We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Sophos XG based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, ESET and others in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)."Using WildFire has reduced the number of viruses and the amount of malware that comes into our system, which means that I don't have to rely on the end-users to identify it."
"The analysis is very fast."
"The most valuable features of this solution are sandbox capabilities."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"We have found that Palo Alto Networks WildFire is scalable. We currently have six thousand users for the product."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"The most valuable feature is the intrusion prevention system."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is flexibility."
"Overall, this is a good product and I would recommend it for small to mid-sized customers."
"I rate Sophos support 10 out of 10. When my device was freezing, I contacted them, and sent me a replacement. It only took a couple of days for Sophos to ship the device to Kenya. I didn't have a redundant device, so it was urgent."
"Sophos XG is very useful, it does many things."
"We get good usage out of the features. It has enabled us to gain popularity. It has great features."
"One of the standout features of Sophos XG is its proprietary VPN technology known as RID (Remote Internet Device). This unique technology provides efficient branch connectivity without the need to invest in additional firewalls for each branch. By utilizing an affordable device called RED, users can effectively control and establish connections in a cost-effective manner. Additionally, the solution is feature-rich."
"There are more specialized solutions that compete with Wildfire. Therefore, they need to work on their machine learning and AI to be more competitive."
"The product fails to offer protection when dealing with high-severity vulnerabilities, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Any enhancements should likely be focused on the firewall appliance to further strengthen overall security capabilities, such as refining app and user identity features."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"It's not really their problem, it's a problem across the board. There will always be problems with interrupted traffic. We have to set it up where we're playing a middle man game where we're stripping it out, looking at it, and then putting it back together and sending it on its way. That requires CPU cycles. And there's some overhead with that."
"There are some formats that the solution cannot support ."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"They should expand their DDoS feature. It's basic. They need to enhance it."
"We had a difficult time assigning IP addresses to specific MAC addresses."
"I would like to have remote access to clients using a static IP for a certain period of time."
"Sophos XG could improve Data Loss Prevention(DLP)."
"The support from the vendor needs to be improved."
"The initial setup, specifically when activating the license, is a nightmare and is quite difficult."
"When upgrading the firewalls, the process could be easier."
"I think that the main area for improvement is the quality assurance of the updates."
Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". 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 WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Fortinet FortiSandbox, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS and SonicWall TZ.
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