We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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."It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The web application firewall reverse proxy is very good."
"Content filtering and intrusion prevention are most valuable. Our customers are fully satisfied with the performance of Sophos. It has all the features that they require in a firewall."
"We get good usage out of the features. It has enabled us to gain popularity. It has great features."
"The solution has very good security features, is easy to use for administrators and users, and has informative reports."
"The feature that we find most valuable is the VPN, which ensures that people working remotely have a secure connection."
"The solution has good performance and is easy to use."
"The solution is stable. I've had very few problems with it."
"Sophos Control Center is a good feature. We can monitor everything from the control panel."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"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."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"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."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"I would like to see in future releases a tool to scan for malicious packets and give the location of where they are coming from."
"Could have a more simplified functionality for users."
"The only issue that Sophos XG now needs to improve is the product's reporting capability."
"I would like to have remote access to clients using a static IP for a certain period of time."
"Recently, I've had a problem with updating things."
"The support engineers of the product are not very tech-savvy, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The installation could be faster and is longer than that of other solutions, lasting more than a month instead of five minutes."
"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 product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS and SonicWall TZ, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, WatchGuard Firebox, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Sophos XG vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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