We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Untangle Ng Firewall based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading 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 can be done anywhere. Users find that the solution is very light, stable, and provides excellent real-time control. Untangle NG Firewall hardware is not available in all geographic locations, and users say it is not recommended for large enterprise organizations.
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The performance is good."
"One of the most valuable features is the VPN."
"Sophos offers great disk encryption, anti protection, and the interface is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that the license offers everything."
"This solution does everything and anything a firewall can do."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The VPN is easy and has good logging, monitoring and notifications."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"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."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"The product is easy to implement."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"Its price could be better."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"Our clients use Karios, and while it integrates well with it, the integration could be improved."
"It is a very basic and entry-level firewall. It doesn't give very granular control over the traffic. It should have more granular control over the traffic. This feature should be there similar to Palo Alto and Cisco. It should have such advanced features."
"An area of improvement would be the reporting as diagnostic graphs take a long time to load and refresh. If there could be an option to show only select graphs, it may speed up the graphics."
"The solution could improve by having better security."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
"They can lower its price. It is very expensive. We are looking for a less expensive solution depending on our budget. They can also improve it in terms of firewall protection."
"The security of Sophos XG could be improved."
"The user interface could be improved and more bandwidth management would be helpful."
"The hardware can be improved."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"The ability to setup a DDNS for each WAN independently would be a very handy feature."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". 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 XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, SonicWall TZ and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sophos XG vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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