We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Untangle Ng Firewall based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading 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 can be done anywhere. Users find that the solution is very light, stable, and provides excellent real-time control. Untangle NG Firewall hardware is not available in all geographic locations, and users say it is not recommended for large enterprise organizations.
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The most useful aspect of the solution is the concept of integrated security."
"I like the dashboard, the interface, the management console, and the remote login."
"The solution offers a good firewall endpoint and email encryption."
"Over the past two years, during the COVID pandemic, the VPN has helped us a lot."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The solution was able to be integrated well with exciting hardware and software and in multiple business sectors."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"I recommend the solution due to its ease of use and pricing."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"The product is easy to implement."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"The initial set up process can be a little tricky, especially when you are registering with Sophos using your registration number. Setup is not necessarily complex, but it's not trouble-free. You do have connectivity issues at the initial setup with registering the device on the Sophos platform to access the advanced features. It doesn't always go through the first time around. That may be an issue with the quality of our automation. I'm not sure exactly what it is."
"Network security is in need of improvement."
"Sophos XG's web server protection and log viewer could improve. They should also introduce sandboxing."
"The management console could be improved and the solution lacks good technical support."
"One area where Sophos XG could improve is in its patch management system."
"The program is rather expensive."
"Better instructions should be provided as part of the technical support so that we can understand the functionalities. This will help us to troubleshoot faster."
"They can lower its price. It is very expensive. We are looking for a less expensive solution depending on our budget. They can also improve it in terms of firewall protection."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"Whenever there are a large number of endpoint VPN clients, connectivity becomes slow."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, SonicWall TZ and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sophos XG vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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