installed, they are seeing some performance issues, which require some bug fixes. The performance is fine after getting the required support. Customers who are already using Sophos hardware are quite satisfied with this solution. Their support should also be improved. We are facing difficulties getting support on time through email or phone."
"Network security is in need of improvement."
"Technical support is difficult to access."
"It is complicated to get the reports if you are not experienced with Sophos."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Darktrace, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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