We performed a comparison between Sonicwall TZ and Sophos XG based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Sophos XG’s single pane of glass makes it easy to manage the entire solution and it can be done anywhere. Users find it very light, stable, and it provides excellent real-time control. Users say SonicWall TZ struggles a bit with load balancing and data filtering, making it a slightly less desirable solution.
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"It is very user-friendly, and there is no problem in using its interface."
"It is very stable with no issues. The firewall's been up for the past 35 days non-stop. It's performed great. It has performed as it should perform."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"No negative impression of the scalability."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"The best thing about the product is the very good threat prevention output."
"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."
"The solution seems to be very easy to use."
"The solution is stable. I've had very few problems with it."
"The scalability of Sophos XG is good."
"In my experience, the solution was easy to use, has lots of features, and is easy to configure."
"If you want to install antivirus and firewalling on endpoints, then Sophos is the best option."
"We have found that the simplicity of the XG 210 is its most valuable feature."
"It's a good security tool and it aligns with the rest of our security stack."
"The solution seems pretty stable. We've had no issues so far."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"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."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"The scalability could be better."
"The solution should provide some additional ports."
"FortiGate has a client DNS in the firewall, but SonicWall doesn't have that. To create or configure a site-to-site VPN tunnel, we have to give a DNS name. Currently, we have to get the DNS name from a third party and then include it in SonicWall, whereas FortiGate has its own client DNS, so it provides a DNS name, and it does not require a third party. There should be a graphical option to view the network utilization and bandwidth usage."
"An additional feature that I would like to see is reporting that includes metrics to give me more information about the number of viruses that it has actually detected and interrupted."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
"We have been facing issues with reporting."
"The monitoring is a little bit confusing."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"In an upcoming release, SonicWall could improve by adding cloud management for all devices for free or at a nominal cost. Currently, they have a cloud management platform but is not free. We have the MySonicWall portal for purchasing from them for software updates and renewals."
"The training manual provided to users lacks proper guidance on configuration procedures."
"I'd like to see better reporting. While the logs are great, the reports are not."
"Sophos can definitely improve with the interoperability between solutions."
"The UI needs improvement because it can be a little weird at times."
"I'm just a sole proprietor for IT support, and from my perspective, there could be better ways to educate a proprietor, such as myself, on how to set it up, and program it, and manage it. They do tend to have support, but a lot of times, it is for larger networks. I need something that is simpler and more rudimentary as to how to go about setting up and configuring the firewall, setting up the rules, and that type of thing. So, if there is a missing component there, that would be it."
"The solution should have the ability to be up to date with the most recent threats."
"Let's say I set up a rule to block users from accessing YouTube or Facebook. The rule will only block the HTTP traffic, which is non-secure traffic... The problem comes when you are trying to block, or allow, similar traffic that uses HTTPS. You have to create a certificate and import it into the users' web browsers, whatever they are using... The problem occurs when you're dealing with roaming users who use laptops and have to move between different sites that have different types of policies applied to them. You have to import all sorts of certificates from each site into their browser. Doing so will most probably conflict with something else that is totally irrelevant and cause a problem."
"In feature releases of the solution, I would like there to be an increase in the detection capability."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa, WatchGuard Firebox and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Meraki MX and Sophos UTM. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos XG report.
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