We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"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."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"It performs very well."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"It allows us to see all our traffic to properly secure it and only allow what is needed through the firewall."
"Using Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we were able to deploy a single point of management and visualization of the firewall infrastructure in cloud, on-premise and integrated with Azure to automate scale up. Its security features, i.e. anti-malware, threat prevention, URL Filtering, VPN, and antivirus are the most valuable. The ID-User integrated with AD and 2FA features are also very useful to provide secure access to servers and some users in the company. "
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is easy to maintain...From a security point of view, I find Palo Alto Networks VM-Series to be a better product compared to the other solutions in the market."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is that you can control your traffic flowing out and coming it, allowing you to apply malware and threat protection, as well as vulnerability checks."
"The solution has good performance and is easy to use."
"Sophos firewalls are scalable. They are pretty strong in security. So, when they provide any kind of firewall, they provide all the features such as anti-spam, antivirus, etc."
"Everything is consolidated into a single box, offering comprehensive functionality, including Wi-Fi access and other features."
"Sophos is a comrehensive solution which allows me to configure all the attendant products, such as Sophos' firewall, Endpoint and Encryption features."
"The updates are helpful and add to the solution in a positive way."
"It is stable, flexible, and easy to use. It has got a web management portal that can be accessed from anywhere."
"The VPN access for users is also a great thing, especially nowadays when working from home."
"It gives me a very good, stable connection in all tunnels."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"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."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
"We have run into some issues with scaling and limitations associated with some of the configurations."
"There are some delays that I have observed when my company communicates with Palo Alto's support engineers."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
"Just sometimes it can be a bit sluggish navigating through pages. That is just purely because of Java."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"On the cloud side, they need to come up with more HA solutions to support the multi-region."
"The solution must improve Zero Trust integration and use cases."
"The installation could be faster and is longer than that of other solutions, lasting more than a month instead of five minutes."
"When you are using it as a controller for the wireless access points, it doesn't perform well. It is not suitable for the public cloud. It is more suitable for enterprise data. It is not really the equipment for cloud data centers. I am looking for a data center firewall."
"Some businesses require Dynamic IP. This feature would be useful if it worked."
"The program is rather expensive."
"Some of the firewall rules are complicated for us to understand, they should be simplified."
"The reports could improve, they do not seem complete and more information could be added."
"It would be helpful if they had a set of standard templates because it would assist in the beginning, when you are just getting started."
"The interface could be simplified and diagnostic system graphs improved."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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