We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks PA-Series and Sophos XGS 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."It's very easy to configure."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It is scalable. But that depends on what model you are using."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It has its own logging system. You can go to monitoring and check the logs to see if a connection is getting blocked. You can use multiple types of logs to check if a file or a port is getting blocked or if there are any TCP resets from the source or destination. It's easy to troubleshoot with the monitoring and logging it provides."
"The reporting feature and application ID functionality within Palo Alto Networks PA-Series are incredibly valuable to us."
"The cloud-based aspect helps significantly. It integrates seamlessly with other Palo products like Prisma Cloud, offers robust VPN protection, and it's all in one convenient package."
"Palo Alto blocks the new threats better than other tools."
"Comprehensive logging is essential for monitoring and analysis purposes. For remote users, the firewall can be configured as a VPN concentrator, with VPN policies defined within the firewall settings."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are bandwidth management, content filtering, and WAN link management failover. If one internet activity or one link would fail, automatically it will switch over to another one."
"The threat management system and VPN are most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XGS are a set of functionalities that are quite commendable, they call it synchronized security, where all the solutions share defense lines with each other."
"The solution is stable."
"Sophos XGS has contributed to the reduction of the overall security costs of our company's customers."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"It's easy to use, and the service is good. If anything goes wrong, their support system is very reliable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"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."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"I have found that the tool works well for me, but there are areas where security testing and protection could be improved, especially in virtual or cloud environments. However, in this project, once we deployed it, we haven't encountered any issues. The cost is currently manageable, but as we migrate fully into the cloud, additional features like capacity upgrading and improvements to hardware resources will be necessary, especially since our equipment consists of older generation switches and routers. So, I'm looking for additional capabilities in these areas."
"The SD-WAN feature of Palo Alto Networks is not good compared to FortiGate."
"The product must provide multiple threat detection features."
"The support provided by the solution is not that good."
"In future releases, maybe Palo Alto can enhance and enlarge their portfolio with SIEM solutions. They already have an endpoint protection solution, SOAR solution, that's fine. But when it comes to standalone IDS/IPS solution or email security solution, for example, we don't have any product in that category for Palo Alto."
"Pricing flexibility could be an aspect worth considering, as it has been a concern for some of our clients."
"Compared to other vendors, the solution's community should be strong enough to solve the problems engineers face."
"Sophos XGS could be improved by adding a built-in hyper-converged solution."
"There can be lag time when updating an operating policy."
"What could be improved in Sophos XGS is its connectivity with Azure AD. It's best if it could work directly without using any servers locally, or in the data center, and this functionality should be made available in this product."
"The SD-WAN feature isn't very good. It's there, but it doesn't work properly."
"In version 18 of Sophos XGS, the log details are not very good. However, in version 19 they are more detailed. The Fortinet FortiGate has better detail overall compared to Sophos XGS. They provide updates to the solution frequently, but they do not fix the problems that exist."
"I would like to see them in third-party evaluation reports like Gartner, Magic Quadrant, or Forrester to make it easier for us to show our customers that Sophos is a leader in the market."
"It would be good if we could do dual customization."
"Sophos' technical support has degraded in the last couple of years. They seem to need to ask a lot of questions, even with simple problems, and take a long time to provide solutions."
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, SonicWall NSa, Sophos XG and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Meraki MX. See our Palo Alto Networks PA-Series vs. Sophos XGS report.
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