We performed a comparison between Meraki MX 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."Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"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."
"It is very fast to implement."
"They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them."
"I am happy with the technical support for the solution. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"Simple to manage."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Ease of management is the best thing about the solution."
"Both the scalability and the scalability are great with Meraki MX."
"The solution is scalable."
"Spam filtering is what I love most about XGS."
"We are happy and satisfied with all the features."
"Sophos XGS' best features are simplicity and its built-in reporting tool."
"It's easy to use and user-friendly."
"Compared to other products, Sophos XGS is a user-friendly solution."
"Sophos XGS's best features are its VPN and ATPR1 cert protection."
"All the features are valuable, in my opinion, but for us the most important features are the network security, application control, and web server protection. Sophos Sandstorm is another good feature off the top of my head."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The support system could be improved."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The product could incorporate tools like ThousandEyes into the system so we can see things directly."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"The current lead time is longer for Meraki MX, and it needs to be improved."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services."
"Right now, you can postpone the update but eventually, if you don't do the update, it will install the updates automatically for you and that's something that is not working for me."
"We had minor issues with Meraki MX. We had a couple of RMAs, so that could be an area for improvement, but in terms of how the RMAs went, the turnaround time and getting those back into redeployment were quick. Another area for improvement in Meraki MX is that when you're scaling for multiple locations, you need to use the same model, but the model you'd need is only available for a short time. The specific model you require could be out of stock, or Meraki isn't making that model anymore, so Meraki should improve that."
"We feel that Cisco provides smaller features, with fewer possibilities versus other solutions out there."
"There are some issues with conversion and user roles when upgrading to Cyberoam."
"They should customers who are facing issues with their product reviews; they found bots in it. If they can do their proper research and use the user analysis and testing, that would greatly help the clients."
"There can be lag time when updating an operating policy."
"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."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having better integration with Active Directory."
"I recommend Sophos increase the user capacity of the firewall by 1.5 times. For example, say the firewall can accommodate 1,000 users now, then it should handle a load of 1,500 users."
"Sophos XGS could be improved by adding a built-in hyper-converged solution."
"Reporting could be improved. The structure could be better because most of the reports aren't detailed."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and OPNsense, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Meraki MX vs. Sophos XGS report.
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