We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW 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."One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"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 can expand easily."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The security on offer is very good."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The ability to split single hardware into multiple virtuals along with support for dynamic routing using BGP is very useful for our environment."
"The way in which it manages the nodes within a cluster architecture is excellent, offering fault tolerance which is, in my experience, practically imperceptible when one of the nodes fails."
"It's offering great security while also being rather easy to manage."
"It creates granular security policies based on users or groups to identify, block or limit the usage of web applications."
"The documentation is simple to understand and is easily available."
"It's a lightweight solution, requiring minimal storage, resources, and memory to operate effectively."
"It also gives us a single console for everything. Rather than having one device for URL filtering and a different device as a firewall, this gives us everything in one place."
"The detection rate for any cyberattacks/suspicious activity is very high (more than 90%)."
"There are good KCL rules and policies as well as NATing rules."
"Sophos XGS' most valuable features are protection and intrusion prevention detection."
"It offers an easy initial implementation."
"Web filtering and intrusion detection are essential features. As system integrators, we also like the dashboard because it's easier to configure all the features."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are bandwidth management, content filtering, and WAN link management failover. If one internet activity or one link would fail, automatically it will switch over to another one."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos XGS is the application control."
"The solution is cost-effective and easy to manage."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"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 terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Although they have it now, we don't have a license for it, and I think mobile device security should be a standard feature. I cannot control someone bringing their device to my network and what they do."
"SmartEvent Settings and Policy GUI, and the rest of external apps should be improved."
"Lately, Check Point seems to be pushing new products too early."
"The upgrade is something we would like to be improved in the future as the frequency of hotfixes is too much, and by the time we finish the one round, we already have the new version released and are required to upgrade."
"Check Point can scale but at times we have experienced some issues."
"Check Point is a bit difficult to use and manage so it would be nice to see some improvement in those areas."
"Reporting has to be improved."
"The exterior of the physical device can be improved with the use of a display and not just simple lights."
"Its pricing could be better."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"It has recently started to suddenly block and crash."
"Sophos XGS needs improvement with the threshold values. Other solutions have the capacity to handle more users."
"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's response to zero-day attacks could be improved."
"In future releases, this solution could have more graphical elements on the dashboard to make it easier to understand."
"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."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 279 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Sophos UTM. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Sophos XGS report.
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