We performed a comparison between Sophos XGS and Untangle NG Firewall 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 solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"It can expand easily."
"The threat intelligence capabilities of the tool are good."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The initial setup is very user-friendly because they have graphical user interface options and command line interface options. I would give the initial setup a rating of five out of five."
"The solution is easy to use and configure, once you know how to apply the policies."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos is the VPN solution. I also value their threat management, IPS IDS features and login features with single sign-on."
"We are happy and satisfied with all the features."
"The VPN is the best feature."
"The centralized security is very good."
"The interface is very good."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"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."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"There can be lag time when updating an operating policy."
"Sophos configurations are a bit complex."
"Its pricing could be better."
"It would be useful if Sophos XGS included DDNS-based features."
"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."
"There are a lot of false-positive cases."
"The VPN capability needs some improvement in Sophos XGS."
"Sophos XGS needs improvement with the threshold values. Other solutions have the capacity to handle more users."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 60 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sophos XGS is rated 7.8, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". 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 XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG and Sophos UTM. See our Sophos XGS vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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