We performed a comparison between OPNsense 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."Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"The solution has high availability."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"Spam filtering is what I love most about XGS."
"The centralized security is very good."
"Sophos XGS' best features are simplicity and its built-in reporting tool."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos is the VPN solution. I also value their threat management, IPS IDS features and login features with single sign-on."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XGS are a set of functionalities that are quite commendable, they call it synchronized security, where all the solutions share defense lines with each other."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XGS are the ease of use and powerful interface."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is the Insight or the NetFlow analysis part. It would be good to have the possibility to dig down on the Insight platform. Right now, we can easily do only a few analyses. If this page becomes more powerful, it surely will be a well-adopted platform."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"The interface isn't so friendly user. But we have some technicians here who are quite confident with this tool. OPNSense could maybe add sets of rules so it's simpler to manage different groups with particular needs."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"On the customer-side, because I'm a small business, I need a cheaper or free solution option."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"I would like to see a history of the monthly bandwidth utilization, the bandwidth consumption for a period of time."
"There can be lag time when updating an operating policy."
"Sophos XGS could improve the automation system. It could be better if there was some level of automation, attacks automation, meaning if this happens, then it automatically executes a particular process."
"They need intelligent reporting, not just your simple, standard reports."
"I would like to see them in third-party evaluation reports like Gartner, Magic Quadrant, or Forrester to make it easier for us to show our customers that Sophos is a leader in the market."
"Sometimes, we haven't received proper support. They couldn't find the solutions that we required. One thing that we need is an NTP server facility. The Sophos XGS device does not have this capacity or this feature."
"The VPN capability needs some improvement in Sophos XGS."
"It has recently started to suddenly block and crash."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 60 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Meraki MX. See our OPNsense vs. Sophos XGS report.
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