We performed a comparison between Sophos XGS 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."There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"It is a safe product."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"It's user-friendly and quite easy to configure. It's easy to communicate with the Sophos support team."
"XGS' most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"It's easy to deploy and connect."
"Sophos XGS is profound as a firewall and security product."
"The product was easy for us to install."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos XGS is its ease of use."
"The solution is cost-effective and easy to manage."
"The policies are the greatest feature. They allow us to configure granular control over our network traffic."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The pricing could always be better."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"Level one technical support is not good at all and needs to be improved."
"Sophos XGS could improve the price."
"When it comes to different interfaces there is some speed issue that can be improved in Sophos XGS."
"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."
"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."
"I rate Sophos' support five out of 10. It's sometimes difficult to contact them, and finding a solution is not easy."
"The application is a little slow; it takes five to ten seconds to respond to every click when configuring. If we need to do significant configuration, it can take a lot of time. This might be because we have a low-end machine, and it could be faster with a high-end one."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 62 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Sophos XGS is rated 7.8, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Stormshield Network Security. See our Sophos XGS vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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