We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW 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 initial installation is very straightforward."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"The UI is quite good."
"We make use of the new data center, specifically the containerized data center which is built and reviewed by Huawei, including all the device's infrastructure."
"The stability is fine. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the flexibility of it, it's pretty versatile."
"The installation is easy. There is a wizard that can be used for a single connection making it simple and if you have multiple connections you can configure it manually."
"Sophos CG is cost-effective, which makes it really suitable for SMB. If you want basic security and more embedded features, go with Sophos XG."
"It's a good security tool and it aligns with the rest of our security stack."
"Sophos offers great disk encryption, anti protection, and the interface is very user-friendly."
"The security of Sophos XG is very good."
"It is very easy to configure and straightforward. The firewall rules are straightforward. It works great out of the box. It has been working as advertised, and I haven't had any issues with it."
"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."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"Lacks training for new features."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"One issue we've encountered with Huawei NGFW is that after using a firewall for two or three years, we need to replace it. The new firewalls often have more features and better memory or throughput. However, sometimes, they lack some features that the old ones had."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"It would be great if the user can have a portal to check on activities related to their account."
"The number of ports, especially on the entry-level appliances, should be increased."
"We are having challenges when using Zoom with Sophos XG deployed."
"I wish to see an antivirus feature added to the solution."
"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 ."
"We are facing some problems on this firmware version, version 18, that require improvement. We want to improve the email security because it doesn't give proper security with the data protection. Also, our clients are facing some problems where most of the sites which they're accessing are getting blocked. I want to improve those sites, that email security, and the data protection on the Firmware version 18."
"The solution is tied to the US dollar. You need to pay whatever the equivalent is in your own currency, and, if the exchange is bad, it can really add to the cost."
"Sophos can definitely improve with the interoperability between solutions."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 21 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei NGFW writes "A scalable and easy-to-setup product that can be used to configure different policies for specific users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Sophos XG report.
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