We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Zscaler Internet Access 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's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"I like the web filter, application filter, and VBA."
"The simplicity and timely updates."
"This solution is very user-friendly and even a non-professional can configure the policies."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The most valuable feature I have found to be the reporting function."
"Reporting is the most valuable feature."
"Sophos firewalls are scalable. They are pretty strong in security. So, when they provide any kind of firewall, they provide all the features such as anti-spam, antivirus, etc."
"The most valuable feature is that it scans all of the data for any kind of malware."
"The solution replaces multiple vendor technologies with one which makes it worth the cost."
"In terms of management and visibility, there is a single panel where you can configure the policies for your entire organisation worldwide."
"The security is excellent."
"The data loss prevention feature is the most valuable. It stops our users from inadvertently leaking our customers' data to the Internet or anywhere else it shouldn't go."
"The initial setup was straightforward. The biggest thing for us was to build our own policies. The deployment itself was only a few hours."
"The URL filtering has been the most valuable feature."
"SSL inspection is a valuable feature."
"All internet access flows through the Zscaler proxy, regardless of whether people are in office or remote. I have greater control site access and I minimize the number of compromises that we experience to almost none."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"Areas for improvement would be the access points and the on-premise version, which is very bad."
"We encounter difficulties while navigating through certain features and functionalities of the product."
"Everything is working as expected at this moment, but the anti-spam solution in Sophos XG needs to be improved. It needs more granular features and more stability. The anti-spam solution currently doesn't have many features, and we would like to have more features. At this moment, there is no expression filter for anti-spam. We need something to be able to filter subjects or attachments in emails based on the keyword. Sometimes, there is an issue with anti-spam, and Sophos XG suddenly stops processing incoming or outgoing emails. The only solution for this issue is to restart the appliance. Their support should be improved. It takes a long time to escalate a support case from level one to level two."
"The interface of Sophos XG could be improved. I would prefer the Sophos XG to have an interface for the technician who is setting it up similar to the Sophos SG. I felt the Sophos SG user interface was superior. however, in terms of the functionality of the product, Sophos XG is in many ways more powerful than the Sophos SG. I have no complaints about the quality of the product or the end result. For someone who has used both, I preferred the old interface to the new one."
"The price should be cheaper."
"Even though things work on the back end, we have encountered bugs in the solution."
"It is already secure but it could be better in terms of other breaches that may occur."
"The user interface could be better."
"The interface for administration could be better. They should upgrade the management portal."
"I would like to see the ability to choose a pool of IPs for my company, set up rules based on them, and know that those IPs are not used by other companies."
"The tool should improve the predefined dictionaries."
"The pricing is an issue. It is expensive if you have all of your users in the same location. It is expensive compared to other firewalls on the market."
"One thing that needs to be improved is their presence in China. I'm not sure if that's a Zscaler thing or if it's a problem with all vendors in this space, but it would be nice to have better coverage in China. This concern is a common one for vendors across the board when dealing with the Chinese market."
"The solution can be improved by advancing some of the newer technologies such as the DLP feature, and adding email security."
"When you have appliances, SSL inspection is always a headache due to poor performance and/or lack of ciphers implemented. "
"Zscaler Internet Access's troubleshooting is very limited, and their textbook logs need to be more informative."
Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. 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 Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our Sophos XG vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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