We performed a comparison between Sonicwall TZ and Sophos XG based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Sophos XG’s single pane of glass makes it easy to manage the entire solution and it can be done anywhere. Users find it very light, stable, and it provides excellent real-time control. Users say SonicWall TZ struggles a bit with load balancing and data filtering, making it a slightly less desirable solution.
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The GUI is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"Ease of management and the VPN integration."
"We like the central interface and we like the security features. Additionally, we use SonicWall with VPN connectivity and we have had no problems with SonicWall all these years."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"The solution is stable."
"It protects against intrusion while allowing needed access."
"The features that we have found most valuable in SonicWall TZ are the intrusion and brute force attack prevention."
"With the main firewall routing there, we can do connectivity point-to-point. On the low bandwidth we can connect in all the branches with my corporate office."
"SonicWall TZ is very user-friendly and has network MAC binding. Additionally, the firewall works well."
"The product has a console that is based in the cloud for all their products. In this console, they have email security, firewall security, endpoint security, et cetera. All of the products on offer in the console are very useful for us."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XG for our use cases are its firewall capabilities, its ability to connect to wide area and local networks, and its VPN functionality."
"One feature of Sophos XG that I found incredibly beneficial for threat prevention is its endpoint protection."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is flexibility."
"It is very easy to use. You can configure and monitor everything from one unique dashboard."
"The firewall feature of Sophos XG has been the most effective for threat prevention."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"The cloud-based interface makes it easy to manage."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"We encounter issues while generating new reports."
"The stability could be a lot better."
"Its pricing can be better. It is very expensive."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
"You need to be a certificate holder to set it up and configure it. It's really important because it looks easy, but it is complex. You need to have the knowledge and experience. But this is normal for technical products. It's not a product for regular user. It's for technical people. You need to have skills."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"I currently have two of the issues from SonicWall. One issue is that the IP is not the public IP. Sometimes it moves to an alternate source and I have to refresh the new IP then we can go on."
"Scalability it is a bit limited. We did a sizing exercise before the purchase. But that was just to fit our current needs. There was no room for having an option to upgrade the device. The only option that we have if we are grow in the near future, is to go for another model with higher specs, which is actually more expensive. In other words it doesn't have that modularity ."
"The reporting could be improved in this solution by adding more details."
"They should improve the hardware. If they can do that, it will be a very good product."
"This solution could be improved with more effective bandwidth. I found that when I enable DDoS detection for our clients, bandwidth is reduced. If DDoS detection is disabled, the bandwidth will be high, but it isn't secure. We recommend that customers enable DDoS detection, but if they need high bandwidth, we recommend Palo Alto and FortiGate instead of Sophos."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"The support engineers of the product are not very tech-savvy, making it an area where improvements are required."
"SD-WAN needs to be improved because it often fails at the network security level."
"The solution could be more secure."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa, WatchGuard Firebox and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Meraki MX and Sophos UTM. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos XG report.
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