We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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 performance is good."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The technical support is great."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"This is a very stable solution."
"The initial setup is pretty simple."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The product has a console that is based in the cloud for all their products. In this console, they have email security, firewall security, endpoint security, et cetera. All of the products on offer in the console are very useful for us."
"It is very user friendly and easy to manage from the administrative point of view. It is good, reliable, and easy to implement."
"I like their firewall and the intrusion detection feature"
"I have found configuring the ports to be easier in Sophos XG compared to the other devices."
"The firewall functionality and unified threat management are the most useful features."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"We are facing some technical issues with Sophos XG right now. We have already escalated this issue with the Sophos technical support. They seem to be working on it. We are satisfied with the technical support. They reply quickly to our queries, but sometimes take time upgrading their systems."
"Could have a more simplified functionality for users."
"They need to allow their solution to integrate with other products and not just other Sophos solutions."
"SD-WAN can be improved."
"When it comes to improvements that the vendor can make, we see that the cloud integration for managing all the firewalls is essentially a replacement of the on-prem version we had and is not sufficiently mature."
"One area where Sophos XG could improve is in its patch management system."
"When I call, I have to wait at least one to two hours to reach them."
"Sometimes when you roll out a new firmware, you find that the rules you already have in place are broken, so it's difficult to migrate to a new firmware. That's the only downside I've experienced in Sophos."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS and SonicWall TZ, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, WatchGuard Firebox, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Sophos XG vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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