We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall 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 stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"The solution is very easy to use and straightforward."
"Over the past two years, during the COVID pandemic, the VPN has helped us a lot."
"SD-WAN features should be added."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"They really work scalability into the solution at the outset."
"Excellent product, meets most of the security needs of companies of various sizes. You can buy it without fear."
"Web filtering is easy enough to deploy, manage, or make exceptions to."
"The product offers many great features."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"The security features need to be improved."
"It's a complicated firewall. Until you come to know the firewall inducers, most people don't like the firewall because the components for the firewall are a little bit complex. User-friendliness is a little bit tough. It needs to be user-friendly when creating policies, and pushing policies. Committing takes more time compared to Palo Alto."
"They should have a GUI on the product itself, not a separate management tool to be used on the management server or on a server to be used to manage the file. It should be all in one device. The device should be controlled through its own GUI. They also have to improve the learning center and the documents as the documents don't really help."
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"Sophos XG could improve by being more stable and for it to be able to be used for large enterprises."
"The management console could be improved and the solution lacks good technical support."
"The solution should have the ability to be up to date with the most recent threats."
"Integration with Active Directory is not reliable."
"One area where Sophos XG could improve is in its patch management system."
"Some businesses require Dynamic IP. This feature would be useful if it worked."
"Even though things work on the back end, we have encountered bugs in the solution."
"When I call, I have to wait at least one to two hours to reach them."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Darktrace, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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