We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Sophos XG 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 most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"It offers a single pane of glass for all the different types of installations."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"It provides complete security posture from end-to-end. This has given us better visibility into what our security aspects are."
"The Palo Alto VM-Series is nice because I can move the firewalls easily."
"It is nice to have a rock solid security platform that we can count on."
"AWS has improved our agility to apply firewall rules. It has reduced the amount of time that it takes to apply firewall rules because everything is based in the cloud."
"The most valuable feature is the CLI."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Because of the pandemic, the VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the central management, the user VPN, and communications."
"It is very easy to configure and straightforward. The firewall rules are straightforward. It works great out of the box. It has been working as advertised, and I haven't had any issues with it."
"Each user has the ability to manage the solution."
"The solution is stable. I've had very few problems with it."
"Some of the most valuable features are filtering and application control. The DDoS detection also shows traffic jamming and traffic shaping."
"What I like about his program, is that it is easy to use and easy to manage."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"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."
"Backup can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"The current licensing model can be a sore point as we're paying for features we're not fully utilizing."
"People are less aware of Palo Alto."
"There should be an option for direct integration with the Azure platform."
"We have ran into issues with Palo Alto’s limitations for resolving large IP lists from DNS lookups, as well as the antivirus interfering with App-ID."
"There's room for improvement in terms of integration with the load balancer. It isn't like Fortinet, which has a load balancer built into its firewall. It is effortless to integrate within the load balancer-plus-firewall solution."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"It is not very easy to scale up the solution."
"It can definitely improve on the performance."
"Having a web portal where you could make requests for the categorization of non-categorized items, would be beneficial."
"Inability to investigate incidents, there is no tracking."
"There are issues with electricity with this solution."
"Their support is fairly good, and they come back to me. I've had an issue once or twice where I couldn't understand what the support person was saying because those calls were probably routed to India. They were a bit difficult to understand, but it is generally not an issue."
"Sometimes when you roll out a new firmware, you find that the rules you already have in place are broken, so it's difficult to migrate to a new firmware. That's the only downside I've experienced in Sophos."
"Support could be improved."
"It is a very basic and entry-level firewall. It doesn't give very granular control over the traffic. It should have more granular control over the traffic. This feature should be there similar to Palo Alto and Cisco. It should have such advanced features."
"We encounter difficulties while navigating through certain features and functionalities of the product."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". 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 VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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